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CBS: Colorado ranchers sentenced after tampering with rain gauges to increase crop subsidies

Two southeastern Colorado ranch owners were recently sentenced to pay $6.6 million to resolve federal charges that they damaged or altered rain gauges in an effort to get paid for worsening drought conditions.

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-ranchers-patrick-esch-ed-dean-jager-sentenced-rain-gauges-tampering-federal-crop-subsidies-nws-fcic/

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