That summer, an "English" woman ... by the Amish. It was important that Ayers-Kelley recruit a trusted team to help her manage and operate Plowboy. Mennonite auctioneer Kenneth Beachy was ...

Monroe Beachy charged with defrauding Amish community out of $16.8 million. Sept. 15, 2011— -- Monroe Beachy, a 77-year-old Amish man accused of running a Madoff-like Ponzi scheme ...

Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of at least 12 years. Beachy, who is a member of an Amish church near Sugarcreek, about 60 miles south of Cleveland, pleaded guilty in March to mail fraud.

Update: Monroe Beachy, the Amish Bernie Madoff, wants to plead no contest based on religious grounds to charges that he defrauded investors out of millions of dollars, according to the AP.

(CBS/AP) CLEVELAND - Is Monroe Beachy the Amish Bernie Madoff? Beachy, 77, is accused of defrauding his fellow Amish in 29 states out of nearly $17 million, by moving their money from safer ...