BEND, Ore. (AP) — A Bend man has been sentenced to six years for a scam in which he lured investors into putting money into franchised alternative medicine centers.
KTVZ-TV (http://bit.ly/IgtYTD ) reports that several victims say that’s not enough time for 41-year-old Todd Surgeon.
Among them was Joanne Lee, who invested $49,000 and moved from Bend to Eugene to run a franchise that turned out not to exist.
Surgeon was sentenced Thursday. In a deal with prosecutors, he had made an Alford plea — not admitting guilt but acknowledging the likelihood he would be found guilty at trial.