SALT LAKE CITY — A 31-year-old Lehi man was sentenced Jan. 14 to serve one to 15 years in prison following a complex, monthslong fraudulent scheme that defrauded businesses and individuals from Brigham City to Cedar City.
Dalton Slangerup was sentenced for two counts of theft, two counts of issuing a bad check, and one count of theft by deception. All charges were prosecuted as second-degree felonies after investigators uncovered a pattern of unlawful activity spanning from July 2024 to early 2025.
According to court filings, Slangerup engaged in a consistent pattern of misrepresentation to obtain high-value property, including e-bikes, motor vehicles, trailers, and an all-terrain vehicle. The scheme involved a variety of deceptive banking practices, such as providing sellers with screenshots of sufficient bank balances and promising wire transfers or cashier’s checks that never materialized. Slangerup would also deposit personal checks that appeared temporarily credited to accounts before being returned for insufficient funds…