KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri farmer pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges related to his role in a cattle fraud scheme, just days after admitting he killed two Wisconsin brothers to cover it up, according to federal prosecutors.
Garland Joseph Nelson, 28, pleaded guilty in federal court in Kansas City to one count of mail fraud and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.
The plea in the U.S. Court for the Western District of Missouri means Nelson admitted to defrauding Diemel’s Livestock, LLC, a Wisconsin company, of over $215,000 in cattle dealings when he fraudulently billed the company, saying he needed the money for feed and yardage for cattle that he had actually killed.
