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Maybe the story needed a happy ending, just like those in the made-for-television movies Saving Jessica Lynch and The Elizabeth Smart Story. But two Hollywood docudramas about the Utah Olympic scandal got axed after network executives reviewed their storylines....
How constitutionalists played an integral role in one of Utah’s largest spates of securities fraud.
By Lynn Packer
EDITOR’S NOTE: Lynn Packer, who freelances for City Weekly, is a trial consultant and has worked on several Utah cases, among them Caldera v. Microsoft and Jensen v. KTVX. Packer specialized in white-collar fraud stories, broke the Afco fraud story...
Identifying the ringleader of Utah’s largest-ever mortgage fraud.
By Lynn Packer
EDITOR’S NOTE: Lynn Packer, who freelances for City Weekly, is a trial consultant and has worked on several Utah cases, among them Caldera v. Microsoft, Lantec v. Novel, Jensen v. KTVX and State v. Weitzel. As a television reporter, Packer specialized...
It’s about information. Competitive news organizations are supposed to provide readers, viewers and listeners with comprehensive coverage of their community. Based on American journalism tradition, they’re also supposed to serve as watchdogs...
Did Sen. Orrin hatch and his LDS mission friend Judge David Sam foil the government’s case in the Olympic Bid Scandal?
By Lynn Packer
You can just imagine how Mark Shurtleff felt as he was thrust into the ranks of the B Team—by the governor, no less. Wouldn’t you know, it’s your friends who hurt you most?“They have this attitude about this office because of...
Why won’t the government fold its case against Welch and Johnson?
By Lynn Packer
It was like the last straw for City Councilwoman Nancy Saxton, she was so dang miffed. Some newspaper reporter had called her about the pending appointment of Salt Lake City’s Redevelopment Agency Director. What did the redevelopment board (City...