Cody Easterday

The defense for a rancher who swindled Tyson Foods says he was addicted to futures trading by phone. read more >

Easterday now owes Tyson Foods a remaining $177.1 million. read more >

Cody Easterday, a rancher from southeast Washington, pleaded guilty to defrauding the company of $233 million. read more >

Federal prosecutors and Tyson Foods have expressed their displeasure with the latest sentencing postponement. read more >

Cody Easterday, the rancher from southeast Washington who pleaded guilty in March to defrauding Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale of $233 million, was scheduled to be sentenced in federal court on Tuesday. read more >

Cody Easterday, a rancher from southeast Washington, pleaded guilty in March to defrauding Tyson Foods Inc. of $233 million and an unidentified company of $11 million read more >

Misplaced trust is a common theme in the fraud cases I’ve observed over the past two decades, as is the failure to make simple, routine checks. read more >

In a case of $233 million stolen by a Washington rancher who peddled nonexistent livestock, Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale has learned you can’t see phantom cattle if you don’t look. read more >

A Washington cattle rancher faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud for a $244 million scam against Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale. read more >

Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale filed suit against one of its beef suppliers, alleging that the vendor schemed the company out of $225 million by falsifying its cattle inventory. read more >