A Sonoma County real estate investor indicted for defrauding investors through a Ponzi scheme is getting evicted from his sprawling Sonoma hills estate, which he allegedly bought with their money.
The agreement, approved by Sonoma County Superior Court Commissioner Daniel Chester on Thursday, forces Mattson and his wife to leave the 50-acre property by June 15. It also hands the $6 million home over to the bankruptcy estate overseeing Mattson’s former company, LeFever-Mattson, after it filed for Chapter 11 in 2024. The agreement was first reported by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
Mattson and his business partner, Timothy LeFever, quickly made a name for themselves by buying up a large portfolio of properties in Sonoma County worth $146 million. In May 2025, a federal grand jury charged Mattson with seven counts of wire fraud, as well as money laundering and obstruction of justice. LeFever has not been charged with any crimes and has said that Mattson acted alone…