Investigative Reporter
David Migoya
David writes investigative projects and has been at The Denver Post since 1999. He was a founding member of the investigations team before moving on to write about banking, finance, human services and consumer affairs, then returned to investigations. David has also worked at publications in New York City, St. Louis and Detroit over a 38-year career.
His work has been recognized by Investigative Reporters & Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Scripps Howard Foundation, the Society of Business Editors and Writers, and the National Association of Real Estate Editors. His 2018 expose about hidden court cases across Colorado was chosen as the state's best by the Colorado Press Association.
David is fluent in Spanish.
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Denver judge awards more than $1.9 million to attorney, businesses accused by state of price gouging during nationās foreclosure crisis
A Denver judge on Friday awarded more than $1.9 million to foreclosure king Larry Castle and two associated businesses who successfully defended themselves against Colorado attorney general allegations of price...

El Paso deputies confiscate $13M worth of marijuana, guns in first three months of black market crackdown
El Paso County sheriff's deputies in the first three months of 2018 confiscated about $12 million worth of illegally grown marijuana plants, another $1 million in processed marijuana, made 16...

Colorado lawmakers moving to close loopholes in revenge-porn law
A bill that would close loopholes to Colorado's law against so-called "revenge porn" -- including the posting of sexual images without actually showing the victim nude -- unanimously passed the...

Colorado sanctions two more in growing Ponzi scheme that allegedly took seniors nationally for $1.2 billion
Two more securities brokers in Colorado were ordered to stop selling products from a California company that federal authorities say ran a $1.2 billion nationwide Ponzi scheme. The two brokers...

Federal jury gives Colorado murderer $6 million after he was beaten by a guard
A federal jury in Denver has awarded $6 million to a 36-year-old convicted murderer confined to a wheelchair from a prison beating he said he suffered at the hands of...

Airline pilot acquitted of charges he posted nude photos of ex-girlfriend
An Adams County jury has acquitted an airline pilot of illegally posting onto the internet nude photos of an ex-girlfriend -- a three-time Paralympian who sued him for damages for...

SamSam virus demands bitcoin from CDOT, state shuts down 2,000 computers
Colorado Department of Transportation employees resorted to pen and paper on Wednesday after nasty ransomware hijacked computer files and demanded payment in bitcoin for their safe return. Security officials didn't...

Is it a real masterpiece? Critic challenges Degas sculptures on display at Denver Art Museum
None of the eight sculptures attributed to French artist Edgar Degas in the Denver Art Museum's new exhibit is an original, says a Florida artist who has studied them for...

Judge orders mental-health exam for man charged in fatal Thornton Walmart shooting
An Adams County judge ordered the man accused of killing three people at a Thornton Walmart to undergo a mental health evaluation.

State AG says Denver judge was wrong when he ruled in favor of Larry Castle in foreclosure lawsuit
The Denver judge who last spring ruled that former foreclosure king Larry Castle and his law firm did not violate state laws designed to protect consumers against fraudulent charges was...