NORTH SALT LAKE—As an attorney, Stewart Young has been in the courtroom, investigated and prosecuted public corruption, violent street gang-affiliated conspiracies and most recently served as a counterterrorism prosecutor in Amman, Jordan. Young was recently appointed as Criminal Deputy Attorney General in the Utah Attorney General’s Office to run the Criminal Department for the state of Utah.
“I’ll miss the courtroom,” said Young. “But I definitely enjoy being at the Attorney General’s. The support staff is working hard. I’m happy to be a part of it.”
Young has been a federal prosecutor in white collar crime for more than 13 years. “I investigated Ponzi schemes, fraud and other public corruption,” he said. “I helped run the gang unit and investigated violent crimes. Mostly in Salt Lake Valley but I’d go other places too.”…