PROVO, Utah (ABC4) — A Lehi woman pled no contest in Provo District Court today after she was charged last September with numerous felonies, including fraud and embezzlement.
According to court documents obtained by ABC4, the Utah Attorney General’s office filed charges against Candace Lierd (formerly Candace Rivera) from back in 2022.
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Those charges stem back to an anti-human trafficking non-profit organization called Exitus, of which she was found to be the founder.
Prior to the arrest, during NBA All-Star weekend in Salt Lake City (Feb. 2023), it was revealed through a podcast that Exitus became officially involved in the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) anti-human trafficking taskforce as a victim service provider…