Updated: 21 seconds agoA Delta Junction man was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for defrauding investors through what prosecutors described as aBrian Corty, 53, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in January. Charges of wire fraud were dismissed against Corty and his wife as part of his plea agreement.
The indictment charging Corty and his wife in 2023 described his business pitch to investors as a marijuana theme park with cultivation and sales where visitors could lie in bed beneath glass ceilings and watch the northern lights. “It is unclear how anyone could project that a lodge selling rooms and marijuana in Salcha, Alaska, could possibly generate the returns he promised,” Bradley wrote in the memorandum.