Inland swindler awaiting sentencing commits suicide By RICHARD BROOKS and LESLIE BERKMAN The Press-Enterprise An admitted swindler has hanged himself in Palm Desert where he was awaiting sentencing to as much as 32 years in federal prison for filing false tax returns and for his role in a mortgage and security scheme that prosecutors say cost investors $142 million. Christopher J. Oetting was found dead at 7:50 p.m. Feb. 16 at his home along the 40000 block of Sagewood Drive. He was free on $225,000 bond. Oetting pleaded guilty Dec. 21 in federal court in Los Angeles to money-laundering, conspiracy...