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• Idaho sues man trading commodities

  March 5, 2011 in Business on Page A8 The Idaho Department of Finance has sued a Coeur d’Alene man for promoting a commodities trading scheme that cost investors $1.3 million. Keith E. Mitchell, according to a complaint filed …

• State orders end to loan ‘notices’

  April 9, 2010 in Business on Page A14 The Idaho Department of Finance has ordered a California company to stop using false claims of possible predatory lending to entice homeowners into a mortgage modification program with a $1,250 …

• Man, 30, agrees to repay $313,000

  April 1, 2010 in City on Page A6 The son of a former Bonner County man accused of orchestrating a $2 million Ponzi scheme has agreed to repay $313,000 he received from his father. Settlement documents against 30-year-old …

• Man agrees to pay $313,000 in Ponzi scheme

  March 31, 2010 in Business, City, Idaho The son of a former Bonner County man accused of orchestrating a $2 million Ponzi scheme has agreed to repay $313,000 he received from his father.A

• Suit alleges Ponzi scheme

    July 21, 2009 in Business on Page A8 The Idaho Department of Finance has sued former Bonner County real estate agent Dale E. Lowell and his son, Luke, alleging Dale Lowell ran a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors …

• Man allegedly ran $2 million Ponzi scheme

    July 20, 2009 in Business, Idaho The Idaho Department of Finance has sued former Bonner County real estate agent Dale E. Lowell and son Luke D. Lowell, alleging Dale Lowell ran a Ponzi scheme that defrauded … 3

• Idaho seizes Iraqi dinars in investment scheme case

  July 1, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 The state of Idaho has seized about $1 million worth of Iraqi dinars purchased in a Coeur d’Alene man’s investment scheme. Jack Lee Smiley purportedly promised to turn a $1,000 …

• States move to minimize damage from subprime loans

  July 24, 2007 in Business on Page A6 Washington and Idaho regulators are increasing their vigilance of subprime lending despite the minimal damage done in this region, so far, by the bankruptcies and other problems troubling the industry. …