Indicted Sonoma real estate investor Ken Mattson accedes to personal bankruptcy

The move adds to the string of bankruptcy cases now tied to Mattson, including a business he controlled with his wife, and the partnership most closely associated with his once vast Sonoma Valley real estate empire. A month after Ken Mattson agreed to enter his company, KS Mattson Partners, into bankruptcy, the indicted Sonoma real … Read more

Indicted developer Mattson built Sonoma real estate empire as he was engaged in longstanding fraud, prosecutors say

Months later, Hayes drove to Sonoma County and pulled up property records, including at Sonoma City Hall. He was stunned at what he found for 230 E. Napa St. “He never put me back on the deed,” Hayes said. “I gifted $625,000 to him for nothing in return.” Even more galling, he noted that one … Read more