Wild West World controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2010
Conviction and imprisonment of Thomas Etheredge
Etheredge was convicted on seven securities-fraud counts, sentenced to five years in prison, and later paroled in 2013. The prosecution became a major part of the public account of Wild West World's collapse.
2009
Securities-fraud allegations involving park investments
Thomas Etheredge was arrested on ten securities-fraud counts involving approximately $800,000 raised from investors for investments connected with Wild West World. Members of Wichita's Summit Church were among those who invested. The case also exposed Etheredge's prior imprisonment for securities fraud in an earlier business scheme.