Federal attorneys are pushing for former Dog House Grill general manager Matthew Billingsley, 39, to serve more than 11 years behind bars.

They are also asking a federal judge to order Billingsley to pay $12.5 million in restitution after he defrauded lenders and financial institutions out of $30 million.

The backstory: Billingsley agreed to a plea deal in August in his federal fraud case, pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud. • Court documents state that from June 2018 to February 2023, Billingsley made false representations about having a brokerage account with millions of dollars in assets to serve as collateral for loans in order to obtain over $30 million. • The purported brokerage account did not exist, and Billingsley took the loan money to pay down previous loans and al

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