Bait & Switch - Manna Source Sustainable Scheme
What happens when the promised buyers never show up, but the fish keep growing?
In Episode 5 of Fraud on the Farm, we investigate the story of Manna Source Sustainable, an operation led by Jerry Wayne Myers and Gary Warlick that promised farmers a new source of income raising tilapia. Investors were told major retailers and international markets were waiting: Costco, Kroger, Whole Foods, Saudi Arabia, Dubai—and even cargo planes supposedly ready to haul away the harvest.
But the big contracts never materialized.
Farmers were left with thousands of fish, enormous utility bills, questionable…
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