CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (KRDO) — A 73-year-old Lone Tree man was convicted of two felony counts of securities fraud and one count of felony theft after prosecutors said he conned a hotel cook out of $7,500.
The 23rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Castle Rock said Wednesday the “fraudulent investment scheme” happened in October 2023, when Robin Heiney was living at the Sonesta Hotel in Lone Tree.
Prosecutors said Heiney presented himself as a day trader and convinced a cook working at the hotel to invest $7,500 toward ownership shares of an investment firm called “Latt Investments, LCC.” Three months later, Heiney showed the hotel cook fake documents showing that the investment had increased to $133,000, prosecutors said…