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AUSTIN - A Leander man was sentenced Friday to more than three years in prison for a wire fraud scheme that swindled more than 100 victims out of nearly $1 million, federal prosecutors announced.

Wire fraud scheme

What we know:

Nicholas Keith Bonneville, 25, was sentenced to 37 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman. He was also ordered to pay $575,450.30 in restitution.

The backstory:

According to court documents, Bonneville told the victims he was a successful foreign exchange trader who would match their investments, dollar for dollar, up to $100,000 to help their portfolios grow. In one instance, Bonneville falsely claimed to have turned a $50,000 investment into $1 million in less than a year.

An investigation by the FBI found that Bonneville did not en

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