He created false balance sheets and got loans using fraudulent information in an effort to disguise his manipulations.
An investor toured a home for which he had provided Hill with $250,000 for remodeling in one instance.
The investor instead discovered a burnt-down shell where no work had been performed.

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Others, unfortunately, see it as a criminal opportunity and we will hold those people strictly accountable.
Hill was indicted in November 2019.
Hill was ordered to pay back restitution in the amount of $9.4 million.

Flip It to Win It aired on HGTV for one season in 2014.
Teams of renovators competed to flip homes around Silicon Valley.
Hill competed as one-half of a duo on the show.
Hills team secured the largest profit on the show from their flipping project.
The duo reportedly netted $134,000 in profit.
The Santa Clara County judge ordered Hill to immediately report to jail on April 16.