Chamber of Commerce and California Chamber of Commerce Association of California Water Agencies, Southern California Water Committee, Northern California Water Association, California Building Industry Association, California Forestry Association, National Association of Homebuilders, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Federal Forest Resource Coalition, and the Central Arizona Water Conservation District Farm Credit West, ACA; Farm Credit Services of America; Farm Credit Mid-America, ACA;… [read post]

The indictment alleges that between September 2007 and January 2012, Lillemoe, Calderon, Zerbes and others devised and executed a scheme to defraud various U.S. financial institutions, including Deutsche Bank A.G. and Colorado-based CoBank ACB, by presenting false and altered shipping documents, including altered bills of lading, in connection with securing funding on loans guaranteed by the GSM-102. [read post]