Potato growers, insurance agent go on trial

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RICHLAND,Wash.-Some potato growers in the Tri-Cities area and a local insurance salesman go on trial in federal court this week.

Attorneys on Wednesday start picking jurors for the trial at the federal courthouse in Richland.

Federal prosecutors accuse insurance agent Fred Ackerman and seven local potato growers of trying to cheat the federal government out of more than nine million dollars in insurance payments by creating false revenue losses.

The court clerk expects the trial to last five weeks.

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