Cody Easter Days: The Biggest Cattle Swindle in History

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Cody Easter was a well-known farmer in the Tri-City Herald area of Washington state. He and his family were widely considered to be exceptional farmers. The scam is one of the largest cattle swindles in history in the US, according to local officials.

A rancher in the Pacific Northwest scammed two companies out of $244 million. In this episode we first served in February, KUOW’s Anna King — host of the Ghost Herd podcast — explains how Cody Easterday went from ranching royalty to prison.

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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