U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah
Recent News About U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah
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U.S. authorities have announced the seizure of LeakBase, a major online forum used for buying and selling stolen data and cybercrime tools.
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A Utah resident has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in a fraudulent scheme involving dietary supplements and money laundering. U.S. District Court Judge David Barlow handed down the sentence to Phillip Gannuscia, 55,...
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A Salt Lake City accountant was sentenced after being convicted of wire fraud for fraudulently obtaining approximately $221,400 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds.
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A Salt Lake City woman has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after admitting to embezzling nearly $1.4 million from her employer, a Utah-based lending services company.
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An undocumented Mexican national has been indicted in Utah for allegedly running a $1 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded around 30 investors.
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A man from Washington County, Utah has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with an investment scheme that led more than 200 victims to invest over $89 million, resulting in losses exceeding $77 million.
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Rodney Quinn Rupe, a 47-year-old former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee from Syracuse, Utah, has been sentenced to just over a year in federal prison for wire fraud after attempting to steal more than $2 million in tax credits.
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Two Minnesota residents have been placed in federal custody following their arraignment on drug charges after law enforcement reportedly seized 150 pounds of methamphetamine during a traffic stop in Utah.
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Bryan Walter McMahan, a 41-year-old resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of a Utah woman.
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Troy Campbell, a 57-year-old businessman from Taylorsville, Utah, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering related to the fraudulent acquisition of $437,230 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds.
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Gregorio Tabarez-Hernandez, known as "Trigger," a member of the Florencia 13 gang from Sandy, Utah, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for drug and firearm offenses committed in 2023....
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A West Valley City man has pleaded guilty to robbing a credit union, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah.
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Carlos Arturo Aparicio Hernandez, also known as Raiza Daniela Yasira Aparicio Hernandez, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of a minor.
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A foreign national residing in Taylorsville, Utah, has been charged following an alleged break-in and theft of firearms at the Park City Gun Club.
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Cruz Javier Garcia, a 39-year-old resident of Bland, Virginia, was sentenced in Salt Lake City to more than 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine in Utah.
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A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City has indicted Joseph Troy Ortega, 57, of West Valley City, Utah, following an alleged robbery at the Cyprus Credit Union.
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A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City has indicted Manuel Santos-Ramirez, a 32-year-old undocumented Mexican national, on drug charges related to methamphetamine distribution.
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Travis Davies, a 47-year-old resident of Vernal, Utah, has been sentenced to over eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute.
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Two Utah residents have been indicted on federal drug charges after law enforcement officers seized about 100,000 fentanyl pills during a search in West Valley City.
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Kevin Enrique Sanchez-Carrillo, a 25-year-old Mexican national residing in Draper, Utah, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for drug trafficking and immigration offenses.