fraud

Banks and the U.S. Postal Service have reported a surge in check fraud cases, urging caution when sending checks through the mail.

(Cedar City, UT)  --  A 19-year-old woman is facing fraud charges in St. George.  Jackelyn Sarah Clop's former boss claims she used the company's debit card to make dozens of unauthorized purchases totaling 18-thousand dollars.  She's facing...

A local woman is facing about 20 charges after surveillance footage from a fast-food restaurant led to her arrest over the weekend. Police say they responded to a call of a car burglary Saturday night, that left a man without his wallet or credit card, which the suspect attempted to use for an online purchase worth 12-hundred dollars, but was declined ...

A Utah businessman faces federal charges for fraudulently promoting products he claimed could prevent and treat COVID-19.  U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber doesn't mince words when describing how he feels about claims made online by Gordon Pedersen. ...

Two Chinese nationals are behind bars in Utah, accused of scamming the elderly. The Utah Attorney General's Office has indicted both suspects on charges they defrauded victims out of a combined 600-thousand dollars. Investigators say they posed as police officers on the phone and convinced victims to buy thousands of dollars in Walmart gift cards...

The mother of a man sought in connection with a fraud case was arrested after allegedly tipping the fugitive off before agents’ arrival and lying to police. 73 year old Gloria Jean Powell of St. George, was arrested Tuesday and later charged with one third-degree felony count of obstruction of justice. She was ...

After reports of an elderly woman being extorted, police discovered a fraud ring whose leader had spent nearly 30 years in prison for murder. Frank Gene Powell, 50, is a primary suspect in several cases involving the elderly, including one 80-year-old woman police say Powell was engaged to...