{"id":1347,"date":"2026-06-06T11:39:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2026-06-06T11:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:39:37","slug":"annapolis-man-convicted-for-defrauding-customers-who-thought-they-were-chipping-in-to-buy-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1347","title":{"rendered":"Annapolis man convicted for defrauding customers who thought they were chipping in to buy jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A federal jury in Maryland convicted an Annapolis man Thursday of wire fraud for using customer funds on personal expenses instead of private jets.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1345\">New polls show Maine Senate race tightening between Collins and Platner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department said Patrick Britton-Harr\u2019s private club, AeroVanti, offered people access to flying on private jets through a Top Gun membership. That would let customers pay $150,000 toward the club buying a jet, leading to a discount on a block of flight hours.<\/p>\n<p>The 100 or so Top Gun members raised $15 million, which was to be spent on five jets. Britton-Harr, 43, promised to buy the planes and protect the money by putting the titles for the planes in escrow, federal prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>Britton-Harr then spent the money on his living expenses, yachts, jewelry and a Tampa, Florida, home that cost $10,000 a month to rent.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1344\">Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also tried covering up his scheme by taking out a $1.5 million loan to buy an aircraft he told members he had already bought, the Justice Department said.<\/p>\n<p>Britton-Harr was convicted on six counts of wire fraud. A sentencing date has not been set, but each count of wire fraud carries up to 20 years in prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors also said Britton-Harr is accused in a separate case of committing multiple counts of healthcare fraud and a count of money laundering as part of a plan to bill Medicare for expensive respiratory tests. That case goes to trial in October.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1342\">The \u2018Spurs Nuns\u2019 aim to bring divine intervention to the NBA Finals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal jury in Maryland convicted an Annapolis man Thursday of wire fraud for using customer funds on personal expenses instead of private jets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,6],"tags":[993,992,991],"class_list":["post-1347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-aerovanti","tag-patrick-britton-harr","tag-top-gun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Annapolis man convicted for defrauding customers who thought they were chipping in to buy jets - 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