Reality star Stephen McBee Sr. to pay $7 million in crop fraud case

According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly, 54-year-old Steven McBee Sr. agreed to forfeit $3,158,923, as well as pay restitution to the United States Department of Agriculture in the amount of $4,022,124. He must remit $300,000 to the United States within 14 days of the settlement agreement taking effect, and the remaining balance no later than 10 months thereafter.

In November 2024, the Department of Justice announced that the founder of McBee Farm & Cattle Co. pleaded guilty in federal court to a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme involving federal crop insurance payments to which he was not entitled. In 2018, he sold more than 1.2 million bushels of corn and nearly 416,000 bushels of soybeans to another party.

In October 2025, a judge sentenced him to two years in prison. In December 2025, he surrendered to the Federal Prison Camp in Yankton, South Dakota. In September, he was released after serving about nine months behind bars, and will complete the remainder of his 24-month sentence under supervision.