Coeur d'Alene News

• Ex-real estate agent sentenced in North Idaho Ponzi scheme

  A man who authorities say used his connections as a real estate agent and church pianist in northern Idaho to dupe investors out of $2.2 million has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.

• Ponzi scheme gets former North Idaho man, church pianist, three years in prison

  COEUR d’ALENE — A former successful Bonner County real estate agent today in federal court was sentenced to three years in prison for a Ponzi scheme that ripped off North Idaho investors for $2.2 million.

• Ex-real estate agent sentenced for duping investors out of $2.2M

  NORTH IDAHO -- A man who authorities say used his connections as a real estate agent and church pianist in northern Idaho to dupe investors out of $2.2 million has been sentenced to three years in federal prison. The U.S. Attorney's Office says 59-year-old Dale Edward Lowell was also ordered to pay more than $1.7 million in restitution during a hearing Wednesday. Lowell pleaded guilty to wire ...