WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section issued the following press release:
A federal jury delivered a verdict that is sending a Maryland man to prison stemming from a wire-fraud scam.
The jury found Patrick Britton-Harr, 43, of Annapolis, guilty of six counts of wire fraud in connection with a private-jet service scheme. Britton-Harr, who owned and operated a company that offered charter flights on private jets, defrauded customers by making false promises about how he planned to use their money.
Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the guilty verdict with Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva, Justice Department, Criminal Division; Speci...