Daily News staff PROVIDENCE — A former construction project manager for a Newport-based real estate development company who admitted, on the eve of trial, he executed a nearly two-year long scheme to defraud his employer, banks and construction companies of more than $200,000, which he used to fund the purchase of a boat, pay yacht club fees and scuba diving expenses and to take trips to Florida, Jamaica, Mexico, and Grand Cayman, was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison. According to court documents, within two months of being hired by Landings Real Estate Group, Gregory Meeker, 57, of Barrington, who oversaw various real estate development projects, including the Newport Beach Club and Long Meadow Landings projects, devised a scheme to submit invoices to Landings, many of which were false or inflated, in the names of subcontractors.