Two men have been sentenced in Bridgeport for their engagement in a fraud scheme.

Adam Meyers, of Southbury, was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, and Daniel Wall, of Bridgeport, was sentenced to three years of probation, the first 12 months of which he must serve in home confinement.

According to court documents and statements, between approximately March 2008 and August 2012, Meyers and Jason Torrance defrauded their employees by arranging for payment on goods that never shipped, instead pocketing the payments themselves.

During that time, Torrance worked out of the New Haven branch of Distributor-1, a New Jersey-based electrical and industrial supply company, while Meyers worked as a project manager for a New Britain-based electrical subcontractor called Contractor, frequently purchasing supplies from Distributor-1. Wall operated Bob Wall & Assoc., a Cheshire-based distributor of electrical and other related equipment.

As part of the scheme, Meyers allegedly presented Torrance with projects on which he believed the profit margin for Contractor would allow them to divert excess profits undetected. Meyers would submit a purchase order for materials to Torrance and Torrance, who would later submit a purchase order to Wall for the goods listed on the purchase order sent by Meyers.

Wall then submitted an invoice to Distributor-1 and was paid for the invoice by mailing a check to Bob Wall and Associates. Distributor-1 invoiced Contractor for the goods that were on the purchase order and Contractor issued a check to Distributor-1. Wall then hand-delivered a business check to Torrance for approximately 90 percent of the money that had been paid by Distributor-1 to Bob Wall & Assoc., and Wall retained the remaining 10 percent as his share. Torrance then paid out a portion of the proceeds of the scheme to Meyers. No products on any of the purchase orders were actually shipped to the customer, according to the Department of Justice.

The victim companies lost more than $600,000 as a result of this scheme. Restitution is to be determined following additional court proceedings.

On Feb. 23, 2015, Meyers and Torrance each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. On July 15, 2015, Wall pleaded guilty to one count of misprision of a felony. Torrance awaits sentencing.