- Rubicon Contracting seeks sanctions against former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Beckett.
- They accuse Beckett of using false information to obtain a search warrant.
- Rubicon’s $1 billion lawsuit alleges malicious prosecution by Utah’s former attorney general.
SALT LAKE CITY — The owners of a Davis County general contracting company once accused of labor trafficking want sanctions imposed on a former Special Assistant United States Attorney in Utah for allegedly using information she knew was false in order to obtain a search warrant for the federal investigation.
This week, Rubicon Contracting LLC and its owners, Rudy Larsen and Jena Larsen, and their attorneys filed their latest motion in their on-going civil battle against Utah’s former attorney general and the investigation into labor trafficking allegations by Rubicon.
In November 2023, the founders and five executive members of Rubicon Contracting were each charged with multiple counts of aggravated human trafficking by the Utah Attorney General’s Office. Following a contentious preliminary hearing in December 2024, while awaiting the judge’s decision on whether the state had met its burden to proceed to trial, the AG asked that the charges be dismissed due to a pending federal investigation…