Developer, former NFL player Chris Harrison gets 6-year prison sentence in Model Tobacco embezzlement case

Former NFL and UVA football player sentenced for wire fraud

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Former NFL and UVA football player, Christopher Harrison, has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for wire fraud. In October 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Harrison with embezzling real estate loan funds intended for a construction project, which he reportedly used for personal gain. The DOJ claimed Harrison had acquired two bank loans totaling $22 million for The Model Tobacco Project, with d…

Developer, former NFL player Chris Harrison gets 6-year prison sentence in Model Tobacco embezzlement case

RICHMOND, Va. -- Real estate developer and former UVA and NFL football player Chris Harrison will serve nearly six years in federal prison for an embezzlement case involving his apartment conversion of the Model Tobacco building in South Richmond and an aborted hotel redevelopment in Petersburg.U.S. District Court Judge David Novak last week sentenced Harrison, principal of Maryland-based C.A. Harrison Cos., to 71 months in prison and three year…

Former NFL Player Sentenced in Real Estate Embezzlement Scheme

Real estate developer and former NFL football player Chris Harrison was sentenced to six years in federal prison and three years of supervised for his coordination of a scheme that embezzled funds intended for the development and construction of two real estate projects.

Developer Chris Harrison gets 6-year prison sentence in Model Tobacco embezzlement case - Richmond BizSense

Chris Harrison at the 2015 redevelopment announcement for the Ramada Inn project in Petersburg. (BizSense file photos) Real estate developer and former UVA and NFL football player Chris Harrison will serve nearly six years in federal prison for an embezzlement case involving his apartment conversion of the Model Tobacco building in South Richmond and an aborted hotel redevelopment in Petersburg. U.S. District Court Judge David Novak last week se…