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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SEC wants federal court of appeals to rethink ruling that questions administrative proceedings
The federal government has asked the entire bench of justices at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver to re-decide an earlier ruling that, if left to stand, could...

Judge: Convicted rapist doesn’t have to register as sex offender because cases are too old
A five-time convicted felon and rapist does not have to register as a sex offender when he’s released from a federal halfway house in Denver because his cases are too...

Victims of sexual assault and stalking push for the right to break their Colorado leases
Except for victims of domestic abuse – people who share a domicile – those who are sexually assaulted or targets of stalking are bound by their leases regardless of the...

Pilot who buzzed De Beque Canyon and hit power lines says Xcel also could be to blame
Lawyers for the pilot who buzzed De Beque Canyon in a military-style fighter jet says that Xcel should share the blame for not marking the power lines he snapped.

Child sex-trafficking victim settles lawsuit against filmmaker
A child sex-trafficking victim who sued the makers of a documentary in which a decorated Denver police officers identifies her by name has settled her case for undisclosed terms.

70-year-old former Nuggets guard being sued for not paying back $323,000 in “miscalculated” pension benefit
The 70-year-old defensive star of the old American Basketball Association is being sued by the league’s retirement plan for refusing to return more than $320,000 in benefits it says he's...

Bill to allow exonerated defendants to get refunds in Colorado appears headed to Gov. John Hickenlooper
A state Senate committee on Monday unanimously passed a bill that would give convicted defendants later exonerated of their crimes a refund of the court costs and fees they had...

Gunsmoke shop owner Richard Wyatt jury still out, except for one who never came back
As a federal jury spent a second day deliberating the fate of former reality television personality and gunshop owner Richard Wyatt, one juror spent Friday explaining why he’d simply walked...

Bill to gut state’s troubled loan fund headed to full Senate, then likely to governor
A bill to gut a 25-year-old state loan program that languished with default rates 10 times the national average breezed through a Colorado Senate committee Thursday and appears headed for...

Another wave of lawsuits claiming disability violations by small businesses, this time in Colorado Springs
A 31-year-old father of two has turned small businesses in a small spot of eastern Colorado Springs into ground-zero for the latest swarm of federal lawsuits claiming discrimination against the...