VesCor investment scam associate gets year in jail

VesCor investment scam associate gets year in jail

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Apr 16, 2011 09:59AM MDT

St. George • A St. George man who was convicted in February on seven counts of securities fraud related to his involvement in VesCor was ordered Friday to spend a year in the Washington County Jail and to pay restitution. William J. Hammons, 67, was convicted on seven felony counts of fraud. Hammons worked with Val E. Southwick, an Ogden businessman now in prison for a real estate investment scheme that bilked hundreds of investors out of more than $180 million.VesCor companies took in an estima...

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