Securities fraud case goes on in Larimer County court

FORT COLLINS – Northern Colorado businessman Steve Sumner made his first appearance in Larimer County District Court on Feb. 22 to face charges including six counts of securities fraud and five counts of theft.

The charges are in connection with separate alleged securities solicitations dating back as far as four years ago.

The complex case is being prosecuted by the Colorado Attorney General’s office and involves such a volume of documentation that Judge Daniel Kaup set the next hearing two months out to give the public defender assigned to Sumner time for discovery.

Sumner’s charges stem from his dealings through his Fort…