Is Obama really serious about immigration document fraud Subway fined only 431 fine even after firing rehiring the same illegal alien under a forged identity.
Is any wonder these companies just laugh of the laws and happy to break the laws knowing Obama want really do much but a take a few dollars from them. PHOENIX — County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced Tuesday that his office had reached its third settlement in an employer’s sanctions case.

The settlement was with Danny’s Subway of Phoenix and calls for a two-day suspension of business, a three-year probationary period and the filing of quarterly hiring reports.

According to a news release from the County Attorney’s Office, an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement found an unauthorized worker was employed by Danny’s Subway between January 2007 and July 2008.

When advised by ICE about the worker, he was fired, but was then re-hired in September 2008 under a forged identity.

According to the release, ICE learned of the re-hire and arrested the employee and began administrative proceedings against the company, resulting in a 1 fine.

ICE then sent the matter to Thomas’s office for civil prosecution.

On Tuesday, the settlement agreement and related paperwork were filed with the superior court.

"Companies who knowingly hire illegal aliens are not only breaking the law, they are also creating a magnet that draws foreign nationals to enter Arizona illegally," said Matt Allen, special agent in charge of ICE Investigations in Arizona.

Thomas added, "Everyone agrees that citizens and legal immigrants looking for work should not have to compete with unauthorized workers."

http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/central/story/Phoenix-restaurant-settles-in-employers-sanctions/A_ZTWlRC30meFJAJ9D02lw.cspx

This same subway can hire more illegals after two days and pay small fines and get off so easy that breaking the laws of America is not big deal. Obamas change we cannot believe in ?

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Twelve illegal aliens were arrested here today by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and Bay County Sheriff’s deputies following a joint investigation into document fraud.

The announcement was made by Thomas F. Kirwin, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Florida, Susan McCormick, ICE special agent in charge (SAC) of the ICE Office of Investigations which oversees Panama City and Frank McKeithen, Bay County sheriff.

The arrests were made at a local business in Panama City. The defendants, 11 men and one woman, are from various countries including Panama and Mexico. They have been charged via criminal complaint for document fraud.

They will have their initial appearance in United States District Court at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow before United States Magistrate Judge Larry A. Bodiford.

“Immigration fraud poses a severe threat to national security and public safety because it creates a vulnerability that may enable criminals and illegal aliens to gain entry to and remain in the United States,” said SAC McCormick. “Those who think that they can flagrantly break our laws are mistaken.”

Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen stated, “We will continue to do everything in our power to remove illegal aliens from our county who are infringing on our resources.”

The prosecution of this case is being handled by Assistant United States Attorneys Ryan Love and Corey Smith. The investigation into this case is ongoing.

A criminal complaint is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/13282

Here is his strategy:
a. He enticed charities, which are organizations, who would be less hostile if he were exposed, unlike individual investors who lost their all in all, who would be outraged to violence. To fortify his concealed fraud and theft, he got into the directorate of the particular charity, or one of his family did, so that if anything was brought up, he’d get ear of it and either silence it or cover it up specially.
b. To create the appearance of exclusivity and class, he was very selective of the investors who wanted to give him money, rejecting certain ones, so that whatever invester was accepted, would be grateful and less likely to look deep down.

c. He’d screen carefully every person who wanted to place funds with him – To investigate the specific investor – He’d hire investigators to go into every detail of the potential investor’s business activity, credit background, marital involvements etc and if there were indications of tax fraud or divorce fraud, he’d take them in as investors. He wanted to see if the applicant’s financial activities were such that the money he was giving to Madoff was concealed tax fraud, that plenty of monied people have, and they seek places where the monies can remain concealed in a larger fund composed of many investors. Madoff knew that if the fraud ever was found out, these investors with shady assets that the IRS would immediately check into if these persons names surfaced as persons with claims against Madoff, then these people would just go away and take their loss rather than face criminal or civil charges by the IRS. so Madoff had a ready made gag over the mouths of many, many individual investors who he ripped off, knowing they would never open their mouths to regulators to protect themselves.
And as for the alleged “innocence” of his two sons. They knew plenty about it. Madoff didn’t want their lives destroyed by his evil, so it was agreed that when the matter was about to bust out, the sons would play the role of heroes unveiling Madoff so they would avoid prosecution.
Real nice family, isn’t it?

RESUME OF GEORGE W. BUSH

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington , DC 20520

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

LAW ENFORCEMENT

I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under
the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my
driver’s license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not available.

MILITARY

I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to
take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By
joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.

COLLEGE

I graduated from Yale University with a low C average.
I was a cheerleader.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE

I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.

I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975.
I bought an oil company, but couldn’t find any oil in Texas . The
company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.
With the help of my father and our friends in the oil industry,
including Enron CEO Ken Lay, I was elected governor of Texas.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS

I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies,
making Texas the most polluted state in the Union.
During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most
smog-ridden city in America.
I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.
I set the record for the most executions by any governor in
American history.
With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my
father’s appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over 500,000 votes.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT

I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a
criminal record.
I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over
one billion dollars per week.
I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S.
Treasury. I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in
U.S. history.
I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in
any 12-month period.
I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of
the US stock market.
In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their
jobs and that trend continues every month.
I’m proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any
administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza
Rice, had a Chevron oil tanker named after her.
I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S.
President. I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for
receiving the most corporate campaign donations.

My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best
friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. History, Enron.
My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys
to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.
I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against
investigation or prosecution.
More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history.
I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and
refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.
I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
government contracts.
I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any
President in U.S. history.
I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest
bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.
I’ve broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.
I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations
remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.
I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.
I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. "prisoners of war"
detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations
election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).
I set the record for fewest numbers of press conferences of any
President since the advent of television.
I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year period.
After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the
worst security failure in U.S. history.
I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade
Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S.the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protests against any person in the history of mankind.
I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked,
pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.
I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut
in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families-in-wartime.
In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for
attacking Iraq and then blamed the lies on our British friends.
I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans
(71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.
I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.
I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice.

RECORDS AND REFERENCES

All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my
father’s library, sealed and unavailable for public view.
All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my
bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President,
attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and
unavailable for public review.

Here is his strategy:
a. He enticed charities, which are organizations, who would be less hostile if he were exposed, unlike individual investors who lost their all in all, who would be outraged to violence. To fortify his concealed fraud and theft, he got into the directorate of the particular charity, or one of his family did, so that if anything was brought up, he’d get ear of it and either silence it or cover it up specially.
b. To create the appearance of exclusivity and class, so that whatever invester was accepted, would be grateful and less likely to look deep down.

c. He’d screen carefully every person who wanted to place funds with him – To investigate the specific investor – He’d hire investigators to go into every detail of the potential investor’s business activity, credit background, marital involvements etc and if there were indications of tax fraud or divorce fraud, he’d take them in as investors) to see if his financial activities were such that the money he was giving to Madoff was concealed tax fraud, that plenty of monied people have, and they seek places where the monies can remain concealed in a larger fund composed of many investors. Madoff knew that if the fraud ever was found out, these investors with shady assets that the IRS would immediately check into if these persons names surfaced as persons with claims against Madoff, then these people would just go away and take their loss rather than face criminal or civil charges by the IRS. so Madoff had a ready made gag over the mouths of many, many individual investors who he ripped off, knowing they would never open their mouths to regulators to protect themselves.
And as for the alleged “innocence” of his two sons. They knew plenty about it. Madoff didn’t want their lives destroyed by his evil, so it was agreed that when the matter was about to bust out, the sons would play the role of heroes unveiling Madoff so they would avoid prosecution.
Real nice family, isn’t it?

Here is his strategy:
a. He enticed charities, which are organizations, who would be less hostile if he were exposed, unlike individual investors who lost their all in all, who would be outraged to violence. To fortify his concealed fraud and theft, he got into the directorate of the particular charity, or one of his family did, so that if anything was brought up, he’d get ear of it and either silence it or cover it up specially.
b. To create the appearance of exclusivity and class, so that whatever invester was accepted, would be grateful and less likely to look deep down.

c. He’d screen carefully every person who wanted to place funds with him – To investigate the specific investor – He’d hire investigators to go into every detail of the potential investor’s business activity, credit background, marital involvements etc and if there were indications of tax fraud or divorce fraud, he’d take them in as investors. He wanted to see if the applicant’s financial activities were such that the money he was giving to Madoff was concealed tax fraud, that plenty of monied people have, and they seek places where the monies can remain concealed in a larger fund composed of many investors. Madoff knew that if the fraud ever was found out, these investors with shady assets that the IRS would immediately check into if these persons names surfaced as persons with claims against Madoff, then these people would just go away and take their loss rather than face criminal or civil charges by the IRS. so Madoff had a ready made gag over the mouths of many, many individual investors who he ripped off, knowing they would never open their mouths to regulators to protect themselves.
And as for the alleged “innocence” of his two sons. They knew plenty about it. Madoff didn’t want their lives destroyed by his evil, so it was agreed that when the matter was about to bust out, the sons would play the role of heroes unveiling Madoff so they would avoid prosecution.
Real nice family, isn’t it?

Here is his strategy:
a. He enticed charities, which are organizations, who would be less hostile if he were exposed, unlike individual investors who lost their all in all, who would be outraged to violence. To fortify his concealed fraud and theft, he got into the directorate of the particular charity, or one of his family did, so that if anything was brought up, he’d get ear of it and either silence it or cover it up specially.
b. To create the appearance of exclusivity and class, so that whatever invester was accepted, would be grateful and less likely to look deep down.

c. He’d screen carefully every person who wanted to place funds with him – To investigate the specific investor – He’d hire investigators to go into every detail of the potential investor’s business activity, credit background, marital involvements etc and if there were indications of tax fraud or divorce fraud, he’d take them in as investors) to see if his financial activities were such that the money he was giving to Madoff was concealed tax fraud, that plenty of monied people have, and they seek places where the monies can remain concealed in a larger fund composed of many investors. Madoff knew that if the fraud ever was found out, these investors with shady assets that the IRS would immediately check into if these persons names surfaced as persons with claims against Madoff, then these people would just go away and take their loss rather than face criminal or civil charges by the IRS. so Madoff had a ready made gag over the mouths of many, many individual investors who he ripped off, knowing they would never open their mouths to regulators to protect themselves.
And as for the alleged “innocence” of his two sons. They knew plenty about it. Madoff didn’t want their lives destroyed by his evil, so it was agreed that when the matter was about to bust out, the sons would play the role of heroes unveiling Madoff so they would avoid prosecution.
Real nice family, isn’t it?

Here is his strategy:
a. He enticed charities, which are organizations, who would be less hostile if he were exposed, unlike individual investors who lost their all in all, who would be outraged to violence. To fortify his concealed fraud and theft, he got into the directorate of the particular charity, or one of his family did, so that if anything was brought up, he’d get ear of it and either silence it or cover it up specially.
b. To create the appearance of exclusivity and class, he was very selective of the investors who wanted to give him money, rejecting certain ones, so that whatever invester was accepted, would be grateful and less likely to look deep down.

c. He’d screen carefully every person who wanted to place funds with him – To investigate the specific investor – He’d hire investigators to go into every detail of the potential investor’s business activity, credit background, marital involvements etc and if there were indications of tax fraud or divorce fraud, he’d take them in as investors. He wanted to see if the applicant’s financial activities were such that the money he was giving to Madoff was concealed tax fraud, that plenty of monied people have, and they seek places where the monies can remain concealed in a larger fund composed of many investors. Madoff knew that if the fraud ever was found out, these investors with shady assets that the IRS would immediately check into if these persons names surfaced as persons with claims against Madoff, then these people would just go away and take their loss rather than face criminal or civil charges by the IRS. so Madoff had a ready made gag over the mouths of many, many individual investors who he ripped off, knowing they would never open their mouths to regulators to protect themselves.
And as for the alleged “innocence” of his two sons. They knew plenty about it. Madoff didn’t want their lives destroyed by his evil, so it was agreed that when the matter was about to bust out, the sons would play the role of heroes unveiling Madoff so they would avoid prosecution.
Real nice family, isn’t it?

a.a preliminary hearing in a murder trial
b.a misdemeanor traffic violation
c.a request for an equitable lien on property
d.a real estate fraud prosecution

Here is his strategy:
a. He enticed charities, which are organizations, who would be less hostile if he were exposed, unlike individual investors who lost their all in all, who would be outraged to violence. To fortify his concealed fraud and theft, he got into the directorate of the particular charity, or one of his family did, so that if anything was brought up, he’d get ear of it and either silence it or cover it up specially.
b. To create the appearance of exclusivity and class, so that whatever invester was accepted, would be grateful and less likely to look deep down.

c. He’d screen carefully every person who wanted to place funds with him – To investigate the specific investor – He’d hire investigators to go into every detail of the potential investor’s business activity, credit background, marital involvements etc and if there were indications of tax fraud or divorce fraud, he’d take them in as investors. He wanted to see if the applicant’s financial activities were such that the money he was giving to Madoff was concealed tax fraud, that plenty of monied people have, and they seek places where the monies can remain concealed in a larger fund composed of many investors. Madoff knew that if the fraud ever was found out, these investors with shady assets that the IRS would immediately check into if these persons names surfaced as persons with claims against Madoff, then these people would just go away and take their loss rather than face criminal or civil charges by the IRS. so Madoff had a ready made gag over the mouths of many, many individual investors who he ripped off, knowing they would never open their mouths to regulators to protect themselves.
And as for the alleged “innocence” of his two sons. They knew plenty about it. Madoff didn’t want their lives destroyed by his evil, so it was agreed that when the matter was about to bust out, the sons would play the role of heroes unveiling Madoff so they would avoid prosecution.
Real nice family, isn’t it?

for example if you committed the fraud 15 years ago would you be immune to prosecution today?

So my friend applied for disability and SS because he lost his job and scholarship for school because he had a heart attack at 21. So we was hospitalized a couple times while waiting because of his heart condition. He doesn’t have health insurance and this was the main reason why he applied for SS. So he decided to get an under the table job at a commission based telemarketing office because his bills were adding up. 4 months later he hears that he is eligible for SS but denied disability. He also realizes that his boss filed a tax form on him based on the money he was making. So when he applied for disability he was unemployed but because SS was taking so long and the bills were adding up, he felt he had to get some sort of job to pay them. So would it be considered fraud since when he applied he said he was unemployed but currently employed now? He hasn’t received any money from SS yet but will he still be in trouble for being employed while waiting? Is there a way that he can still receive SS benefits if he quits his job?

Here is his strategy:
a. He enticed charities, which are organizations, who would be less hostile if he were exposed, unlike individual investors who lost their all in all, who would be outraged to violence. To fortify his concealed fraud and theft, he got into the directorate of the particular charity, or one of his family did, so that if anything was brought up, he’d get ear of it and either silence it or cover it up specially.
b. To create the appearance of exclusivity and class, he was very selective of the investors who wanted to give him money, rejecting certain ones, so that whatever invester was accepted, would be grateful and less likely to look deep down.

c. He’d screen carefully every person who wanted to place funds with him – To investigate the specific investor – He’d hire investigators to go into every detail of the potential investor’s business activity, credit background, marital involvements etc and if there were indications of tax fraud or divorce fraud, he’d take them in as investors. He wanted to see if the applicant’s financial activities were such that the money he was giving to Madoff was concealed tax fraud, that plenty of monied people have, and they seek places where the monies can remain concealed in a larger fund composed of many investors. Madoff knew that if the fraud ever was found out, these investors with shady assets that the IRS would immediately check into if these persons names surfaced as persons with claims against Madoff, then these people would just go away and take their loss rather than face criminal or civil charges by the IRS. so Madoff had a ready made gag over the mouths of many, many individual investors who he ripped off, knowing they would never open their mouths to regulators to protect themselves.
And as for the alleged “innocence” of his two sons. They knew plenty about it. Madoff didn’t want their lives destroyed by his evil, so it was agreed that when the matter was about to bust out, the sons would play the role of heroes unveiling Madoff so they would avoid prosecution.
Real nice family, isn’t it?

I need at least three for my business law class. Thanks.

Our last five governors in order (1973 – current)

Dan Walker (D) – CONVICTED FELON. Seven year sentence for Savings & Loan fraud totaling over million. Crimes were so bad Clinton refused to pardon him.

Jim Thompson (R) – Deep association with two convicted felons: Jim Thompson spent million of his law firm’s money defending convicted felon George Ryan (see below) and he sat on the Audit Committee of Hollinger International run by CEO Conrad Black who looted over million and was convicted on 13 felony counts.

Jim Edgar (R) – Involved in MSI scandal which involved million in graft from Illinois Taxpayers. Several in his administration were tried and convicted but prosecution never made it to his level. The same cannot be said for

George Ryan (R) – CONVICTED FELON – Found guilty on 18 felony charges. PARDONED ALL 156 inmates on Death Row to gain sympathy for trial.

Rod Blagojevich (D) – Several felony investigations are ongoing for our governor and his staff.
This of course does not include the literal billions stolen under the 18 years of Mayor Richard Daley (I’m not even counting his father’s graft) and Crook County’s Stroger family (and tens of thousands of others stealing from taxpayers).
Louisiana and New Jersey are the only states who may have a case. You need to provide some facts to back up your statement.
We have 1.5 million illegal aliens and we spend .5 billion each year to educate illegal alien children (primary & secondary). This doesn’t count the free in state tuition we give to every illegal alien.

Here is his strategy:
a. He enticed charities, which are organizations, who would be less hostile if he were exposed, unlike individual investors who lost their all in all, who would be outraged to violence. To fortify his concealed fraud and theft, he got into the directorate of the particular charity, or one of his family did, so that if anything was brought up, he’d get ear of it and either silence it or cover it up specially.
b. To create the appearance of exclusivity and class, he was very selective of the investors who wanted to give him money, rejecting certain ones, so that whatever invester was accepted, would be grateful and less likely to look deep down.

c. He’d screen carefully every person who wanted to place funds with him – To investigate the specific investor – He’d hire investigators to go into every detail of the potential investor’s business activity, credit background, marital involvements etc and if there were indications of tax fraud or divorce fraud, he’d take them in as investors. He wanted to see if the applicant’s financial activities were such that the money he was giving to Madoff was concealed tax fraud, that plenty of monied people have, and they seek places where the monies can remain concealed in a larger fund composed of many investors. Madoff knew that if the fraud ever was found out, these investors with shady assets that the IRS would immediately check into if these persons names surfaced as persons with claims against Madoff, then these people would just go away and take their loss rather than face criminal or civil charges by the IRS. so Madoff had a ready made gag over the mouths of many, many individual investors who he ripped off, knowing they would never open their mouths to regulators to protect themselves.
And as for the alleged “innocence” of his two sons. They knew plenty about it. Madoff didn’t want their lives destroyed by his evil, so it was agreed that when the matter was about to bust out, the sons would play the role of heroes unveiling Madoff so they would avoid prosecution.
Real nice family, isn’t it?

Church of Scientology Convicted of Fraud in France

AP
Eric Roux, legal representative of the Church of Scientology in France, speaks to reporters after a court returned a verdict of fraud against the group, at a Paris courthouse, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. A Paris court on Tuesday convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than half a million euros, but stopped short of banning the group as requested by prosecutors.
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY, Associated Press Writer Nicolas Vaux-montagny, Associated Press Writer – 2 mins ago
PARIS – A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than euro600,000 (0,000) on Tuesday, but stopped short of banning the group’s activities.
The group’s French branch said it would appeal the verdict.
The court convicted the Church of Scientology’s French office, its library and six of its leaders of organized fraud. Investigators said the group pressured members into paying large sums of money for questionable financial gain and used "commercial harassment" against recruits.
The group was fined euro400,000 (0,000) and the library euro200,000. Four of the leaders were given suspended sentences of between 10 months and two years. The other two were given fines of euro1,000 and euro2,000.
Prosecutors had urged that the group be disbanded in France and fined euro2 million. A law that was briefly on the books this year prevented the court from going so far as to disband the French branch of Scientology in Tuesday’s verdict — though it could have taken the lesser step of shutting down its operations.
However, the court did not do so, ruling that French Scientologists would have continued their activities anyway "outside any legal framework."
A spokeswoman for the French branch of Scientology, Agnes Bron, said the verdict was "an Inquisition of modern times," a reference to efforts to rout out heretics of the Roman Catholic Church in centuries past.
"It’s really all bark and no bite," said the spokesman of the Church of Scientology International, Tommy Davis. "The church will emerge victorious on appeal."
Speaking by telephone from New York, Davis said the Church of Scientology was prepared to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights.
The head of a French association that helps victims of sects called the verdict "intelligent."
"Scientology can no longer hide behind freedom of conscience," Catherine Picard said.
The Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology, founded in 1954 by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, has been active for decades in Europe, but has struggled to gain status as a religion. It is considered a sect in France and has faced prosecution and difficulties in registering its activities in many countries.
Defense lawyer Patrick Maisonneuve said during the trial that neither the Church of Scientology nor the six leaders on trial had gained financially from the group’s practices.
The original complaint in the case dates back more than a decade, when a young woman said she took out loans and spent the equivalent of euro21,000 on books, courses and "purification packages" after being recruited in 1998. When she sought reimbursement and to leave the group, its leadership refused. She was among three eventual plaintiffs.
Olivier Morice, lawyer for civil parties in the case, said the verdict was "historic" because it was the first time in France that the Church of Scientology has been convicted of organized fraud.
Investigating Judge Jean-Christophe Hullin spent years examining the group’s activities, and in his indictment criticized what he called the Scientologists’ "obsession" with financial gain and practices he said were aimed at plunging members into a "state of subjection."
The Church of Scientology teaches that technology can expand the mind and help solve problems. It claims 10 million members around the world, including celebrity devotees Tom Cruise and John Travolta.
Belgium, Germany and other European countries have been criticized by the U.S. State Department for labeling Scientology as a cult or sect and enacting laws to restrict its operations.
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Associated Press writer Elaine Ganley contributed to this report.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_scientology

Let’s just say that doing nothing is not an option. OK

And that Obama-Care is a crappy option that will be hugely expensive, that will steal people’s Medicare Trust Fund, and that will only make a small dent in the problem of the Uninsured.

OK — those are just assumptions for the sake of argument, they are not final conclusions, they are just set up for my question, which is "What Could the Government fo Instead of Obama-Care?"

Here are some possibilities:

1. Very small Federal primary care clinics staffed by 3 or 4 doctors and supervised on a monthly basis by ultra-highly qualified doctors who visit every month or so to make sure the primary care is good or very good. These clinics would be operated on a "Good Samaritan" basis, and on a "Sovereign Immunity" basis, so if mistakes were made the Federal government could not be sued. It could however pay fair and reasonable compensation for gross negligence by the doctors it hired and supervised. Fair and reasonable would be decided by a formula, and by a panel of expert supervising physicians. So these primary care clinics would operated in a limited liability zone — not subject to local state jury trials for medical malpractice, and all patients seeking care in such clinics would have to knowingly sign a waiver of their right to sue. No waiver, no care, back out on the street, no Good Samaritan here to save you, try County General.

These little clinics should number about 10,000. They should basically be in the business of taking the primary care load off emergency rooms. They should do preventative medicine, and help clients get further care as needed. So your basic heart pills, and diabetes pills, and athsma treatments don’t have to be done for 00 in a busy emergecy room, they can be done for in a micro-clinic run by the Federal government. That’s a savings of 5 for each patient. Figure 20 patients a day, 300 days a year, pretty soon you’re talking real money (like 0,000 per year saved for each doctor on the staff). You could actually pay the doctors pretty well out of that saved amount, right? Let’s say 0,000 per year starting salary. You still clear 0,000 of societal savings for each doctor working.

This is all based on the idea that if the government wants there to be more healthcare, it should "just do it"

If the government wants the leaves raked off the White House lawn, it should "just do it"

The doing concept only seems strange in a world where the government has gotten used to writing 16,000 pages of detailed commands and instructions for anything it wants done — so that other people can do it.

I say skip the paperwork — if you want something done — do it! The Doing Concept, part of what made America great.

How about this idea for a second concept: Let the VA Pharmacy fill prescriptions for Vets based on the orders of the Vets’ own doctors, so long as those doctors are: (1) Board Certified (2) America Educated and (3) in Good standing as Physicians (their licenses are fully in operational and valid and current). So there’s no reason whatsoever to imagine that the Vets own doctor is not good enough to write the prescription. OK — then just fill it! It’s like the Just Do It concept.

Don’t fuss, don’t make the vet get a whole new doctor and come into your system, just let them have the benefit of government buying power, so the meds go out to the vet at about 20% of retail which is what the VA pays for them. The VA can charge for postage too.

Again this would be on a "Sovereign Immunity" "Malpractice Waiver" basis so the U.S. government would take no legal risk in this program. No chance of being sued. Fraud is still possible, but liability from lawsuits is not. The fraud can be squeezed out of the system by investigation and relentless prosecution of malfeasors — bad doctors who use their position to cheat Uncle Sam.

These are just two ideas. My basic idea is to take the problem down by layers, starting with the easy layers. More primary care — do it. More meds at fair prices — do it.

It’s the Doing Concept.

Over time this will make the problem smaller. Not vanish — but smaller. Instead of 45 million uninsurables — maybe in 10 years just 25 million. That’s way better than Obama-Care is likely to do. And at 10% of the cost of Obama-Care. And without stealing the Medicare Trust Fund.

It’s better policy because it’s a better value. It impacts the problem at low cost and low risk by using "doing" instead of "commanding" as its method of proceeding. Raking the leaves up, instead of writing a 16,000 page set of commands to get the leaves raked up. Doing — wow there’s a thought!
I have never watched FOX News. I have never read any FOX publication. I never listen to FOX radio.

Any resemblance between anything I say, and anything said on FOX is either coincidental or it arises from FOX people reading my posts (here and elsewhere) picking up the ideas, and making media talk with my ideas, without giving me credit for them, which I don’t mind. I’m with Rabidranath Tagore, the Indian poet, when he said, "Whatever isn’t given … is lost!" So pick my brain,, pick my bones .. it’s all given freely. But it is irritating when people think I get my ideas from FOX. It’s really unjust — a bad rap. The next person who says that should include a quote from FOX that is the paraphrase of what I say in my posts. You have to show that they said it first, then I said it second. Otherwise, I couldn’t possibly be getting my stuff from FOX, you see that, right? Just bring the quotes, or stop the bad rap. Thanks.

individual "lazy employees" at ACORN, (which generated so many famous or phone book names in multiple states) have been convicted after being "turn[ed] … over to law enforcement for prosecution?"

"The problem for these lazy employees is that ACORN isn’t stupid and would flag the registration cards as suspect before turning them over to election officials. If they suspected fraud, they’d also turn those employees over to law enforcement for prosecution."

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Akd_umkKFhTjbd.kBEpmbmPsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081017164126AAtpVP6

Below are ten good reasons to impeach our incompetent president. In addition to these reasons, he is conspiring with big multinational corporations to create a North American union with Mexico and Canada, which would eliminate the borders between the US and these two countries. The creation of this union would be the end of the US as a sovereign nation. Also, Bush ordered the malicious prosecution of Border Patrol agents Ramos and Campion on the orders of Presidente Fox of Mexico!
I ask Congress to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney for the following reasons:

1.Violating the United Nations Charter by launching an illegal "War of Aggression" against Iraq without cause, using fraud to sell the war to Congress and the public, misusing government funds to begin bombing without Congressional authorization, and subjecting our military personnel to unnecessary harm, debilitating injuries, and deaths.

http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/88?ad=d0

Perhaps some of you do not understand the concept of impeachment. A call for impeachment is merely asking that Congress to put the president on trial for crimes committed in office. Evidence will be presented then, and the president will have a chance to defend himself. All I am asking for is a fair trial. Clinton was impeached for lying about his sex life, but not convicted. Surely conspiring to create a North American union http://stopspp.com/stopspp/ and lying about the reasons to invade Iraq are greater crimes than Clinton committed.

I am not a Democrat; some of you fanatical republicans find it difficult to believe that a political independent does not approve of the president. Pat Buchanan, a conservative Republican, also believes that Bush deserves to be impeached. Read his book, "State of Emergency", to understand why Bush has not acted to deport the hordes who have invaded our nation. That is another ground for impeachment, not upholding his oath to protect our country.

1040 Checkmate!

DOJ Dismisses Felony Tax Prosecution
– With Prejudice — After PRA Defense Raised

Evidence OMB Complicit In Income Tax Fraud

DOJ & IRS Petitioned To Explain

On May 12, 2006 in Peoria, Illinois, the attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) begged the court to dismiss all charges against IRS victim Robert Lawrence in federal District Court.

The motion for dismissal came on the heels of a surprise tactic by Lawrence’s defense attorney Oscar Stilley.

The tactic threatened exposure of IRS’s on-going efforts to defraud the public. The move put DOJ attorneys in a state of panic that left them with only one alternative: beg for dismissal, with prejudice.

Stilley’s tactic paid off. Sixty days earlier, the DOJ had indicted Lawrence on three counts of willful failure to file a 1040 form, and three felony counts of income tax evasion. The federal Judge dismissed all charges with prejudice, meaning the DOJ cannot charge Lawrence with those crimes again.

The trial was to have started on Monday morning, May 15th.

On Wednesday, May 10, Stilley mailed a set of documents to the DOJ in response to DOJ’s discovery demands. The documents revealed to DOJ for the first time that Lawrence was basing his entire defense on an act of Congress, 44 U.S.C. 3500 – 3520, also known as the "Paperwork Reduction Act" (PRA).

In Section 3512 of the Act, titled "Public Protection," it says that no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with an agency’s collection of information request (such as a 1040 form), if the request does not display a valid control number assigned by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the requirements of the Act, or if the agency fails to inform the person who is to respond to the collection of information that he is not required to respond to the collection of information request unless it displays a valid control number.

In Section 3512 Congress went on to authorize that the protection provided by Section 3512 may be raised in the form of a complete defense at any time during an agency’s administrative process (such as an IRS Tax Court or Collection and Due Process Hearing) or during a judicial proceeding (such as Lawrence’s criminal trial).

In sum, the PRA requires that all government agencies display valid OMB control numbers and certain disclosures directly on all information collection forms that the public is requested to file. Lawrence’s sole defense was he was not required to file an IRS Form 1040 because it displays an invalid OMB control number.

Government officials knew that if the case went to trial, it would expose the fraudulent, counterfeit 1040. They also must have known that a trial would expose the ongoing conspiracy between OMB and IRS to publish 1040 forms each year that those agencies knew were in violation of the PRA. That would raise the issue that the Form 1040, with its invalid control number, is being used by the Government to cover up the underlying constitutional tort — that is, the enforcement of a direct, unapportioned tax on the labor of every working man, women and child in America.

Any information collection form, such as IRS Form 1040, which lacks bona fide statutory authority or which conflicts with the Constitution, cannot be issued an OMB control number. If a control number were issued for such a form, the form would be invalid and of no force and effect.

Under the facts and circumstances of the last 24 years, it is safe to say that IRS Form 1040 is a fraudulent, counterfeit, bootleg form. Government officials responsible for this fraud should be investigated and face indictment for willfully making and sponsoring false instruments.

Caught between a rock and a hard place, the DOJ and IRS decided not to let the Lawrence case proceed because it would reveal one critical and damning fact:

The PRA law protects those that fail to file IRS bootleg Form 1040

The DOJ knew that it stood a significant chance of losing the case, and if that happened, the press and others would quickly spread the word, and leave only fools to ever file a 1040 again. Oscar Stilley’s pleadings and documents made these points quite clear:

* IRS Form 1040 violates the federal Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) and is therefore a legally invalid form.

* Under the Public Protection clause of the PRA, no person can be penalized for failing to file a 1040 if the IRS fails to fully comply with the PRA.

* The PRA statutes explicitly provide that a PRA challenge is a complete defense and can be raised in any administrative or judicial proceeding.

* The IRS Individual Form 1040 has not and cannot comply with the requirements of the PRA because no existing statute authorizes the IRS to impose or collect the federal income tax from individuals. That lack of bona fide authority makes it impossible for IRS to avoid violating the PRA.

We The People Foundation has researched the facts, law and circumstances surrounding this case, and has determined that:

* A public trial would have opened a “Pandora’s Box” of legal evidence and government testimony under oath that would establish the IRS 1040 form as both fraudulent and counterfeit.

* Oscar Stilley’s PRA defense “checkmated” the DOJ and IRS

* The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) appears to have been complicit with IRS in deceiving the public and in helping perpetuate the 1040 fraud by promulgating federal regulations that negate the plain language of the PRA laws passed by Congress and by allowing the IRS to continually skirt the explicit requirements of those statutes

Accordingly, We The People Foundation has petitioned the U.S. Attorney General, the IRS Commissioner, and Director of the OMB, requesting an official explanation of their conduct in Peoria.

See the petition below. It includes links to all relevant statutes, regulations, court decisions, Federal Register publications, law review articles, Lawrence case pleadings, and the discovery documents sent by defense counsel Stilley to the DOJ.
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My good friend received an official-looking check by special delivery after having submitted photos in a model search contest, ostensibly as compensation for the photos and future modeling assignments to be carried out by his children(no not pornographic). While trying to cash this check he was arrested on forgery charges after merely inquiring about the validity of the check at a bank !

No avenue of approach seems available through the BBB, I can’t seem to find any record of criminal or other proceedings against this company.

What recourse might he have ? civil or criminal prosecution ? the Bank for false imprisonment ? the Celebrities for fraud,contributing to deliquency of a minor?

A) preliminary hearing in a murder trial
B) misdemeanor traffic violation
C) request for an equitable lien on property
D) a real estate fraud prosecution

i think its A but im really not sure. i just need a little help. thanks….

I just handled a phishing e-mail that indicated my PayPal password had been changed. It was almost identical to a real password change notification except it told you to go to a website and login with your old password. The e-mail came from service784@security-paypal.com. I checked and a real notification came from service@paypal.com.

The link in the letter looked like a paypal.com url, but, instead took you to http://www.paylowpal.com/ . I spoofed an e-mail and password and was taken to http://www.paylowpal.com/wbsc.php where I was asked to provide all of the info from my credit card to verify who I was.

I WHOIS’d security-paypal.com and it was registered to:
Organisation Name…. Howard Sams
Organisation Address. 310 pine valley bridgeville,pa.15017
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. bridgeville
Organisation Address. 15017
Organisation Address. PA

I WHOIS’d paylowpal.com and it is registered to:
Organisation Name…. Qiang Chiung
Organisation Address. P O Box 99800
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. EmeryVille
Organisation Address. 94662
Organisation Address. CA

I reported it as a phishing site to Microsoft (tools – Phishing Filter – Report This Website).

I forwarded the entire e-mail to PayPal at spoof@paypal.com.

I then forwarded the e-mail and other information to US-CERT (US Computer Emergency Readiness Team) at http://www.us-cert.gov/nav/report_phishi… .

It is easy to see that both paylowpal.com sites were phishing sites. First the domain name sounds wrong. Then, neither site was a secured site (they would have started with https:… .

I hope others take the time to report phishing. It may prevent others from being victimized and, hopefully, your actions might help to lead to the prosecution and conviction of the person(s) committing the fraud.
Edit: Thanks James. I actually posted this as a warning and to show people what you can do to protect yourself. This may be a new one because it passed Microsoft’s phishing filter.

the bush legacy?
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

· LAW ENFORCEMENT: I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver’s license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been lost" and is not available.

MILITARY: I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.
COLLEGE: I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader.
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:

I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.
I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975. I bought an oil company, but couldn’t find any oil in Texas. The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.
With the help of my father and our right-wing friends in the oil industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:

I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union.
During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America.
I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.
I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American history.
With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father’s appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over 500,000 votes.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:

I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.
I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.
I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury.
I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.
I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.
I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that figure has risen to over 3 million lost jobs by the end of 2003.
I’m proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history.
My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.
I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. President.
I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations.
My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. history, Enron.
My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.
I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history.
I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.
I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history.
I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.
I’ve broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.
I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.
I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.
I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. "prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).
I set the record for fewest number of press conferences of any President since the advent of television.
I set the the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year period.
After taking off the entire month of August, 2001, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history.
I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.
I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.
I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families — in war time.
In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq, then blamed the lies on our British friends.
I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.
I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.
I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice.
RECORDS AND REFERENCES:

All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father’s library, sealed and unavailable for public view.
All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review