Fraud shatters high-tech dream of David Tacke and VenueTech Systems.

Kalispell businessman David Tacke had a high-tech dream that he believed would make his investors and him rich.

But instead, Tacke today sits in a federal prison in Oregon where he is expected to remain until 2013. He is required to pay nearly $1 million in restitution to investors.

By CHARLES S. JOHNSON and JENNIFER McKEE of the Standard State Bureau

Full Story: http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2006/04/06/newsstate/hjjdjfjdjcgfhd.txt

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Morrison: Relationships didn’t alter fraud probe

By MIKE DENNISON and CHARLES S. JOHNSON of the Missoulian State Bureau

State Auditor John Morrison agreed to have an outside attorney handle a 2003 securities fraud case in part because he earlier had an extramarital affair with a woman connected to the targeted companies, the Missoulian State Bureau has learned.

Morrison, the leading Democrat in Montana’s U.S. Senate race, said that hiring an outside attorney is rare but not unprecedented. It was the best thing to do under the circumstances and led to a good result, he said.

The companies, operated by David Tacke of Kalispell, were ordered to offer refunds to investors and create an independent board of directors, among other punishments.

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/articles/2006/04/06/news/top/news01.txt

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