DENVER – Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers and Colorado Securities Commissioner Fred Joseph today announced the indictment of Gene Robert Little in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme involving millions of dollars in investments from Northern Coloradans. The sixty-two year old Little, a Fort Collins resident, was arrested on 42 counts of securities fraud and one count of theft. The indictment was handed down by a statewide grand jury. If convicted on all counts, Little would face a minimum sentence of 172 years in prison, and millions of dollars in fines and restitution.
News & Press Releases
Attorney General Suthers Teams With AOL For Internet Safety Training -- 10/03/2007
DENVER – Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers today joined law enforcement officers from 50 jurisdictions across the Centennial State for an Internet safety training event sponsored by AOL. The event, titled “The Changing World of Online Criminal Investigations,” was provided to help investigators understand how to gather evidence in an increasingly fragmented online environment.
Attorney General John Suthers To Keynote Internet Safety Presentation -- 10/02/2007
WHEN:
Wednesday, October 3, 10:00 a.m.
WHERE:
PPA Event Center
2105 Decatur Street
Denver
Attorney General Suthers Announces $375,000 In Grants To Fight Meth -- 09/28/2007
DENVER – Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers today announced $375,000 in Daniels Fund grants to a pair of Colorado anti-methamphetamine programs. The grants were announced prior to a meeting of the Statewide Methamphetamine Task Force, which the Attorney General chairs. Two-hundred thousand dollars has been awarded to the Colorado Alliance for Drug Endangered Children and $175,000 has been awarded to a meth treatment pilot program in Delta County.
Attorney General Suthers Brings Colorado Concerns To Mexico -- 09/19/2007
DENVER – Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers left today as part of a four-day exchange mission to Mexico. During the trip, a bipartisan delegation of Attorneys General from six Western states will discuss issues of mutual importance with Mexican state and federal officials.
Attorney General Suthers Releases School And Campus Safety Report -- 09/06/2007
DENVER – Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers today issued a report on school and campus safety, compiled by a national task force of Attorneys General which he co-chairs. The report was compiled over a three-month period with the help of law enforcement and educational safety experts from across the country.
Attorney General Reclaims $130,000 In Charitable Fraud Cases -- 09/05/2007
DENVER – Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers today announced that his office has reached out-of-court settlement agreements in a trio of charitable fraud cases. Settlements were struck with Colorado Children’s Assistance Center and its founder and director, David Michael St. John; Front Range Charitable Services and its president, Colleen Gardenour Holmes; Veterans for the Homeless, Inc. and its officers, Jay Wyss and Rhett Cline; and Hernando Hennings, who worked for two of the charities as a paid solicitor.
Colorado Attorney General Gains Consumer Restitution In Settlement With Uzed.Com -- 08/27/2007
DENVER – Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers has reached an out-of-court settlement agreement with Broomfield-based Uzed Enterprises and company president Steven Bonneau. The company operated the Uzed.com website, soliciting and accepting consumers’ used CDs, DVDs, video games, and consumer electronics, such as cell phones, in exchange for an advertised payment. Uzed then resold the goods to media retailers for a profit.
Colorado Attorney General Suthers To Assume Leadership Roles In National Organizations -- 08/21/2007
DENVER – Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) by incoming president Lawrence Wasden, the Attorney General of Idaho.
“It is important that Colorado has a seat at the table when national issues are addressed that impact our state,” commented Attorney General Suthers. “That’s why I welcome the opportunity to join the NAAG Executive Committee.”
