Daniel R. Goodwin, an attorney from McLean, Virginia, has been convicted of defrauding a Laurel County construction company, in connection with a purported project to build a “green recycling center” in Manchester, KY. The company, Elza Construction, LLC, lost $1.32 million upfront and incurred several million dollars more in excavation and site preparation costs, but nothing was ever built at the site. Goodwin was found guilty on four counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and scheduled to be sentenced on June 14, 2017.