ST. LOUIS — A former Missouri grain dealer already in federal prison for duping roughly 180 farmers out of $27 million has been sentenced to 10 years on state charges in the swindle that landed her the moniker the "Madoff of the Midwest."
'Madoff of Midwest' gets state sentence atop federal in grain scheme
Thursday, June 17, 2010 | 5:58 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:12 a.m. CDT, Friday, June 18, 2010
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