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Utah attorney general and sponsor pitch statewide financial-crimes intelligence center
Summary
Attorney General Derek Brown and sponsor (as recorded) presented a proposal to create a Statewide Financial Crimes Intelligence Center housed in the attorney general's office to coordinate investigations and help rural counties respond to increasingly sophisticated fraud; the committee discussed the request and later placed it on the ECD prioritized list forwarded to the EAC.
Attorney General Derek Brown urged the Economic and Community Development Appropriation Subcommittee on Feb. 10 to back a proposal to create a Statewide Financial Crimes Intelligence Center (FCIC) housed in the attorney general's office, saying the office needs a centralized place to connect investigations and share technical expertise.
"We're seeing a level of sophistication now that is just off the charts," Brown said, describing recent cases in which…
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