The 51-year-old rancher is accused of stealing 265,000 head of cattle from Tyson Fresh Meats and this other company on the order of more than 200 million dollars. "He always struck me as a very solid individual," says CNN's John Defterios. He was not arrogant, very trustworthy, related in any kind of dealing side ever had., he adds.
Cody Easterday was ranching royalty in Washington state until he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for swindling two companies out of $244 million. KUOW’s Anna King — host of the Ghost Herd podcast — explains.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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