(TNS) A Kentucky farmer who lied about crop losses to get insurance payouts was sentenced to serve four years in federal prison and pay almost $2 million in restitution.

David Wisdom, 69, was sentenced to four years in prison Monday on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

According to federal prosecutors, Wisdom stole $1,941,007 in crop insurance indemnity payments over a span of four years.

Wisdom was considered an organizer or leader in the activity, which included several others who are actively being prosecuted by the government.

He pleaded guilty on Feb. 28.

Wisdom, of Barren County, owned and rented farmland in Barren and Metcalfe counties and grew crops, including tobacco, according to his plea agreement.

Wisdom admitted that over several crop years, he wrote c

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