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A 10th defendant indicted on allegations of misusing food stamps is in custody.
Rulon Mormon Barlow surrendered about 12:45 p.m. Saturday. He was booked into the Washington County jail in Hurricane. He will appear Monday before a federal judge in St. George, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
Barlow is charged with one count of fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit fraud. The potential penalty for the conspiracy count is five years in prison. The money laundering count carries a potential penalty of 20 years in prison.
Barlow served as the general manager of Meadowayne Dairy Store and is accused of transferring food stamp fraud proceeds to accounts associated with Quality Wholesale Distributors.
Eleven people were indicted in the scheme. Only one defendant, Kimball Dee Barlow, has not been apprehended or surrendered.
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The accused and the allegations against them:
Lyle Steed Jeffs • Handles the daily affairs of the FLDS Church organization in Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz. — including its financial matters. He is accused of directing members to divert their food stamp benefits to the FLDS Storehouse. Members are told they must obtain all of their food and goods from this storehouse.
Seth Steed Jeffs • Is accused of acting as signatory on the Quality Wholesale Distributors bank account into which Meadowayne Dairy Store's operators transferred SNAP fraud proceeds. Prosecutors believe Quality Wholesale was a front for the FLDS Storehouse.
John Clifton Wayman • Acted as the bishop of the Short Creek Stake congregation in 2012. He is accused of circulating instructions for diverting SNAP benefits to the storehouse. He is also accused of taking a benefits card and giving it to an unauthorized person to purchase food and goods.
Kimball Dee Barlow • Managed the FLDS Storehouse and is accused of disseminating protocol for diverting SNAP benefits to the storehouse.
Nephi Steed Allred • Is accused of organizing Quality Wholesale Distributors in an effort to conceal and disguise the involvement of the FLDS Storehouse.
Winford Johnson Barlow • Acted as president of Meadowayne Dairy Store from May 2012 to April 2015.
Rulon Mormon Barlow • Served as the general manager of Meadowayne Dairy Store and is accused of transferring SNAP fraud proceeds to accounts associated with Quality Wholesale Distributors.
Ruth Peine Barlow • Is the wife of Rulon Barlow and assisted her husband in the operation of the dairy store.
Hyrum Bygnal Dutson • Was the general manager of Vermilion Cliff's Produce and is accused of transferring fraudulent SNAP proceeds to accounts associated with companies acting as a front for the FLDS Storehouse.
Kristal Meldrum Dutson • Is the wife of Hyrum Dutson and helped her husband in the daily operations of the produce store.
Preston Yates Barlow • Took over managerial control of the dairy store in October 2015 and is accused of transferring fraudulent proceeds to accounts of companies believed to be fronts to the storehouse.
— Source: U.S. District Court indictment