A Chillicothe, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court this week to his role in the largest organic grain fraud scheme in U.S. history. The U.S. Attorney in Kansas City says 57-year-old Steven Whiteside was charged in the $142 million scheme to sell non-organic grain as organic. The misdemeanor charge could get Whiteside up to 12 months in prison and a $100,000 fine.
Whiteside was part of a ring led by the late Randy Constant, also of Chillicothe, who took his own life after being sentenced in August for his role in a related case.
