The owners of a Bountiful landscaping company are suing former Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes and the attorney general’s office for more than $1 billion, alleging they used false information to bring a human trafficking case that has since been dismissed but proved devastating to the business.

The complaint accuses Reyes and the office of concocting the prosecution and bringing a television news crew along when it raided the offices of Rubicon Contracting in order to bolster the office’s image and case numbers with regards to human trafficking and divert scrutiny from Reyes’ close ties to Tim Ballard — a prominent figure in the fight against human trafficking world who was in headlines over allegations of sexual assault .

“This case is about government corruption and the abuse of t

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