SALT LAKE CITY — Five Utahns and one Washington resident pleaded guilty to being part of a $100 million scheme involving the sale of fraudulent supplements.
In December 2022, a federal grand jury indicted April Gren Bawden, of Salt Lake County; Chad Austin Bawden, of Salt Lake County; Phillip Gannuscia, of Salt Lake County and Puerto Rico; Makaio Lyman Crisler, of Utah County; Barbara Jo Jackson, of Utah County; Brent Goldburn Knudson, of Utah County; Richard Scott Nemrow, of Utah County; Dustin Garr, of Washington County; and Robert McKinley, of Spokane, Washington.
The defendants were accused of committing 18 crimes between January 2016 and April 2022, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and aiding and abetting money laundering, according to court documents. In March 2023, Jessica Bjarnson Gannuscia was added to the indictment for a charge of criminal contempt…