Investigation of Relationships - Part 1

There are a LOT of interconnections in these COES patent cases.  People who have worked for years for ICM become Ethanol plant managers and decision makers.  The Ethanol plant buys the non-patented ICM COES.  I will cover some of those things later.  Here are some other connections.

For now - here are a couple items that got my interest and you can draw your own conclusions - if any.  Links follow each quote:

Sam Cogdill, Chairman and CEO, {Amaizing Energy} Age 58, 3737 155 th Street, Dunlap, Iowa 51529 . Mr. Cogdill graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in Agricultural Business and Accounting. Since 1979 he and his brothers, Pat and Frank Cogdill, have owned and operated Cogdill Farm Supply Inc. with Mr. Cogdill serving as President. He is also owner and operator of a cash grain farm. Mr. Cogdill was a founding board member at Lincoln Way Energy LLC of Nevada, IA and has served as Chairman, CEO and Director of Amaizing Energy Holding Company since inception. Previously, he served as Chairman, CEO and Director of Amaizing Energy, L.L.C. Mr. Cogdill served as Chairman and Director of Amaizing Energy from its inception in June 2001, and as CEO of Amaizing Energy from November 2006 through its merger into Amaizing Energy Holding Company. p.111 see Here

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Here is an EPA interaction with Mr. Sam Cogdill including 4 counts and a consent agreement apparently involving the improper sale and distribution of pesticides.  Mr. Cogdill's signature is on page 10: 

"Respondent shall pay a civil penalty, for the violations cited herein, in the amount of Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($19,200.00) plus interest."
SEE ALL HERE

SkunK

Thanks to a reader for help on this.