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cali

(114,904 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2015, 01:21 PM Mar 2015

Utah to create first white-collar crime registry in US

Mortgage fraudsters, crooked brokers, Ponzi schemers and assorted financial villains will soon get their own hall of shame in Utah as the state prepares to launch the US’s first white-collar crime database.

The state’s legislators passed a bill on Wednesday to set up an official registry of financial criminals similar to the registries for convicted sex offenders. Governor Gary Herbert has indicated he will sign the bill into law.

Mormons, who make up 62% of the state’s population, are particularly vulnerable to white-collar fraud because of the personal relationships and culture they share, said legislators.

In a statement the bill’s chief sponsor, representative Mike McKell, described Utah as a “hotbed for financial fraud”. “Many people in our state have trusting relationships with those who take their money in multimillion dollar schemes, and many times those particular people have already been convicted of financial crimes,” he said.

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/12/utah-passes-bill-first-white-collar-registry

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Utah to create first white-collar crime registry in US (Original Post) cali Mar 2015 OP

Should we simply do this with all crimes? Glassunion Mar 2015 #1

no. but I do see some utility in a register like this. cali Mar 2015 #2

My issue is, where is the line and who decides where it lays? Glassunion Mar 2015 #3

"Mormons, who make up 62% of the state’s population, are particularly vulnerable to white-collar... F4lconF16 Mar 2015 #4

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)

1. Should we simply do this with all crimes?

Reply to cali (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 01:31 PM

Mar 2015

No matter what, if you have been convicted of anything, your name goes into a publicly searchable database for use against you by the general public for the rest of your life.

cali

(114,904 posts)

2. no. but I do see some utility in a register like this.

Reply to Glassunion (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 01:33 PM

Mar 2015

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)

3. My issue is, where is the line and who decides where it lays?

Reply to cali (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 01:44 PM

Mar 2015

I'm sure you see utility in this. Others may see utility in in a public registry of drug convictions, traffic violations, petty theft, etc...

F4lconF16

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4. "Mormons, who make up 62% of the state’s population, are particularly vulnerable to white-collar...

Reply to cali (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 01:45 PM

Mar 2015

...fraud because of the personal relationships and culture they share, said legislators. "

AKA the Mormon Church? That church is a giant scam, imo. I grew up in a town filled with Mormons, and I've yet to see any evidence showing otherwise.

The irony is amusing.

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