Cattle Scam Costs Kiefer Sutherland $869K
Kiefer Sutherland has been roped into a new lawsuit after the actor was allegedly conned into funding a cattle scam that netted over $1 million. Michael Wayne Carr, of Linden, California, is accused of making agreements to buy steers in Mexico and sell them for profit. Jack Bauer would have seen this coming a mile a way — but Kiefer sure didn’t. He is among several cattle customers roped into the scheme.
Carr allegedly took $869,000 from Sutherland, star of the hit Fox series, and $177,000 from a New Mexico couple. According to prosecutors, there is no record Carr ever bought the steers. He is also accused of selling steers that didn’t belong to him.
The accused scammer has been slammed with 12 felonies, including grand theft, forgery. and embezzlement.
He will be arraigned Feb. 8.
Written by Castina on January 27th, 2010 | Tagged as: Kiefer Sutherland
On January 28th 2010, Lima wrote:
Poor Kiefer! I honestly didn't know he was into ranching until reading his bio "Kiefer Sutherland: Living Dangerously." He actually took time off from acting to live on a ranch in Montana. I'm sorry that he lost all that money.
On January 29th 2010, Chase wrote:
In this hardluck economy, anybody could be a victim of a scam. Nobody wants to be a sucker, even a millionaire TV star.
You must be ever vigilant. Everybody is looking to get rich quick.
Watch out for "health" scams that offer bogus promises of cancer treatment, or say they can "cure" diseases.
Beware all the Nigerian scams ("Please send me $").
Avoid online gambling scams (protect your identity!). Just be safe and don't play them at all.
Stay clear of the "Big Money for Little Work" scams. The huge MLM scams (VMDirect, Digital FX and helloWorld are but a couple of whoppers! Might as well flush your money down the toilet!). They're all promises, no rewards.
Watch out for any outfits that ask for personal or banking information.
On January 29th 2010, Chase wrote:
In this hardluck economy, anybody could be a victim of a scam.
You must be ever vigilant. Everybody is looking to get rich quick.
Watch out for "health" scams that offer bogus promises of cancer treatment, or say they can "cure" diseases.
Beware all the Nigerian scams ("Please send me $").
Avoid online gambling scams (protect your identity!). Just be safe and don't play them at all.
Stay clear of the "Big Money for Little Work" scams. The huge MLM scams (VMDirect, Digital FX and helloWorld are but a couple of whoppers! Might as well flush your money down the toilet!). They're all promises, no rewards.
Watch out for any outfits that ask for personal or banking information.