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Christopher Burnell, of Highland, pleaded guilty May 10 to 11 counts of wire fraud outlined in a September, 2017, indictment that accused him of defrauding $5.6 million from at least nine people and spending the money on gambling, girlfriends and jets.

Burnell, a former San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy who worked in a county jail, claimed he would put the money in a high-return investment, or that he would use it to pay for his wife’s cancer treatments or that he would use it to fight a custody battle against his father-in-law, according to the indictment against him.

Misrepresentation

He claimed to have $150 million, gained from investments, two

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