Overview
- Rubicon Contracting and its owners filed a federal complaint on Oct. 28 naming Sean Reyes and three Utah Attorney General’s Office officials, alleging abuse of power and malicious prosecution.
- The suit claims investigators manufactured a human trafficking case to inflate SECURE Strike Force results and divert scrutiny from Reyes’ ties to activist Tim Ballard.
- A FOX 13 crew accompanied agents during the November 2023 raid on Rubicon’s offices, and a subsequent Franks process led Judge Rita Cornish to conclude key affidavit statements were false, reckless, or stripped of crucial context.
- State charges were later dismissed at the attorney general’s request, and despite references to a federal probe, no federal charges have been publicly filed.
- Rubicon alleges massive losses, including severed contracts with Intermountain Health and Walmart and a collapsed $250 million deal, as the AG’s office declined comment and Reyes said he has not yet reviewed the complaint.