The Office of the Attorney General shall post on the Office of the Attorney General’s website up-to-date information regarding financial scams, including:

(1) the most prominent and common characteristics of financial scams;

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Terms Used In Utah Code 7-26-202

  • Financial exploitation: means :
         (3)(a) the wrongful or unauthorized taking, withholding, appropriation, or use of money, assets, or other property of an individual; or
         (3)(b) an act or omission, including through a power of attorney, guardianship, or conservatorship of an individual, to:
              (3)(b)(i) obtain control, through deception, intimidation, or undue influence, over the individual's money, assets, or other property to deprive the individual of the ownership, use, benefit, or possession of the individual's money, assets, or other property; or
              (3)(b)(ii) convert the individual's money, assets, or other property to deprive the individual of the ownership, use, benefit, or possession of the individual's money, assets, or other property. See Utah Code 7-26-102
  • Vulnerable adult: means :
         (8)(a) an individual who is 65 years old or older; or
         (8)(b) the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-6-201. See Utah Code 7-26-102
(2) current or trending financial scams;
(3) resources for a vulnerable adult who suspects a financial scam; and
(4) resources for an individual who suspects the financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult.