A West Virginia man has been sentenced to more than three years for taking money that donors believed would be used to send care packages to deployed service members, a prosecutor said.
Christopher T. Engle, 30, of Bunker Hill, was sentenced to 41 months Monday for wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell said.
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Engle's company, Hearts2Heros, solicited contributions and misrepresented that the organization was a charity, Powell's office said in a news release.
Engle pleaded guilty in February. The total loss was more than $286,000, and Engle was ordered to pay that amount in restitution, the release said.
Donors numbered in the thousands, from West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, the release said.
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