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02-24-2016, 12:14 AM
Top polygamous leaders arrested in Utah food stamp fraud
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SALT LAKE CITY — Several top leaders from Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect were arrested Tuesday on federal accusations of food stamp fraud and money laundering — marking one of the biggest blows to the group in years.
Prosecutors say the sect based on the Utah-Arizona border diverted funds from Utah's nutrition assistance program for inappropriate use by its leaders.
A total of 11 people were charged in the scheme, including Lyle Jeffs and Seth Jeffs, top-ranking leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and brothers of imprisoned sect leader Warren Jeffs.
Warren Jeffs is serving a life sentence in Texas for ***ually assaulting his 12- and 15-year-old child brides at a secretive church compound in that state. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/23/food-stamp-fraud-polygamous-leaders/)
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SALT LAKE CITY — Several top leaders from Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect were arrested Tuesday on federal accusations of food stamp fraud and money laundering — marking one of the biggest blows to the group in years.
Prosecutors say the sect based on the Utah-Arizona border diverted funds from Utah's nutrition assistance program for inappropriate use by its leaders.
A total of 11 people were charged in the scheme, including Lyle Jeffs and Seth Jeffs, top-ranking leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and brothers of imprisoned sect leader Warren Jeffs.
Warren Jeffs is serving a life sentence in Texas for ***ually assaulting his 12- and 15-year-old child brides at a secretive church compound in that state. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/23/food-stamp-fraud-polygamous-leaders/)
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