CHARLOTTE — An Asheboro man and a Pinehurst man are among a group working for Phoenix Housing Group who are facing potentially decades in prison and millions in fines on federal charges involving a $158 million consumer and mortgage fraud conspiracy.

The announcement was made by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina on Aug. 13.

Andrew B. McKeown, 38, of Asheboro and Dennis Wayne Parris, 55, of Pinehurst are among those charged. Remaining defendants include Fabian Sparrow, 35, of Burlington; Isaac “Ike” A. Vinson, IV, 46, of Pawleys Island, S.C.; Roger Dean Bailey Jr., 40, of Hickory; Marina McCuen, 49, of Asheville; and Joseph Klakulak, 37, of Charlotte.

McKeown and Parris are each charged with one count of conspiracy to make false statements to the U.S. departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Agriculture (USDA) and one count of wire fraud conspiracy. Parris is also charged with one count of aiding and abetting the destruction of documents with intent to impede a federal investigation.