Utah AG Brings Charges Against Latest 'Affinity' Ponzi Scheme
Shortly after Utah introduced the nation's first "White Collar Crime Offender Registry" to help fight affinity fraud, the state's Attorney General charged a father and son with 15 counts of securities fraud in which they allegedly exploited their membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to win ...
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