A Northeast Tennessee Resident Is Among Ten Individuals Who Have Been Ordered To Spend Time Behind Bars For Their Roles In The Operation Of A Fraudulent Investor Scheme Which Defrauded 168 Investors Out Of More Than 14 Million Dollars. 37 Year Old Brian Rose Of Piney Flats Led New Century Coal, Which Advertised That It Developed Blue Gem Coal, A Special Type Of Coal Used In The Manufacture Of Computer Electronics. New Century Staff Sold Shares In Nine Different Limited Partnerships And Falsely Represented The Existence Of Coal Reserves. Rose Was Sentenced To 108 Months In Prison.