Overview
- U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough sentenced the 52-year-old to two years in prison and two years of supervised release in Kansas City, Missouri.
- McBee must report to prison by 2 p.m. on Dec. 1 under the order that includes restitution tied to his crop insurance fraud case.
- Prosecutors had asked for a 41-month term and three years of supervised release following his November 2024 guilty plea to federal crop insurance fraud.
- The Justice Department said falsified 2018 crop reports led to $2,605,943 in insurance benefits and $552,980 in premium subsidies, with a total claimed government loss of $4,022,123.
- Bravo renewed The McBee Dynasty for a third season, with filming beginning in Gallatin this week after Season 2 averaged 1.3 million weekly viewers across platforms.