Denver lawsuit calls Knights of Columbus life insurance pool a racketeering scheme

A tiny Boulder digital platform company has filed a $100 million lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Denver against the Knights of Columbus, claiming the Catholic-charity behemoth is using "phantom" numbers to fraudulently inflate its 1.4 million insurance pool of mostly aging members.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by Greenwood Village attorney Jeffrey Vail on behalf of UKnight Interactive and manager Leonard Labriola, accuses the charity of artificially claiming that it has 1.9 million insureds worldwide by counting members who have dropped out. It also accuses the charity of stealing the company's trade secrets.

"Indeed, the KC Supreme insurance program is only one step removed from a classic

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