Polygamous church leaders indicted, arrested for fraud

Salt Lake City Tribune ^ | February 23, 2016 | Nate Carlisle

[Zakeet]

Lyle Jeffs, who has been running the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for his imprisoned brother, has been indicted on food stamp fraud charges, the U.S. Attorney for Utah announced Tuesday.

The indictment was unsealed the same day FBI and sheriffs deputies searched businesses in Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., that are owned by members of the FLDS.

Also indicted was Seth Jeffs, brother to both Lyle and FLDS President Warren Jeffs.

[Snip]

They are accused of conspiracy to commit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, the new release states.

Church leaders "diverted SNAP proceeds from authorized beneficiaries to leaders of the FLDS Church for use by ineligible beneficiaries and for unapproved purposes," prosecutors allege.

[Elsie]

Looks like some of them have been FEEDing from the Beast!

A LOT!!!

[Elsie]

"Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives, and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned;

and I will go still further and say, take this revelation, or any other revelation that the Lord has given,

and deny it in your feelings, and I promise that you will be damned.

Brigham Young - JoD 3:266 (July 14, 1855)

[SENTINEL]

Nothing new here....FLDS/LDS “prophet” Joseph Smith was once convicted of fraud for “money digging”. I’ll give the FLDS this...they are certainly less ashamed of Joseph Smith than the breakaway Salt Lake (LDS) Sect.

[Larry Lucido]

Definitely not a “minimalist,” is he?