TAYLOR COUNTY FARMER SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR CROP INSURANCE FRAUD

The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Kentucky:

A Taylor County, Kentucky, man was sentenced on August 26, 2025, to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison for crop insurance fraud.

U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky and Special Agent in Charge Miles Davis of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Inspector General made the announcement.

According to court documents, Robert "Robbie" Thomas Hunt, 61, of Campbellsville, Kentucky, was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day in prison, followed by 2 years of supervised release, for committing crop insurance fraud from 2014 through 2021. Hunt was also ordered to pay restitution of $1,686,002 and was fined $250,000. Hunt pleaded guilty to crop insurance fraud on March 27, 2025.

Between 2014 and 2021, Hunt sold crops under the names of other people and significantly underreported his true production on crop insurance claim forms, resulting in over $1.6 million in fraudulent insurance overpayments.

There is no parole in the federal system.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Inspector General, and Risk Management Agency, Special Investigations Staff.

Assistant U.S. Attorney David Weiser prosecuted the case.