By Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette-Journal

In a lawsuit filed Friday, three days before Harvey Whittemore’s release from serving a sentence for breaking campaign finance laws, the Nevada lawyer and lobbyist and his wife are being sued by Bank of the West.

Filed in Reno’s Second Judicial District Court on April 29, the lawsuit accuses Annette and Harvey Whittemore of creating shell companies to hide assets, including the family’s Glenbrook home.

Calls to the Whittemore family were not immediately returned.

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