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A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City has returned an indictment charging an Ogden certified public accountant with defrauding two clients of about $700,000. M. Bradley Folsom is charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of money laundering, and three counts of filing false income tax returns. Folsom allegedly defrauded the clients by presenting a "tax planning opportunity" in the form of a shell company called Antelope Oil and Gas (AOG), which Folsom claimed was in the gas and oil business.

As we have cautioned on many occasions, individuals should exercise caution when presented with a scheme that sounds too good to be true   -Brett Tolman

 

Two cousins from Ohio who shipped hard-core pornographic movies to Utah were each sentenced Thursday to a year and a day in federal prison. Sami Harb, 44, and Michael Harb, 35, who operated the now-defunct Cleveland-based Movies by Mail, had each pleaded guilty to one count of selling obscene material. U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman has called the films violent and extreme and lacking artistic value.  

A Lindon man charged in connection with an $18 million Ponzi scheme is now accused of trying to have witnesses in the case against him killed from the Davis County Jail. Jeffrey Lane Mowen, 47, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City late Wednesday on charges of solicitation to commit a crime of violence, witness tampering, retaliating against a witness and willfully causing another to commit a federal crime. The charges are in addition to a wire fraud charge he is facing in connection wit

Needless to say, this individual made overt attempts to get other individuals to assist him to retaliate against witnesses that would testify against him   -Brett Tolman

 

Wanda Eileen Barzee pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges stemming from the 2002 abduction of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart, prosecutors said.  

The U.S. government has charged three companies and two individuals with making advertising claims for their fat and weight-loss pills, Relacore and Akävar 20/50, that violate a 2006 FTC order barring them from making health or weight-loss claims without a reasonable basis.  

The U.S. Justice Department, at the Federal Trade Commission's request, filed suit today in federal court in a case affecting consumers nationwide.  

The Utah attorney general's office says a strike force formed to target major crimes committed by illegal immigrants has seized thousands of fake identification cards in four months of operation.  

Federal and state officials said Wednesday that a new strike force targeting undocumented offenders who commit felonies in Utah already is showing results.  

The Salt Lake Tribune is asking the state to pay its legal fees if the newspaper wins a lawsuit seeking a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.  

The Salt Lake Tribune is asking the state to pay its legal fees if the newspaper wins a lawsuit seeking a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.