A cattle rancher who admitted to defrauding the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of fees in a grazing scheme has been sentenced to four years of probation, fined $35,000 and ordered to pay $143,714 restitution, U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana Jesse Laslovich announced.
The government alleged in court documents that between 2017 and 2020, Gene John Klamert, 71, of Billings, Montana, held a BLM grazing permit that allowed him to graze his cattle on public land near Winnett. The permit authorized Klamert to graze cattle he owned for a monthly base rate. It also authorized him to…
