Tag: Idaho
Cody Malosi Wilson, CPO Failure, Idaho 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cody Malosi Wilson of Idaho Falls, Idaho, has been ordered to pay a $150,000 penalty for failing to register as a commodity pool operator (CPO) and violating CFTC regulations, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today, August 26, 2021. The CFTC’s order details that between August 2015 and October 2018, Wilson operated…
Devin Terrance Pickler, Child Pornography, Idaho 2024
⏱ 2 min read Devin Terrance Pickler, a 40-year-old man from Moscow, Idaho, was involved in a disturbing case of child pornography. In the summer of 2024, law enforcement received a tip about a social media account containing suspected child sexual abuse material (CSAM), which led them to Pickler. He had uploaded hundreds of CSAM…
Saul Salazar-Leon, Child Pornography, Idaho 2026
⏱ 2 min read Saul Salazar-Leon, a 46-year-old Mexican national, was caught secretly recording a 12-year-old girl in a bathroom in Idaho. The disturbing discovery was made in December 2024 by the girl’s mother, who found a hidden camera while cleaning the bathroom. The mother confronted Salazar-Leon, who claimed it was a mistake and begged…
Kacey Franklin James, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Idaho 2026
Pocatello Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Drugs POCATELLO, Idaho – In a shocking turn of events, Kacey Franklin James, a Pocatello resident, was sentenced to 192 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine, LSD, and Psilocybin mushrooms in eastern Idaho. According to court records, the Idaho State Police executed a…
Boniface Binene, Fentanyl Trafficking, Idaho 2024
⏱ 2 min read Boniface Binene, a 25-year-old citizen of the Republic of Congo, sold a tenth of a gram of fentanyl to 31-year-old Andrew Doyle in Meridian, Idaho, on May 3, 2024, resulting in Doyle’s overdose death. Binene, who pleaded guilty to the offense on November 19, 2025, was sentenced to 14 years in…
Daren L. Palmer, Ponzi Scheme, Idaho 2009
IDAHO FALLS, ID – Daren L. Palmer, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, is facing charges of operating a $40 million Ponzi scheme through his unregistered commodity futures pool, Trigon Group, Inc., the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on February 27, 2009. The CFTC filed a complaint on February 26, 2009, alleging Palmer committed solicitation…
Daren L. Palmer, Ponzi Scheme Fraud, Idaho 2010
IDAHO FALLS, ID – Daren L. Palmer, 47, was ordered to pay over $41.2 million in penalties and disgorgement after being found guilty of operating a Ponzi scheme through his company, Trigon Group LLC, according to a federal court order issued October 4, 2010. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) originally charged Palmer on…
Michael Justin Hoopes, Fraud, Idaho 2011
Michael Justin Hoopes of Rexburg, Idaho, is facing charges of fraud and misappropriation following a CFTC complaint filed on October 25, 2011, in U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The complaint alleges Hoopes operated a Ponzi scheme through Aspen Trading, LLC, defrauding residents of Idaho and others. According to the CFTC, Hoopes fraudulently…
Brad Lee Demuzio, Ponzi Scheme, Idaho 2012
Brad Lee Demuzio, of Chubbuck, Idaho, has been charged with operating a $1.8 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of approximately $900,000, according to a complaint filed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on April 11, 2012, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Demuzio, operating through his company Demuzio…
Michael Justin Hoopes, Ponzi Scheme, Idaho 2012
Michael Justin Hoopes of Rexburg, Idaho, has been ordered to pay over $11.8 million in restitution and penalties for operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded residents of Idaho and others, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on July 30, 2012. The federal court order, entered on July 26, 2012, by Judge Edward J.…
