A Florida man was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Roanoke today after a two-year scheme that allegedly defrauded a Lynchburg doctor out of nearly half a million dollars.
Tommie Lee Nelson, 65, of Miramar, Fla., was arrested by the FBI in July at his home near Miami. His initial appearance took place in Fort Lauderdale.
According to the indictment, the doctor sought to purchase a commercial building in Danville in partnership with an agricultural cooperative. Nelson represented himself to the victim as a hard money lender who could assist in purchasing the building…