COEUR d'ALENE - A Coeur d'Alene man was sentenced Monday in federal court to 51 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.

U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also fined James Andrew Harris, 44, $5,000 and ordered him to pay the victim $108,610.27 in restitution. Harris pleaded guilty to the charges on Aug. 12.

According to the factual basis agreed to at the time of his plea, Harris admitted that he telephoned a Florida resident about an alleged investment opportunity.

Harris represented to the individual that he had a connection in the beef industry who helped restaurants, supermarkets, and other purchasers of beef to finance their purchases.

Harris employed a second email account during the scheme and represented to the victim that it belonged to a legitimate cattle rancher. He admitted that he falsely reported gains on the investment to the victim.

In total, the victim wire transferred more than $108,000 to Harris during this fraud scheme.

In 2008, Harris was convicted of a fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Washington. At Monday's sentencing, Judge Lodge revoked Harris' supervised release and sentenced him to 10 months in prison to be served consecutive to the sentenced imposed above, for a total of 61 months.

Harris owes $89,348 to the victims of the 2008 fraud.

"Mr. Harris has repeatedly abused the trust of those he convinces to invest with him," said Olson "His sentence of more than four years sends the clear message that repeated fraud will be met with swift punishment by the courts."

Other cases in United States District Court included:

* COEUR d'ALENE - Four men - three from Oregon, one from Alaska - were sentenced this week for conspiracy to manufacture and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. The men appeared before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federalcourthouse in Coeur d'Alene on Monday and Tuesday.

Robert Wayne Baucum, 57, of Scio, Ore., was sentenced on Monday to 70 months in prison; he pleaded guilty to the charge on June 19. Charles Albert Goodenough, 41, of Houston, Alaska, was sentenced to 37 months; he pleaded guilty on July 19. Ronald Clifford Underwood, 55, of Albany, Ore., was sentenced to 34 months; he pleaded guilty on June 19. The three defendants were also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following their prison term.

Raymond Earl Hogle, 51, of Albany, Ore., was sentenced to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release; he pleaded guilty to the charge on April 24.

Statements made during the plea hearing indicate that between 2004 and 2011, the four men conspired to grow marijuana, some of which was grown in barns on property owned by Baucum in Naples, Idaho.

The conspiracy involved at least 1,000 marijuana plants. During the investigation, law enforcement officers seized marijuana, marijuana growing equipment, vehicles, more than $50,000 in currency and precious metals, and more than $1 million in real estate.

* Christopher M. Doyle, 25, of Bonners Ferry, pleaded guilty Tuesday to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. He was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Coeur d'Alene on Sept. 21, 2010.

Doyle is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 5, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Coeur d'Alene.