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Article: SEED COMPANY MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO SWINDLING CHARGES

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May 20, 2009
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LOUISVILLE, Ill. - A district sales manager for Crow's Hybrid Corn Co. entered a guilty plea Monday to federal charges he swindled his company out of $4.2 million and investors out of $3.3 million.

Eric L. Lewis, 33, of Louisville avoided being indicted by a federal grand jury by entering a guilty plea in U.S. District Court at Benton to a two-count criminal information alleging mail fraud and money laundering. Lewis is free on a personal recognizance bond pending sentencing Aug. 17.

The case against Lewis dates to July 15, 2002, and continued, prosecutors assert, through August 2007.

As part of the guilty plea, Lewis admitted he secretly entered into seed contracts with investors where he ...

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