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House approves tiered fraud penalties after debate over felony thresholds
Summary
House Bill 96, introducing a tiered penalty structure for fraud tied to the value of the loss, passed amid floor questions about elevating certain offenses to second-degree felonies; final passage was 46–24.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House on Feb. 6 passed House Bill 96, which replaces a one-size-fits-all fraud penalty with a graduated schedule keyed to the value of the loss and whether the defendant purposefully hindered repossession of high-value property.
Representative Sam Cutler, sponsor of the bill, told the House the change is intended to give prosecutors better tools to pursue organized, high-dollar fraud—such as schemes involving…
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