Actor Kiefer Sutherland was among cattle customers roped into an alleged scam that netted more than $1m (€700,000), it emerged today.
US prosecutors said Michael Wayne Carr, of Linden, had agreements to buy steers in Mexico for his customers and sell them for profit in the United States.
Carr allegedly took $869,000 (€617,000) from Sutherland, star of the hit TV show '24', and $177,000 (€125,000) from a New Mexico couple.
Prosecutors say there’s no record Carr bought the steers and say Carr sold steers that didn’t belong to him.
Carr is charged with 12 offences, including grand theft, forgery and embezzlement. He was scheduled for a hearing on Monday, but a judge postponed it to February 8 after his attorney was removed.
If convicted on all charges, he faces 18 years in prison.