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Businessman found guilty in fraud scheme with polygamists

by Associated Press
| March 16, 2020 4:05 PM

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A California businessman accused of helping a pair of Utah polygamists expand a biodiesel fraud scheme that ended up stealing nearly $500 million in government funds was found guilty Monday on 10 counts including money laundering and mail fraud.

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