Scott Summerhays has been sentenced to 19 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.4 million in restitution after soliciting $3.6 million from people who believed they were helping him purchase the Gardnerville, Nev., property.

Scott Summerhays faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to 24 federal charges in connection with a fraudulent scheme that coaxed $3.6 million out of 11 investors. Prosecutors say Summerhays told potential investors that he was purchasing the Genoa, Nev., property for $17 million, and used fake documents that suggested he was a partner with Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson.