As as adjuster he worked with agricultural producers to fabricate or inflate claims for crop damage and falsify the number of acres of crops planted on the claim forms. As an agent, he continued committing fraud by inflating or falsifying acreage reported and damages to crops, and used generic photos in order to show supposed damage to the property. He submitted applications for crop insurance for friends and family of his farmer co-conspirators in order to spread out losses and obtain better guarantees. These friends and family were not farmers and had no crops to insurer. He admitted to causing a total loss of more than $23,000,000.