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Default Man who faked his death (next boat slip over) gets 7 yrs

Hey Scotty remember this guy?

HOUSTON A judge in Houston today ordered seven years in prison for a
businessman who in 2003 faked his death to avoid paying his debts.

Fifty-six-year-old Larry Michael Nixon also must pay nine (M) million
dollars in restitution and three and a-half (M) million dollars in
fines.

Nixon in September pleaded guilty to defrauding Minnwest Bank Central
in Montevideo, Minnesota, and Old National Bank in Indianapolis.

Nixon owned a company called L-and-D Interests, which did business as
Delta Crane.

Nixon's 40-foot speedboat, the "Living Extra Fast," collided with a
barge in Galveston Bay.

The Coast Guard spent days looking for Nixon, but never recovered a
body.

Authorities later found Nixon, using the name Patrick Hudgens, living
in Weatherford.

Joe