Small
room.
Shared
toilet.
An
assigned
roommate
and
a
lot
of
free
time
over
the
next
four
years.
If
you’re
a
bright
eyed
eighteen
year
old
that
probably
sounds
like
moving
in
to
your
freshman
dorm.
If
you’re
Charles
“Todd”
Hill,
that
probably
sounds
like
your
jail
accommodations
—
because
the
HGTV
star
has
been
sentenced
to
jail
time
over
his
scamming.
NBC
has
coverage:
A
former
HGTV
star
was
sentenced
Tuesday
to
four
years
in
jail
and
ordered
to
pay
back
almost
$10
million
for
defrauding
11
people,
Santa
Clara
County
prosecutors
said.Charles
“Todd”
Hill,
the
58-year-old
star
of
the
show
“Flip
It
to
Win
It,”
was
remanded
to
jail
after
the
sentence,
according
to
the
Santa
Clara
County
District
Attorney’s
Office.Hill’s
show’s
concept
was
that
he
bought
dilapidated
homes,
fixed
them
up
and
then
sold
them
for
a
profit.
Instead,
he
spent
millions
on
overpriced
remodels,
then
laundered
profits
and
pocketed
millions
of
money
he
got
out
of
fraud,
prosecutors
said.
Hey
Einstein,
next
time
you
do
millions
worth
of
fraud,
maybe
don’t
make
a
TV
show
out
of
it?!
Not
just
for
your
sake,
think
about
your
poor
lawyer!
Nobody
wants
to
hear
“Entering
the
entirety
of
Season
1
in
to
evidence”
during
the
pre-trial
hearing.
If
you’re
looking
for
a
get
rich
scheme
that’ll
end
up
in
financial
losses
and
legal
trouble
down
the
line,
apply
to
law
school
like
everyone
else.
Ex-Reality
TV
Star
Ordered
To
Serve
Jail
Term,
Pay
Nearly
$10M
For
Bay
Area
Scams
[NBC]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.