Financial promoter, wife plead not guilty: Judge grants request from Wade Cook for public defender

Financial promoter, wife plead not guilty: Judge grants request from Wade Cook for public defender

Well-known financial promoter Wade B. Cook and his wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges of concealing nearly $8.9 million from the Internal Revenue Service.

Cook, 56, and his wife Laura, 52, who own a home near Fall City, were charged in federal court last month.

Throughout the 1990s Wade Cook established himself as an author and speaker on investing. He has written dozens of books and conducted hundreds of seminars on asset protection, stock market investing, real estate acquisition and avoidance of income tax.