SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - ABC 4 News is now being told that the FBI has begun looking into allegations of wrongdoing in Summit County.
As ABC 4 first reported, those allegations center on reported multi-million dollar land deals involving the county.
It's not yet known whether this is a full scale FBI investigation.
But ABC 4 is being told that the FBI has now begun conducting interviews.
In fact, ABC 4 News is also being told that several people with knowledge of the Summit County situation have talked to the FBI in the last week.
The FBI is believed to be interested in Summit County land deals going back a decade.
And according to several sources, this is not the first time the FBI has looked into this matter.
Now, just weeks ago, ABC 4 broke the news that Utah's Auditor General was conducting a full scale audit of Summit County.
It now appears the FBI may be asking some of the same questions as the Auditor General.
These questions, reportedly, deal with whether the county has taken advantage of current development laws and benefited financially?
ABC 4 is also being told that the FBI may be looking at both the county's involvement and the involvement of a number of individuals.
Friday, ABC 4 called the FBI.
But the FBI told us that it can neither confirm or deny if an investigation is underway.
As for Summit County, when we asked the county attorney about a possible FBI probe, he told us, "That's news to me."
