“Trell had been perpetrating these same schemes over and over again for about 20 years without serious consequence, and he even managed to talk Vinson into helping him at some point,” said Cromer. “But eventually, his greed got the better of him. Fortunately, so did law enforcement.”
For their fraudulent transgressions, Trell receives a five-year prison term, while Vinson receives a lighter sentence for cooperating with law enforcement. Both Trell and Vinson must pay more than $20 million in restitution.
