Insurance agent sentenced to prison Debra Muse created multiple false documents to help farmers hide their crop production from their insurance adjusters and falsify the quality of the tobacco. (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Debra Muse, 63, of Wallingford, Kentucky, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Joseph M. Hood for conspiracy to commit crop insurance fraud and crop insurance fraud.

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