The owners of a real estate investment company in Oregon have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to their roles in a $17 million fraud scheme.
At a hearing last week at the federal courthouse in Portland, Robert Christensen was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison, and his business partner Anthony Matic was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison.
Prosecutors say they blew investor and lender cash on casino trips and massages—and left many victims stripped of their life savings. In total, prosecutors say the duo defrauded individual investors out of more than $10 million and commercial lenders out of more than $7 million…