Forensics Journal - Stevenson University 2015 | Page 35

FORENSICS JOURNAL

Another prominent Utah politician and attorney, Sean Reyes,
the current Utah Attorney General, is championing a crusade to
construct a “fraudsters registry.” This listing would function similarly
to the sex offender registries. Reyes stresses such a registry is needed
because there is a high incidence of repeat offenders committing
affinity frauds. Reyes’ campaign for attorney general included a desire
to study the premise of lessening fraudster sentences if they disclose
the location of hidden assets acquired through their schemes. The
basis behind sentence reduction is that in most frauds, the assets
recovered actually returned to victims are minimal, as the funds are
often squandered by the offender prior to detection of the fraud
(Affinity Fraud: Fleecing, 2012).

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