A Southlake man's wire fraud scheme to buy himself luxury items will send him to federal prison for nearly a decade.

What we know: 68-year-old William Thomas Engle of Southlake was sentenced to nine years in federal prison on July 30 after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Engle, a former attorney, engaged in a fraud scheme from 2020 to 2022 by promising small businesses multi-million-dollar loans if they provided up-front cash.