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BTW, what data do you have about LDS criminial activity in UT?

Even earlier this year -- March 11, 2015 -- Salt Lake Trib:

Citing high level of fraud in Utah, lawmakers pass white collar crime registry

And, btw, me focusing on it didn't mean it became a "sudden issue" in 2009...The Mormon Church owned Deseret News published this story in 2001:

Utah County is hotbed for white-collar crimes LDS members often seen as easy targets in 'affinity fraud'

Utah County is the Provo area -- home of BYU -- and among the highest % of Mormons county-wise in the entire state of Utah.

I first became aware of high rates of FBI-tracked white- collar crime from its Salt Lake City office when the Tanners began mentioning that LONG ago.

Woodwell says it's not just Utah. Nationwide, investors decide to buy into a product because they and the seller have something in common. Most often, says Woodwell, that thing is religion.

"Here, it tends to be the Mormon Church," he says. "But if you're in New Mexico, it's the Catholic Church. If you're in Alabama, it's the Baptist Church. So, it's everywhere."