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Foundation on his face, sleeveless denim and a hunky new roommate: Wife of $5m 'tycoon' whose success was as fake as his veneers reveals marriage secrets... and shows what he looks like without the filter

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Hutchison, J. (2026, October 8). Foundation on his face, sleeveless denim and a hunky new roommate: Wife of $5m 'tycoon' whose success was as fake as his veneers reveals marriage secrets... and shows what he looks like without the filter. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16187043/aaron-wagner-fraud-wife-reveals-utah.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-10-08 · by Joe Hutchison

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Candace Wagner, wife of disgraced property developer Aaron Wagner, who faces up to ten years in prison for defrauding investors out of millions, has revealed that her husband maintained an elaborate facade both professionally and personally. She claims he used makeup, dental veneers, photo editing tricks, and expensive clothing to create a polished image at odds with his real life. Candace told the Daily Mail about Aaron's vanity habits, including wearing foundation and altering photos to make himself look tanner and his eyes bluer. The couple share seven children but separated in June 2024 amidst allegations of infidelity and financial deceit.
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Aaron Wagner, a 44-year-old property developer from Alpine, Utah, admitted to defrauding investors of millions of dollars to fund his lavish lifestyle, including private jets and mansions. His estranged wife Candace revealed that Wagner used makeup, dental veneers, and photo editing to maintain an image at odds with his personal life. They have seven children together and shared a $5.3 million mansion until their separation in June 2024. Candace accused Wagner of cheating on her multiple times and suggested some relationships were with men, though Wagner denied this claim. He faces up to ten years in prison when sentenced next month for conspiracy to commit money laundering and fraud.

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His estranged wife has accused him of being obsessed with his appearance The Wagners are seen enjoying a vacation to Hawaii in 2023 - but the trappings of success were fake, prosecutors discovered Wagner pictured in one of the many shirtless photos he has shared on social media Wagner during a recent hot yoga session.
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🔮 Candace said her husband would edit his eye color to make them look more blue. But she is no longer privy to his vanity, saying: 'He's got me blocked on everything, and honestly I try not to see what he's up to.

Claims (48 extracted, 4 hedged)

He faces a decade behind bars after admitting to duping investors into handing over millions to fund his private jet and mansion-filled lifestyle. asserted
He → face → jet
And now disgraced property developer Aaron Wagner's estranged wife Candace has claimed that he was just as duplicitous in private. asserted
he → estrange → ?
Candace told the Daily Mail that Aaron deployed makeup, dental veneers, an eye-catching wardrobe and clever photo editing tricks to create an artifice entirely at odds with the man she woke up next to for decades. asserted
she → tell → decades
Aaron, 44, and Candace shared seven children and an enormous $5.3 million mansion in Alpine, Utah, but split in June 2024. asserted
Aaron → share → June
They are still technically married, with Candace previously accusing Aaron of dragging his heels with their ongoing divorce. asserted
Candace → accuse → divorce
She complained to the Daily Mail that Aaron had cheated on her and suggested some of his extra-marital partners had been men. uncertain
some → complain → partners
Aaron told the Daily Mail that he has been open about his past infidelity and that he deeply regrets it - but that he is not gay or bisexual and that he never cheated on Candace with men. asserted
he → tell → men
He is awaiting sentencing in a federal court next month for conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit fraud and bank fraud. asserted
He → await → fraud
Aaron Wagner, pictured with a man his wife Candace says is his new roommate, wore foundation and filtered his photos, his wife Candace claims Candace told the Daily Mail that her husband was far vainer than she was. uncertain
she → picture → Mail
The couple are pictured aboard a private jet with two of their seven children. asserted
couple → picture → children
Their once-luxurious lifestyle evaporated after Aaron admitted to being a conman Aaron took millions given to him by investors and spent it on himself. asserted
Aaron → evaporate → himself
He also took huge sums of cash raised by investors for one construction project, only to spend it on another. asserted
He → take → another
Candace said her husband's looks and image were the product of smoke and mirrors trickery too. asserted
looks → say → trickery
'(Aaron) occasionally wore foundation on his face,' she told the Daily Mail. asserted
she → wear → Mail
'He was obsessed with the mirror. asserted
He → obsess → mirror
As we all see asserted
we → see → ?
'(He was) editing the s*** out of himself and always looking like he'd got makeup on, making his skin tan/orange and his eyes fake blue.' Candace added that Aaron even bought himself his own special foundation, rather than raiding her makeup bag when he needed to create a look. asserted
he → edit → look
She said: 'It was his own. asserted
It → say → ?
I’ve never owned any. asserted
I → own → any
I don’t wear a lot of makeup. asserted
I → wear → makeup
I used to joke that I was more of the man in the relationship.' asserted
I → use → relationship
Candace said her husband would edit his eye color to make them look more blue. But she is no longer privy to his vanity, saying: 'He's got me blocked on everything, and honestly I try not to see what he's up to. asserted
he → say → what
It's usually just gross edited pictures of him.' asserted
It → edit → him
Aaron enjoys sharing shirtless selfies of himself at the gym - but Candace says the unfiltered reality is markedly different Candace shared this photo with the Daily Mail, which she says is how Aaron looks when he has not filtered his photos asserted
he → enjoy → photos
The Wagners lived in a $5.3 million mansion in Alpine, Utah, but moved out after Wagner was indicted Candace also shared an unfiltered photo of a slouched, haggard-looking Aaron with the Daily Mail to show what she says is her husband's true appearance, when no filters have been applied. asserted
filters → live → Mail
Indeed, Aaron cuts a markedly different look to the musclebound, handsome figure with a fondness for shirtless selfies while flashing the blinding white results of expensive cosmetic dentistry. asserted
Aaron → cut → dentistry
Speaking with the Daily Mail, Aaron said: 'I actually don’t refute that I was unfaithful, as a matter of fact I never refuted that. asserted
I → speak → that
I told the world on my Instagram when I was being unfaithful in my marriage. asserted
I → tell → marriage
I don’t have anything against gay men, I’ve got friends in the gay community that I respect. asserted
I → have → that
'I have only dated women, I only have an interest in women. asserted
I → date → women
I’ve never had homosexual tendencies or desires. asserted
I → have → tendencies
Aaron and Candace's once-loving relationship is now in the deep freeze, after her enviable lifestyle of the Utah mansion, flashy cars, a private jet and luxurious vacations evaporated. asserted
lifestyle → love → mansion
Wagner seem in one of his many selfies. asserted
Wagner → seem → selfies
His estranged wife has accused him of being obsessed with his appearance The Wagners are seen enjoying a vacation to Hawaii in 2023 - but the trappings of success were fake, prosecutors discovered Wagner pictured in one of the many shirtless photos he has shared on social media Wagner during a recent hot yoga session. asserted
he → accuse → session
He faces decades behind bars when he is sentenced in November Divorce documents seen by the Daily Mail indicate that Candace had moved to Idaho with the children, but the court in Utah ordered her to return so Wagner could be closer to the kids. uncertain
Wagner → face → kids
An order handed down by the court found that Candace had not complied with state laws in doing so, and that she had 'exercised her volition to not communicate with [Aaron]', the court found. asserted
court → hand → Aaron
It was also ordered that Aaron would spend time with his children unsupervised, he was given weekends with them and midweek virtual time with their children. asserted
he → order → children
The pair can only communicate through an intermediary and have been banned from going within 100 yards of one another's homes. asserted
pair → communicate → homes
The court ordered that Aaron find Candace and the children housing, while he has moved in with a friend called Seth, according to Candace. uncertain
he → order → Candace
Images of the two men posted online show Wagner in a sleeveless denim jacket vest wearing a cowboy hat while hugging Seth, who appears to be no slouch at the gym himself. asserted
who → post → gym
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