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Sara/F-Words Nominates Darwin Award Prospect

Posted by DFO

April 27, 2006 5:02 p.m. • 0 comments

Item: James C. Stone, 56, a Post Falls financial planner who lost more than $250,000 in a Nigerian scam and helped pay for part of it by stealing from his company and its pension plan, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison here.

Sara Anderson: This is kind of the financial equivalent of the Darwin Awards.

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