A pair of Marin County, Tennessee men accused of a more than $45 million mortgage fraud scheme in several states  were formally charged in federal court Thursday.

34-year-old Joshua Dobson, 34, of Kimball, TN,  and 39-year-old  Paul Gott, III, of Jaspar, TN, appeared in federal court and where they were charged with wire fraud and money laundering.

Federal prosecutors allege the two men defrauded hundreds of investors in California, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia with their mortgage scheme.  The loses totaled in excess of $45 million, according to the indictment.

The investigation into the men, which led to the current charges, was a joint effort conducted by the Knoxville Division of the FBI, the Chattanooga Resident Agency, and agents with the Internal Revenue Service.