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• SEC charges Spokane payday lender with investor fraud

    September 22, 2011 in Business, City The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the owner of a Spokane-based payday loan business with conducting a massive Ponzi scheme and stealing investor money to fund her home improvement … 15

• In brief: Djokovic beats Fish to grab Rogers title

  August 15, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 Tennis: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic won the Rogers Cup on Sunday for his ninth tournament victory of the year and record fifth in a season in an ATP Masters 1,000 event, …

• SEC accuses Goldman Sachs of defrauding investors

  April 16, 2010 in Business The government on Friday accused Wall Street’s most powerful firm of fraud, saying Goldman Sachs & Co. sold mortgage investments without telling the buyers that the securities were crafted with … 10

• Mining company claims settled

  December 23, 2009 in Business on Page A12 A small North Idaho mining company and a former executive have settled a series of stock fraud allegations brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Federal investigators accused penny …

• SEC alerted to Madoff in ’04

  July 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – An investigator at the Securities and Exchange Commission warned superiors as far back as 2004 about irregularities at Bernard L. Madoff’s financial management firm, but she was told …

• SEC accuses E. Idaho man of $40M fraud

  February 27, 2009 in Idaho, Region BOISE — Federal regulators are accusing an Idaho businessman of conning at least $40 million from investors and using the money to make credit card payments, pay for snowmobiles and …