CNN —A man from California who ran a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme where he claimed to turn cow manure into green energy has been sentenced to over six years in prison, the US attorney’s office for the Eastern District of California announced this week. Ray Brewer, 66, stole over $8.7 million from investors, court records from between March 2014 and December 2019 showed. Brewer’s investors were meant to receive tax incentives and 66% of all net profits as part of the scheme, authorities said. The image shows the fake digester picture that Ray Brewer sent to the investors he defrauded. Brewer assumed a new identity and relocated to Montana after his investors became aware of his fraud, authorities said.

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