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How a Kansas CPA Built His Dream Home with Client Money
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Subscribe12 AUG 2025 / ACCOUNTING & TAXES
Quintin Flanagin, a trusted CPA at Diamond M Farms in Kansas, has been indicted on multiple charges after funnelling over $409,000 to a fictional company named Middle Finger Ranch to finance his personal home construction. Flanagin, who pled guilty to one count each of wire fraud, bank fraud, false statements, and money laundering, is due for sentencing in October 2025, with each count carrying up to 10–30 years in prison.
The farm’s books looked squeaky clean, until the “vendor” turned out to be the accountant’s own backyard project. Diamond M Farms in Thomas County, Kansas, thought their longtime CPA was the kind of professional you could hand the keys to, payroll, bills,...
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