Affinity fraud is broadly defined as fraudulent financial, political, or education schemes in which the defrauders gain the trust of the victims through shared identity or community. This presentation will cover the history of ponzi schemes in Utah, including the Valcor scandal, the largest fraud in Utah, and will also consider smaller schemes and multi-level marketing enterprises. It will address other types of affinity fraud, beginning with Cleon Skousen and ending with Fawn Brodie.

Kenneth Lougee, Nadine Hansen