Bay Area Fraudster Convicted Of Duping Investers Out Of More Than $3 Million (United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California)

(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California) SAN FRANCISCO- A federal jury convicted Marc Christopher Harmon today of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Bertram Fairries, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf. Harmon, 43, of San Leandro, Calif., was charged, along with co-conspirator Jason George Rivera, Jr., 37, of Danville, Calif., in a scheme to defraud multiple investors of more than $3 million between October 2008 and January 2011. In an indictment...