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TV sports anchor pleads guilty, will testify in fraud
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LOL!!!! Nice stretch there! We're supposed to feel sorry for the dude?
I've seen more underhanded business dealings in Utah than anywhere else I've lived. That's ironic for a state where members of the dominant religion supposedly "believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous" and in "obeying, honoring and sustaining the law."
An earlier post suggested Utah seems to be our country's fraud capital. I agree. Greed reigns supreme here, and it's about time we held people -- even marginally famous folks like Dave Fox -- accountable.
To Jim Bradshaw (Fox's attorney): Cry me a river! Your client knew what he was signing; that's why he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. He tried to defraud the lender to make a quick buck and he got caught. If he loses a little money on the deal, it's a small price to pay. At least he's not going to jail. Using pathos to invoke public sympathy is going to backfire here, Mr. Bradshaw. Don't do it.
go to jail. I bought a house several years ago
at an inflated price due to some dishonest crook
like Fox. I did lose a lot of money on this deal
so its nice to see guys like this get caught. Mr.
Fox should be a role model for the community not a crook and
he is smart enought to know this was wrong.cmon
Bradshaw
There is tremendous fraud in the housing and mortgage industry everywhere--what do you call so many of the sub-prime loan problems that are surfacing? Or what about the medical industry, where hospitals and doctors inflate their charges 4 times in order to get re-imbursed by government and insurance companies for what they want to be paid. That leaves the uninsured paying 4 times the price that the insured do for the same services. Then they offer to settle with the uninsured for ONLY twice what others pay. I call that dishonest, too.
Which has nothing to do with the case at hand--which probably wouldn't even have made the news in my state.
Pay your debt to society Dave and lets move on.
he's not accused of buying too many houses - he's accused to loan fraud.
but blame the gubmint if you want.
We all make mistakes. Let the judicial system handle this. That's what IT is there for. This does not affect his ability to do his job. As long as he makes it right with the legal system he should not lose his right to make a living. And quit the personal attacks. They do nothing positive here. If your name was in the paper, how many people out there would be taking cheap shots at you.
I don't dislike or like Dave Fox. I just don't see this as the way to treat someone else.
You without any sin cast the first stone.
If you REALLY have done nothing wrong or something in the gray area...by all means, have at it...
Sure is quiet all the sudden!!!!!!!!!! All these people balking makes me sick!!!!!
This is the Greediest little place you can imagine. Everyone here, including the Church tries to make a buck off of someone else at their expense. If the Feds came down here, especially a year ago, they would have rounded up so many like Fox! In case you haven't heard the guise of a company called ingenuity is doing the same things down here to people. Someday they will get their due. Once again that is INGENUITY....check those guy out and see if that isn't GREED to the Max!
Have a good day neighbors, and while your at it, hand over your money to me so I can live in ST. GREED!
I'm not surprised at charges against Fox. A friend was his neighbor (and I don't need to say more except "hubris" and an "I'm on TV and you're not" attitude).
He pleaded guilty and has to testify against the others involved in this scheme.
These things don't happen in a vacuum; a supposedly-"good" guy doesn't suddenly lie to make more money.
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