Category: Utah District
Owner of Utah Trucking Companies Pleads Guilty to Role in FedEx Trucking Bribery Scheme Worth $24 Million and PPP Loan Fraud | USAO-UT
SALT LAKE CITY – Hubert Ivan Ugarte, 52, of Draper, Utah, pleaded guilty for his role in two separate fraud schemes last week in federal court. Ugarte first pleaded guilty…
Utah Attorney Charged with Conspiring to Launder Money Gained from Fraud Scheme | USAO-UT
SALT LAKE CITY – Attorney Matthew Kober, 45, of Draper, Utah, was charged via criminal information on Monday with one count of conspiring to launder money obtained via wire fraud…
Andrea T. Martinez Appointed Acting United States Attorney for the District of Utah | USAO-UT
SALT LAKE CITY – Andrea T. Martinez is the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Utah, appointed on March 1, 2021, by virtue of the Vacancies Reform Act….
Kurt Bauer Sentenced to 78 Months of Imprisonment for Advanced-Fee Scheme Targeting Elderly | USAO-UT
ST. GEORGE, UTAH – Kurt Bauer 57, of Kanab, Utah, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to three counts of wire fraud and two counts…
John Huber Leaves his Post as Longest-Serving United States Attorney in the Nation | USAO-UT
SALT LAKE CITY– After six years of leadership as the United States Attorney for the District of Utah, America’s longest currently serving U.S. Attorney is moving on. John Huber’s last…
United States Attorney’s Office Mourns the Loss of Officer Hugh B. Bennett | USAO-UT
SALT LAKE CITY- The United States Attorney’s Office mourns the loss of retired Unified Police Department Officer Hugh B. Bennett, after his courageous battle with Covid-19. Hugh was a loving…
Barraza Pleads Guilty to Trafficking in Heroin and Carrying a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime | USAO-UT
ST. GEORGE, UTAH – Richard Dimitri Barraza, 24, of St. George, Utah, has agreed to serve 150 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing heroin with the intent…
Craig C. Garrick, Jr. Sentenced To A Year In Federal Prison For Securities Fraud | USAO-UT
SALT LAKE CITY – Craig C. Garrick, Jr., 42, of Alpine, Utah, was ordered to serve 12 months and one day in federal prison at a hearing on February 10,…
Salt Lake City Violent Crime Reduction Partnership Announces the Results of First Month of Action | USAO-UT
One month ago, Mayor Mendenhall of Salt Lake City, Chief Mike Brown of the Salt Lake City Police Department and Commissioner Jess Anderson of the Utah Department of Public Safety…
Cornpeach Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter and Assault on a Federal Officer | USAO-UT
SALT LAKE CITY – Deland Cornpeach, 20, of the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Tribe, pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter and one count of assault on a federal officer in…
