
February 7, 2026
A Nevada woman has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing child pornography after sexually abusing a four-year-old child and distributing explicit material to a co-offender.
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February 7, 2026
An indictment has been unsealed in Salt Lake City, Utah, charging Jose Cesar Paredes-Davila, a 33-year-old Mexican national living in the United States on an expired visa, with alleged drug trafficking offenses.
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February 7, 2026
Three Mexican nationals living in Salt Lake City have been indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple drug charges following the seizure of significant quantities of fentanyl and heroin.
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February 7, 2026
The District of Utah is marking National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, joining the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in their efforts to combat human trafficking and support victims.
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February 7, 2026
An undocumented Mexican national living in Utah has been indicted on charges related to a securities fraud scheme that allegedly defrauded about 30 investors out of approximately $1 million.
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February 5, 2026
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City has indicted Jorge Luis Tejera, a 40-year-old Venezuelan national, on charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion.
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February 4, 2026
A Utah man has been sentenced to two years in prison for defrauding charitable donors and businesses of nearly $592,000 by misrepresenting his company, Urban Armz LLC, as a legitimate federal firearms licensee.
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February 2, 2026
A man from Washington County, Utah, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with an investment scheme that caused more than 200 people to invest over $89 million, resulting in losses exceeding $77 million.
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January 16, 2026
Rodney Quinn Rupe, a 47-year-old former employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from Syracuse, Utah, has been sentenced to just over one year in federal prison for wire fraud.
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December 20, 2025
A woman from South Carolina has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud after selling fraudulent "discounted" ski and snowboard passes for Utah resorts.
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