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Orem mayor and son hit with $1M civil suit judgment
OREM — An Alabama court has awarded a $1 million civil judgment against Orem Mayor David Young and other defendants, concluding that a man was defrauded of an investment in a real estate venture. Young, his son Shawn D. Young and Torch13 LLC, a company founded by David Young, were sued on allegations that they failed to repay transactions described as loans intended to fuel the defendants’ house-flipping business in Alabama. The plaintiff, Ross Gagliano, loaned $285,000 in several installments in 2017 and 2018, of which $239,000 remains unpaid, said Jefferson County, Alabama, ...
