Does this sound familiar?
""...the idea was to use out of state 'land men' with no connections in the state of Arkansas to secure mineral leases from unsophisticated land owners for a fraction of what was being paid in other states. By using 'foreign' land men, there was little risk that they might be inclined to be forthright about the mineral leases and its attendant consequences for the land owners""
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/10/05/lawsuit-challenges-frackers-waste-disposal-practices-in-arkansas (http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/10/05/lawsuit-challenges-frackers-waste-disposal-practices-in-arkansas)