State v. Brown

CHRISTIANSEN FORSTER, Judge:

¶1 Tonia Schnae Brown appeals her convictions on three counts of securities fraud, second-degree felonies. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶2 Two Utah residents, Victim and Friend, were introduced to Brown by a mutual friend (Advisor). Brown had informed Advisor that she had made a substantial amount of money as a commercial real estate broker prior to the financial crisis of 2008 but had moved her funds to offshore accounts at that time because she was concerned about the United States' financial system. She claimed to have just under $50 million in an account at InterBank, a…