Trail hiker pleads guilty to wire fraud in embezzling case
A Kentucky accountant who spent much of six years as a fugitive hiking the Appalachian Trail pleaded guilty Friday to a wire fraud count and agreed to pay back money embezzled in an $8.7 million case.
Man facing $8.7M embezzlement case hid on Appalachian Trail
He was known as “Bismarck,” a genial, thick-bearded hiker who had become a familiar character along the Appalachian Trail over the past six years.