Delays in Sentencing for Steven McBee Sr. Amid FBI Investigation of McBee Dynasty

McBee Dynasty star Steven McBee Sr. is facing yet another delay in his sentencing, now pushed back for the fourth time after he pleaded guilty to involvement in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.

Initially set for March, McBee Sr.’s sentencing date has been rescheduled first to June, then September, and now to October 16, as announced earlier this month.

As part of the ongoing case, McBee Sr. has been instructed to surrender three designer watches while awaiting his sentencing. According to a report from People on Thursday, September 4, the watches include a Tag Heuer Formula 1, a Tag Heuer Grand Carrera, and a Rolex Daytona, which are classified as “substitute assets in partial satisfaction of the money judgement” still owed.

The court’s order referenced a U.S. code that empowers it to seek the forfeiture “of all property, real and personal, constituting, or derived from, proceeds traceable to the offenses, directly or indirectly, as a result of the violations alleged.” The document stated, “The United States has identified assets belonging to the defendant Steve A. McBee that were not obtained directly through the alleged offenses.”

In November 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri issued a press release announcing that McBee Sr. was charged with one count of federal crop insurance fraud. He allegedly filed a false report to an insurance company in 2018, underreporting his “corn crop by approximately 674,812 bushels” and “his total 2018 soybean crop by approximately 155,833 bushels,” as stated by the DOJ.

McBee Sr. is said to have received over $2.6 million in federal crop insurance benefits along with an additional $552,000 in federal crop insurance premium subsidies resulting from the falsified reports. He also faces accusations of committing fraud in 2019 and 2020 by misrepresenting his soybean crops as “the first crop in certain fields,” while simultaneously using the same fields to cultivate wheat.

That same month, McBee Sr. pleaded guilty to participating in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme involving federal crop insurance. In the press release, it was noted that he signed a plea deal agreeing to pay restitution, the amount of which will be determined by the court. He waived his right to a grand jury and faces a potential sentence of up to 30 years in federal prison without parole.

McBee Sr. was introduced to audiences on Us during The McBee Dynasty, where he played a significant role in season 1 that aired on Peacock. The season, concluded in 2024, highlighted McBee Farming Operations, which he managed with his family’s assistance.

After a venture capital loan fell through in season 1, McBee Sr. opted to step back, leaving McBee Farm & Cattle to his son, Steven McBee Jr., to oversee.

Season 2 transitioned to Bravo earlier this summer, with much of the McBee family continuing to film. However, Steve was absent from several episodes until Steven Jr. confirmed that his father was under investigation by the FBI.

“We’ve leaned into family. We take it day by day,” Steven Jr. shared with Us Weekly in July. “The situation is still ongoing. We’re hoping to wrap it up and gain some clarity before the year ends. That’s our goal, to move on and say, ‘Okay, we’ve got this figured out. We can start fresh now.’”

He remarked, “The challenging part is the uncertainty. We don’t know what it’s going to look like, so we’re preparing. We’re having family dinners with my dad, and my mom visits the farm several nights a week, enjoying time with the grandkids. We’re really cherishing these moments together as a family because the future is unknown.”

The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys airs on Bravo Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.