Layton Representative Trevor Lee resigned from the Utah House of Representatives on Monday, effective immediately, after the Utah Attorney General’s Office filed four felony fraud charges against him. The charges, filed in 3rd District Court, allege Lee forged employment documents to secure a home loan.
Lee, who represented House District 16, faces one count of communications fraud and one count of mortgage fraud, both second-degree felonies that could carry a penalty of one to 15 years in prison. He is also charged with one count each of forgery and possession of a forgery device, which are third-degree felonies with a potential penalty of up to five years in prison.
According to an investigation by the Utah Attorney General’s Office, Lee requested $93,000 in cash advances from Trent Spafford, CEO of the water treatment company Enevive, to inflate his reported income for a home mortgage. Charging documents state Lee claimed he would ensure Spafford’s company would receive a government contract with Hill Air Force Base to repay the sum.
In his mortgage paperwork, Lee indicated he was a sales director at Blue Logic with a monthly salary of $15,833. He also stated he worked for Enevive from July 2024 to October 2025 for a monthly salary of $13,761, attaching offer letters for both companies.
However, a representative from Blue Logic informed investigators that the company had extended an offer that Lee never accepted. The representative stated Lee requested the letter to help secure a home loan, was a contract employee rather than full-time, and that the letter was prepared to assist Lee as a friend and "was not accurate," according to the charges.
Trent Spafford, Enevive’s CEO, told investigators that the documents from his company attached to Lee’s mortgage application were fraudulent and that his signature had been forged. Court documents indicate Lee later confirmed to prosecutors that he had signed the Enevive employment contract, not Spafford. He also acknowledged that Blue Logic could not afford to pay him the salary he had listed in the loan application.
The income Lee reported from Enevive was also contradicted by his W-2, which showed total wages of $55,634 in 2024 from the company, the filing states. Prosecutors reviewed Lee’s loan documents, which secured him a $1 million conventional loan structured as a refinance, returning $317,190.99 in cash to Lee, charging documents detail.
Lee issued a prepared statement through the House of Representatives on Monday, citing "personal circumstances that require my attention" as the reason for his resignation, without mentioning the investigation. House Speaker Mike Schultz released a statement saying, "I appreciate Rep. Lee’s service and accept his resignation." Lee did not respond to a request for comment regarding the charges.
Lee, who has been a Republican representative for House District 16 since 2023, lost his reelection bid during the June primaries and was not slated to return to the Legislature next year. His resignation creates a vacancy that the Davis County Republican Party will fill via a special election for the remainder of his term. Lee is known as one of the state’s most conservative Republican lawmakers, having sponsored unsuccessful measures this year to bar immigrants from public assistance and to remove legal protections for Utah’s transgender community.
The investigation supports claims against Lee that were publicized by Spafford and Jason Walton, president of Moxie Pest Control, prior to the Davis County Republican Party Nominating Convention. Walton had previously claimed that Lee doctored checks when working for him in 2013. Lee told Utah News Dispatch in April that the check incident was "something I did as a stupid college kid and paid my debt," and at that time, he denied any improper business dealings with Spafford. As of Monday evening, an initial court appearance for Lee had not yet been scheduled.
