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HILDALE — Acting Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Lyle Steed Jeffs was among 11 people indicted on federal money laundering charges Tuesday as federal and local officials raided the twin polygamous towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona.
Jeffs, 56; John Clifton Wayman, 56; Kimball Dee Barlow, 51; Winford Johnson Barlow, 50; Rulon Mormon Barlow, 45; Ruth Peine Barlow, 41; and Preston Yates Barlow, 41, all of Hildale; along with Seth Steed Jeffs, 42, of Custer, South Dakota; and Nephi Steed Allred; Hyrum Bygnal Dutson, 55; and Kristal Meldrum Dutson, 55, all of Colorado City, were charged with conspiracy to commit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in a two-count indictment unsealed Tuesday afternoon.
All 11 are leaders and members of the FLDS Church. Lyle and Seth Jeffs are the brothers of Warren Jeffs, the leader of the polygamist group who's currently serving a life sentence in a Texas prison for sexually assaulting one of his 24 underage brides. He is believed to still be ruling the group through letters and phone calls from.........
