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. The verdict against gas station owner […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A California businessman teamed up with a pair of Utah polygamists and helped them expand a biodiesel fraud scheme that ended up getting nearly $500 million in government funds that they used to buy luxury sports cars and million-dollar homes, a prosecutor said Wednesday during […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-A Utah polygamist testifying against a California businessman who prosecutors say helped him carry-out a nearly $500 million biodiesel fraud scheme testified that he and his brother gave millions of dollars of what they made to the polygamous group to which they belong. Jacob Kingston said he […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A pair of Utah polygamists teamed up with a California businessman with ties to Turkey to defraud the U.S. of nearly $500 million from a biodiesel fuel program because he offered the men protection from what he called his “umbrella” of law enforcement and government […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two executives of a Salt Lake City biodiesel company linked to a polygamous group are pleading guilty to charges filed in a $511 million tax credit scheme. Court documents made public on Friday show Jacob Kingston and Isaiah Kingston with the company Washakie Renewable Energy […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Federal prosecutors are moving to seize a plant and more than 500 acres (202 hectares) of undeveloped land belonging to a Salt Lake City biodiesel company linked to a polygamous group. The Standard-Examiner reports Washakie Renewable Energy CEO Jacob Kingston and CFO Isaiah Kingston, as well as others, […]
