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Actually, "According to the FBI, affinity fraud crimes are especially prevalent in Utah." https://fox13now.com/2017/12/20/fbi-warns-lds-church-members-of-affini

• everybodyknows 8y ago
  Interesting, but the article doesn't give us much sense of how close the victim and perp were in the church hierarchy, My reading is that they probably did not have the same Mormon bishop, who would have felt some pressure to take action. So, yes, the farther away in the social network, the weaker the social pressure. If the link is mere nominal membership in the same faith, that may be worse than no link at all. Most of Madoff's victims were Jews -- because they were inclined to give him the benefit of any doubts.
  • EpicEng 8y ago
    >This is why, for instance, Mormons seldom defraud other Mormons >If the link is mere nominal membership in the same faith, that may be worse than no link at all So which is it?
    • everybodyknows 8y ago
      Not enough info in the article to form a judgement.
      • EpicEng 8y ago
        ...You're the one who made the initial claim.
• newen 8y ago
  Probably it's especially prevalant in Utah because it's not common in the US to do business with family members while it's more common in Mormon communities.