Federal prosecutors want convicted real estate fraudster Rick Koerber put behind bars ahead of his sentencing, arguing in court papers that the man was involved in yet another scheme — this time an effort to deceive an Oregon court.
The alleged fraud, prosecutors wrote in court papers, involves Koerber's work as a litigation consultant for Morgan Philpot, a former state representative who now works as an attorney in Utah and Oregon.
Philpot had 30 days to file an appeal in a recent case where a $4 million judgment had been entered, according to court filings, and that notice could be done by "a commercial delivery service.