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Steve Mcbee Sr. is preparing to begin his two-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to multimillion-dollar fraud involving crop insurance.
In a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 52-year-old reality star shared her reaction to learning she was going to prison, saying it was “a moment in heaven.”
He explained that when he first heard about the investigation, he was actually “not overly concerned,” because, as a business owner for more than 33 years, he ‘faced every distraction under the sun. ” He thought it was just like any other audit, and after getting the necessary information, “it will go like all the others.”
However, after a meeting with his lawyer, he understood that this time was different.
Steve Mcbee SR. he said he was initially unconcerned about the investigation that led to his two-year prison sentence. (Pal Andrews/Peacock via Getty Images)
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“I went down there and the government actually gave us a kind of bafo – a very nice last offer,” he said. “We have 48 hours. He said this is their way of exploitation, kind of a poker game here. And so, basically what he was able to admit to him, and another co-worker, one of my co-workers, one of my co-workers Allegations for 48 hours.”
He called what they did “a process of exploitation, saying that both he and his partners” had “nothing to do with it.” He said, “When I watched them charge some of their colleagues,” he did not allow them to take the blame, I added that as the owner of this company, “therefore, this decision is with me,” so he took responsibility.
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Mcbee was sentenced to two years in a prison camp in Yankton, South Dakota, and during a sentencing hearing on Oct. 16, he also ordered two years in prison, and will have to pay $4,022,124 in restitution to the USDA risk management agency.
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Before his sentence, he faced 30 years in the Gonto prison.
Mcbee made it clear that there is no money missing. (Emerson Miller/Peacock via Getty Images)
“I want to be absolutely clear, with absolute clarity, that people understand, no money is lost,” he said. “When you cultivate more than 10,000 hectares, we were cultivating 44,000 hectares, in 2020, in 923 different fields, they will harvest before harvest, and harvest in every field.”
“They got the planting date wrong. We were there on May 20th. We planted half the field. We didn’t come back until June 19th,” he added. “And they’re basically saying, all your crop insurance is null and void because of a wrong crop date. I’m like, this can’t be real. That’s the reality of a normal business.”
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Mcbee continued the case against him “prosecution of the trophy,” adding that the business was greatly affected by the sentence of two years in prison, explaining that he lost more than $ 20 million in loans. “I had to pay them all, they had to sell a lot of land. I mean it went on and on,” he said.
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In addition to losing money, Mcbee said his reputation has been “destroyed,” with people now thinking he got all his money by defrauding the government, and not by working “seven days a week.”
Mcbee says he has lost money and his reputation since he was sentenced to prison. (Pal Andrews/Peacock via Getty Images)
“We didn’t make money farming. We even broke some years, and farming is very difficult to make money too, I like challenges and I love farming.” “Literally 75 people lost their jobs. We’re down a lot, and I still have 300 employees in my other businesses, because when they charge you with a felony, because you’re going to know, as they’re going to know with personal guarantees.”
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When it comes to his family, however, the reality star says he’s “never close.” He said he knows he “raised four lions, not four sheep,” and is not worried about his sons, adding a strong work ethic.
Despite everything he’s going through, Mcbee always says he’s “not going to make someone do my stomach” and when his sentence is over, he’ll “come out strong and ready to move on.”
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“Steve Mcbee holds the door open for everyone young and old. My kids are always like, ‘Dad, don’t take the hitters.’ I stop and change tires on the side of the highway. That’s Steve Mcbee. I know who I am,” he said. “I can’t stab someone at a petrol pump after I’ve been arrested 100 times and I’ve been arrested again.
Mcbee says his sons are ready to take over the business while in prison. (Emerson Miller/Peacock via Getty Images)
In terms of preparing for prison, Mcbee said he “tried to get everything in line with the businesses” of his sons and managers.
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He tries to look on the bright side of the situation, saying this is an opportunity for his administration to “step up, prove they can do this.”
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“People call me and say, ‘Wow, Steve wanted to tell you all about the good news today,'” he said with concern. “‘Hello, this and this happened, how do you want to treat us?’ Yes, now they will have the opportunity to make those decisions, so I think they are nervous, but they will be fine so I tried to prepare everything. “
Before going to prison, he will take the time to celebrate all the holidays and birthdays that he will miss while he is gone.
Cameras will be following the family as Mcbee donates himself. (Pal Andrews/Peacock via Getty Images)
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The whole process will be shown in the next season of “Mcbee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys,” and Mcbee said that his family always wants to be “transparent” to their viewers.
“One thing we said when we did this show with Bravo and NBC Universal was that we wanted to keep it real,” she said. “We feel like too many shows, the drama they’ve tried to do and whatever, so we want to be transparent and open with our lives if we think people can read through the BS, and know what’s real. And.
He added: “This was a family decision. “They asked, and they were very respectful if they could do that. And we all talked about it together, as a team, and we decided that it happened no matter what happened.”
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