PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — It was a dramatic tale: A man was attacked on the side of a road and badly wounded the day before he was to report to prison in an Oregon mortgage fraud scheme.
Shannon Egeland told police he had stopped to help a pregnant motorist when he was hit in the head and shot.
That story turned out to be false, but the truth was equally bizarre.
Egeland, 41, has admitted he ordered his teenage son to shoot him in the legs so he could delay his prison term and collect on a disability insurance policy. The shooting broke a bone
in one of Egeland’s legs and led to the amputation of one of his feet.
Last week, the former Bend developer pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, a charge that stemmed from the disability insurance policy he applied for a week before the shooting.
Egeland was vice president of the now-defunct Desert Sun Development, which orchestrated tens of millions of dollars in mortgage fraud during central Oregon’s real estate boom and bust from 2004 to 2008.
He was one of 12 people indicted in the scandal, The Oregonian reported, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role.
He was wounded in the roadside shooting near Caldwell, Idaho, on July 31, 2014.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Bradford said he planned to recommend a five-year prison sentence, tacked onto what Egeland already is serving.
- Posted May 17, 2016
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