Jun 09, 2020

Trial date set in Plainville Livestock check-kiting case

Posted Jun 09, 2020 10:00 PM
Former Plainville Livestock Commission building in Plainville. File photo
Former Plainville Livestock Commission building in Plainville. File photo

By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post

A trial date has been set for a couple that has been charged in a check-kiting scheme that allegedly cost banks millions of dollars.

Tyler Gillum and his wife, Camden Gillum, were charged in May 2019 in federal court with carrying out a check-kiting scheme.

Ranchers who sold cattle at two sales at the now-bankrupt Plainville Livestock Commission waited almost 10 months for payment while the financial fallout from the company's bankruptcy was sorted out.

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The couple's trial has been set for Oct. 21. in federal court. The deadline for pretrial motions for the defense has been set for June 15. The deadline for the government to answer has been set for July 15.