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Washington County resident Thomas Paul Madden was sentenced to over eight years in prison in a wire fraud case.

Madden defrauded over $23 million from 200 investors since 2017, using a Ponzi scheme, prosecutors said.

He must pay nearly $14 million in restitution and serve two years probation post-prison.

ST. GEORGE — A southern Utah man was sentenced this month to more than eight years in federal prison for defrauding investors of more than $23 million over the last eight years.

Thomas Paul Madden, 67, of Washington, in Washington County, pleaded guilty in federal court in June to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of a plea agreement, three additional charges of wire fraud and one charge of money laundering conspira

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