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Retired FBI agent arraigned in Utah-based Afghan scheme

Last updated Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 10:07am

SALT LAKE CITY — A recently retired FBI agent was to plead not guilty Tuesday to charges of trying to derail an investigation into a defense contract scandal in exchange for promises of riches that apparently never materialized.

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Logan mom charged with falsely claiming sons were sick to raise money

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 21, 2012 - 8:26am

LOGAN — Police have arrested a Logan mother that they say falsely claimed her sons were ill to solicit money from family, friends and the public.

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Attorney seeks more than $500,000 in legal fees from Ogden

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 8:59pm

OGDEN — The lawyer suing Ogden city since 2006 over a fatal crash involving a car police had been chasing has raised new allegations against the lawyers who represented the city.

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Bogus Air Force ’war hero,’ wife, steal almost $500K in benefits

Jamie Satterfield The Knoxville News Sentinel

Last updated Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 2:25pm

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The wife of an Air Force veteran who lied about being a war hero confessed her guilt to helping him rip off the government of bogus benefits and faking her own back injuries.

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Utah man sentenced in W.Va. mortgage fraud schemes

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, August 10, 2012 - 2:42pm

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Salt Lake City man has been sentenced to two years and three months in federal prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

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After being charged in 34 felony cases, Higbee is bound for prison

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, June 4, 2012 - 7:31pm

FARMINGTON — A 42-year-old woman charged with multiple cases of forgery, identity theft and retail theft has been sentenced to prison.

Julia Amelia Higbee, who is also known as Julia Herzog, appeared Monday in 2nd District Court before Judge David R. Morris.

Deputy Davis County Attorney Jason Nelson said Higbee’s actions require her to serve prison time. He also said there is a concern that Higbee, as she is listed on the court calendar, will commit more felony crimes if she is sentenced to probation.

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This May 2009 photo from video provided by the Brooklyn District Attorney's office shows, according to prosecutors, Thomas Parkin, 49, at left, on a Department of Motor Vehicles security camera, dressed up as his mother, who died in 2003, as part of a scam to collect her government benefits. At right is Mhilton Rimolo, a friend of Parkin's who authorities say acted as an accomplice in the scheme, posing as the mother's nephew when going to cash checks and do other business, prosecutors said. Parkin was convicted May 3, 2012 on charges including grand larceny and mortgage fraud. He was sentenced to 13 2/3 to 41 years, Monday May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Brooklyn District Attorney's office)

Man gets 13 years for posing as his dead mom

Tina Susman Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 10:22am

NEW YORK -- Perhaps it was the hands -- too big for the apparently frail woman in the poofy blond wig. Perhaps it was the dubious expression on the face of the temporary home health aide. But the video that was supposed to help Thomas Parkin prove his elderly mother was alive only sent a jury into giggles. Now Parkin faces at least 13 years in prison for donning the strange disguise in a scheme to reap his dead mom's money.

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Second attempt to prosecute Hooper fraud suspect fails

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 11:11pm

OGDEN — A second attempt to prosecute a Hooper man for communications fraud failed.

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Former Layton director of economics sentenced to 3 years probation for embezzling funds

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 7:48pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Former Layton city director of economics Seth J. Butterfield, 78, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to three years of probation for embezzling public funds.

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These three images from surveillance cameras at a Centerville Target show a man and woman who are suspected of stealing a credit card and using it to buy more than $6,000 worth of merchandise within 45 minutes of the theft. The image at bottom is the light-colored compact car the two used to get from store to store in cities from West Bountiful to Layton. (Courtesy of Centerville Police Department)

Police seek 2 using stolen credit card in spending spree across Davis County

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 11:01pm

CENTERVILLE — Police here are seeking two suspects in connection with a string of property crimes beginning in West Bountiful and ending in Layton.

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Lottery winner charged with welfare fraud

Dawson Bell Detroit Free Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 3:04pm

LANSING, Mich. -- A 25-year-old woman who continued to collect food stamps after winning the Michigan state lottery's $1 million "Make Me Rich!" game show has been charged with two felonies for welfare fraud, Attorney General Bill Schuette announced Tuesday.

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Utah Medicaid files likely hacked and downloaded to Eastern Europe

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 7:15pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Hackers accessed 24,000 files on state computer servers that house Medicaid claims, state officials announced Wednesday.

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Former Mormon bishop pleads not guilty to fraud

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 1:40pm

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A former Mormon bishop has pleaded not guilty to charges he cheated investors including members of his congregation out of more than $400,000.

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Former LDS bishop accused of investor fraud

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 1:42pm

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A federal grand jury has indicted a former LDS bishop on charges he cheated investors including members of his congregation out of more than $400,000, prosecutors said Tuesday.

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