Kendra Davenport Cotton

Federal prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit to seize properties they said were bought with money from an $11.5 million fraud scheme. Two properties are shown above at 3600 John F. Kennedy Blvd. (left) and 105 E. F Ave. in North Little Rock.

Fed Expects to Call Hundreds of Witnesses in USDA Fraud Case

It looks like the criminal trial involving four sisters in their 70s who are accused of defrauding the federal government is going to be a big one. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - June 15, 2020, 12:00am

Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics / Legal

All in the Family: 4 Sisters Accused of $11.5M Fraud

A federal grand jury in Arkansas has charged the sisters, who are all in their 70s, with cheating the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of millions of dollars intended for minority farmers who had suffered discrimination in USDA programs. read more >

by Mark Friedman - February 24, 2020, 12:00am