Alberta resident Alan Hershberger pleaded guilty to fraud in Rosetown, Sask., provincial court recently and was given a one-year conditional sentence.
In the winter of 1995-96, Hershberger was the owner and manager of a Rosetown-area feedlot, Spring Valley Feeders.
At that time he defrauded two of his farmer customers by selling them cattle and feed that were already sold to other people.
The RCMP’s commercial crime unit said the man sold the feedlot during the summer of 1996 and moved out of the province.
Under the sentence, Hershberger was ordered to pay restitution of $89,930.34 to those he defrauded and to serve 200 hours of community service.
