Authorities in Santa Clara County are searching for a man convicted in multiple tech-related investment fraud schemes after he failed to show up for sentencing in his case.
According to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, 67-year-old Dennis Fountaine was convicted on May 20 of three counts of grand theft by fraud. He also admitted to an aggravated white-collar enhancement for defrauding four victims of more than $350,000.Fountaine did not attend a sentencing hearing on Aug. 5.'The man pretended he was an inventor, but he won't be able to pretend for long that he's not a wanted fugitive.
In one scheme, prosecutors said he scammed investors by pretending to invent a robot named 'Homer', saying the robot dispensed medications to the elderly and disabled. Another scheme involved Fountaine creating a company called 'Screen Test.' Prosecutors said he claimed the company had 'Face Replacement Technology' to insert individuals into any type of visual medium, allowing them to 'act' or 'sing' in a visual clip as the original actor or singer.
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