Number	17443
Subject	County Government
Source	Daily News (Naples, Fla.)
State	FL
Year	2000
Publication Date	Feb. 20 through Dec. 17
Summary	"This entry builds on 3 1/2 years of coverage about a web of corrupt dealings involving county commissioners, a defunct golf stadium development, county grants, the PGA Tour, a boiler room stock house and our local state attorney. ... In 2000, Barron's magazine raised questions about the investment claims of David Mobley, a hedge fund manager and Stadium Naples original primary financier. We added to the coverage by confirming that Mobley's trading records had been seized, within weeks he confesed cheating investors out of $60 million to federal regulators." FOIA material used for this report is also included. Also please go through file #16064, and #15021for the complete set of stories.
Category	None
Pages	116
Keywords	Bill Rasmussen A.S. Goldmen investment scheme fraud cronyism state ethics commission zoning land-use issues
Related Links	story file #16064, story file #15021
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