Private Jet Club Owner Guilty of $15 Million Charter Flight Scam

A Maryland man who ran a company offering charter flights on private jets was convicted of defrauding customers out of $15 million, according to the US Department of Justice.

Patrick Britton-Harr, 43, was found guilty of falsely claiming he would use customers’ money to pay for jets in exchange for cut-rate flight time, the department said in a statement.

Prosecutors said Britton-Harr owned AeroVanti, a private club that offered members access to private jet flights. “Top Gun” members paid $150,000 up front, which was supposed to fund five aircraft, but Britton-Harr used the money for his own expenses instead, they ...