I would like to be a computer genius who could deduct a penny or so out of every millionaire’s (in the whole world) bank account every month. This crime, it could be argued, would harm no one, but would vastly help myself.

Unfortunately, I am not a computer genius. By the way, if someone commits the above-mentioned crime, I would be all in favor of prosecution. I am not saying that theft should not be punished. If any of you have read the book CATCH ME IF YOU CAN by Frank Abagnale, or seen the movie, you might be interested to learn that Abagnale today says that fraud is easier today than ever, due to computers. So, know ye where the criminals are.
Some of you have suggested that being a hit man might be a good criminal line to be in. But I remember how, in Calgary, a man who had done "hits" for a biker gang was murdered while he was stopping for gas near where I worked. It seems that a common first assignment for a new hit man is to murder the old hit man. Those who give the orders like to play it safe. That, by itself, all morality and humanity aside, would be enough to dissuade me from becoming a hit man.

Mexican soap opera star Fernanda Romero is back in the headlines. The sultry beauty, who faces accusation of fraudulently marrying a California man to get legal residency in the United States, is expected to stand trial on immigration-fraud charges this week.The actress’ American husband Kent Ross will join her in the trial, beginning Aug. 24, 2010, according to multiple online published reports.

Actress’ sham marriage
Romero, a well-known Mexican soap opera star, and Kent Ross, a US musician whom she married in 2005, were arrested in April on marriage fraud charges.

Maria Fernanda Romero Martinez of Westwood, better known by her stage name Fernanda Romero, and Ross, of California, both 28, wed on June 12, 2005, but they never lived together and even continued to date other people, as claimed by Swiss fashion photographer Markus Klinko.

Ex-beau exposes Romero
Klinko, who used to be Romero’s onetime boyfriend, exposed the actress’ so called green-card scam marriage to federal immigration authorities after she dumped Klinko in 2007, reports the New York Post.

Klinko claims he dated Romero in 2007 while she was still married to Ross.

Klinko, who used to be Romero’s onetime boyfriend, exposed the actress’ so called green-card scam marriage to federal immigration authorities after she dumped Klinko in 2007, reports the New York Post.

Trial set on immigration-fraud charges
Klinko, star of the Bravo reality show "Double Exposure," is now expected to be the main witness at the pair’s criminal trial, starting Tuesday in Los Angeles.

The celebrity photographer has reportedly hired an investigator to gather evidence of Romero’s alleged sham marriage.

"Klinko went to great lengths to see to it that this case was criminally prosecuted and … did so because of his animus toward defendant Fernanda Romero," a defense petition said, according to CNN.

Pair pleads not guilty
The ‘Drag Me to Hell’ star, Romero was charged in a Los Angeles court on Monday for allegedly marrying Ross to marry her so that she could become a U.S. resident.

Both Romero and Ross have pleaded not guilty to charges of marriage fraud and making false statements, according to the Associated Press.

War of words
The prosecution will argue that the pair have never lived together and have continued to hang out with other people since their 2005 nuptials.

However, Romero and Ross’ lawyers maintain in their filings that the pair nuptials weren’t a scam, saying the pair had been in love but the marriage just didn’t work out, reports the Post.

The defense team will claim the Swiss snapper fabricated his story after Romero dumped him.

"This is a case of two young people in love but naive to the complexities of marriage. It is a case of an older man, Markus Klinko, who was obsessed with a young woman half his age, who, when spurned as her lover, was driven by spite and revenge to destroy her life, her career and her reputation," their filings say.

Accused of marrying for immigration purposes, Romero and Ross both face five years in prison if convicted.

http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20100825/trial-mexican-actress-accused-marrying-fraudulently-become-us-citizen-begin-id-101

this is complicated. during a show cause for failure to pay child support, the plaintiff intentionally refused to disclose many payments, also charged higher insurance rates than the actual rate, the defendant was found guilty. defendant did not appeal due to several reasons, attorney fees etc. After much research and recovery of payment documentation defendant just recently tried to have this issue heard in another related hearing but was told the issue was moot. Is there actually any way to recover this money that was not divulged during the show cause hearing,? Can I file theft charges? This has been a very complicated case and the plaintiff intentionally refused to reveal these payments. The money that was not divulged to the courts is a large sum and had these payments been made aware of to the courts, defendant would not have been found guilty. Is it possible to take my case to the states attorneys office? I really do NOT want this person to get away with the crimes they have committed. They are in the legal profession, have used their position to intentionally commit perjury, fraud, theft and malicious prosecution. I know it sounds outlandish but it is true, there are people in this world that have absolutely no respect for the honesty and integrity of the Courts and are so stuck on themselves and greedy they could care less about others freedom and sense of living. I do not have the money for attorneys. Or should I just figure they are only one of the millions that do this sort of thing in our court system everyday and forget about it? I appreciate all information from everyone, Thank You. In Maryland.

I am making this since some jerk got my last Nancy Grace thread that I directed at Nancy Grace-lover Catherine N before I saw her answer. Women are the ones that call in every night praising Grace and her show, so they obviously can’t make un-biased opinions based on the trial given, but will instead go on what Nancy Grace says if she is commenting on the trial. Grace is a rude and annoying, self-righteous liar and fraud who has been caught lying(the duke-lacrosse case)and runs when the truth comes out. Not everyone who gets accused of a crime is actually guilty you know, many people have been freed and their convictions overturned by DNA evidence, the real culprit coming forward and confessing and corrupt and tainted prosecutions. Appeals courts have also overturned some of Grace’s convictions and criticized Grace’s handling of the case for playing loose with ethics and withholding evidence.
If women cannot make a decision on a jury based on the trial given like they are required to do, then they shouldn’t be allowed to serve.

Previously 1 prison sentence for fraud, presently on a 12 month suspended sentence for mortgage fraud and now been found guilty of benefit fraud for 4k. Served 3 months of the suspended on a tag and completed all 160 hrs community service. Has already served 8 weeks in prison whilst awaiting sentencing. No prosecution turned up twice and now the CPS r taking over the prosecution. What is likiest sentence?

http://www.island.lk/2009/12/15/news1.html
by the refusal to vote for persons and organizations that advocated and supported the detention and refusal to release civilians by LTTE forces?

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_091/Dec1260896331CH.html

As well as the prosecution of LTTE finance arms from abroad, especially as they relate to manipulating and defrauding international markets.

http://business.rediff.com/column/2009/dec/15/guest-why-billionaires-get-involved-in-frauds.htm

CHECK DRAFTS NOW CHANDRASIRI
Casimir – there is a huge difference between feeding, sheltering and providing education for 300K and using those same people as human shields which is what the LTTE did, they also killed people that were attemptoing to flee LTTE control. It is wise to rememnber that these almost 300K are the ones that made it out with full assistance from government forces whilsts other 3000 were killed by the LTTE. I am certainly glad that Rajaratnam is being held accountable for atleast part of his misdeeds.

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_091/Dec1260941456CH.html

September 21, 2007
NORTHWEST CRACKDOWN ON FAKE VETERANS IN “OPERATION STOLEN VALOR”
Phony Vets Scam more than .4 Million and Damage Image of Honorable Veterans
U.S. Attorney Jeffrey C. Sullivan today announced some of the results of “Operation Stolen Valor,” a year long effort to investigate and prosecute those who lie about their military service for financial gain or other reasons. Sullivan and Doug Carver, Special Agent in Charge of the Veteran’s Affairs Office of Inspector General detailed eight prosecutions in the Veteran’s Affairs Northwest Region in 2007.

“As a Vietnam Veteran, and the father of a decorated Army officer currently serving, I feel very keenly the damage done by Jesse Macbeth and these other fakes,” said Jeff Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington. “Macbeth’s lies fueled hostility to our servicemen in Iraq and here at home. Those who falsely claim medals for heroism, cheapen the recognition of our true war heroes.”
“The ‘phony war hero phenomenon’ plagues the American landscape and tarnishes the service of thousands of veterans who have served honorably. It strangles VA resources from providing critical care and benefits to deserving veterans returning from war,” said Douglas J. Carver, Special Agent in Charge of the VA Office of Inspector General, Western Field Office. “It all boils downs to this: these phonies submit claims to the VA for compensation and medical benefits they are not entitled to, and it takes away valuable resources from those who are entitled.”
In a dozen cases under investigation in the northwest, the fraud totals more than .4 million. Eight of the cases have been publicly filed and are in various stages of being adjudicated:
*Jesse Macbeth, 23, Tacoma, Washington, sentenced today in connection with his fraudulent claims of military service. Macbeth sought medical benefits claiming to suffer from PTSD related to service in Iraq and Afghanistan, in fact, Macbeth was discharged from the Army about a month after he joined. Macbeth never traveled outside the U.S. with the Army. Macbeth duped reporters, claiming to be a decorated Army Ranger who had witnessed war crimes.
*Reggie Buddle, 60, Puyallup, Washington, sentenced July 30, 2007, for Unlawful Wearing of United States Military Medals and Decorations. Buddle posed as a decorated Marine Corps Chaplin presiding over weddings, funerals and baptisms. Buddle was sentenced to 500 hours of community service and two years of probation.

*Larry Lewis Porter, 52, Seattle, Washington, sentenced April 19, 2007, for Mail Fraud in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain disability benefits from Veterans Affairs. Porter was sentenced to 37 months in prison. Porter claimed he suffered PTSD from experiences in the Navy, however investigation revealed the events were fabricated. Loss Amount: 4,000
*Roy J. Scott, 71, of Port Angeles, Washington pleaded guilty August 31, 2007, to Use of an Altered Military Discharge Certificate to obtain VA Compensation and Medical Benefits, and Unlawful Wearing of United States Military Medals and Decorations. Scott claimed he had served in the Marine Corps in Korea, that he was wounded in combat in Korea, and that he had been awarded the Korea Defense Medal, Korea Star Medal, and a Purple Heart (due to alleged gun shot wounds sustained during combat in Korea). Scott claimed to be honorably discharged, when in fact, he never earned those medals, never served in Korea or any foreign country and was Court-Martialed out of the Marine Corps. Loss Amount: ,960.
*Merrick K. Hersey, 64, of Vancouver, Washington, Hersey was indicted August 1, 2007, for Use and Possession of Forged or Altered Military Discharge Certificate and False Statements. Hersey is a fugitive and is being sought by law enforcement. Hersey applied for benefits claiming he served in 1967-68, was awarded two Purple Hearts (for wounds sustained in active combat) and the Bronze Star (awarded for heroism). Hersey claimed he suffered from PTSD and sought benefits. In fact, Hersey never served in the Marine Corps at all. Loss Amount: ,688.
*Michael D. Heit, 58, of Harrington, Washington, pleaded guilty yesterday (September 20, 2007) in U.S. District Court in Spokane, Washington to Use and Possession of a Forged or Altered Military Discharge Certificate and False Claims of Military Medals. Heit claimed he was a Vietnam vet who was held as a prisoner of war. He claimed to have been awarded three Purple Heart medals and the Silver Star. None of that is true. Loss Amount: ,500
*Elvin J. Swisher, 70, of Idaho, is charged with Wearing Unauthorized Military Medals, False Statements, and Theft of Government Funds. Swisher falsely claimed he was wounded in Korea and that he had been awarded the Silver Star, Purple Heart and other medals for valor. Loss Amount: ,000.
*Carlos Riosvalle, 83, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced April 9, 2007, in Multnomah County for multiple counts of Theft by Deception. Riosvalle collected benefits claiming to have been “shot down while a pilot in World War II.” In fact Riosvalle never served in the armed forces. Loss Amount: ,818.
These cases were all investigated by the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General VA-OIG. The VA Office of the Inspector General operates a HOTLINE for the public to confidentially and safely report crimes like “Stolen Valor” involving VA or its programs. Call 800-488-8244, or fax to 202-565-7936, or e-mail to vaoighotline@va.gov, or write to VA OIG HOTLINE, PO Box 50410, Washington, DC 20091-0410.
The cases filed in the Western District of Washington are being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ronald J. Friedman. For additional information please contact Emily Langlie, Public Affairs Officer for the United States Attorney’s Office, at (206) 553-4110.

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/waw/press/2007/sep/operationstolenvalor.html

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_092807/content/01125106.guest.html

WASHINGTON – A government lawsuit Thursday seeks the identities of tens of thousands of possible U.S. tax cheats who hid billions of dollars in assets at the Swiss-based bank UBS AG. A defiant Swiss president pledged to maintain his country’s bank secrecy laws.

In the suit filed in Miami, the Obama administration wants UBS to turn over information on as many as 52,000 U.S. customers who concealed their accounts from the U.S. government in violation of tax laws.

"At a time when millions of Americans are losing their jobs, their homes, and their health care, it is appalling that more than 50,000 of the wealthiest among us have actively sought to evade their civil and legal duty to pay taxes," the acting assistant attorney general, John DiCicco, said in a statement.

A deal announced Wednesday provides access to about 250 to 300 UBS customers who used Swiss bank secrecy laws to hide assets. To avoid prosecution, UBS agreed to pay 0 million. The bank’s chairman, Peter Kurer, said UBS accepted "full responsibility" for helping its U.S. clients conceal assets from the Internal Revenue Service.

See, we are going after your tax frauds who have been frauds for decades, not paying taxes. Isn’t this just more Republican hypocrisy? And these people DID NOT pay their taxes! BUT they will!
Bryan, the "tax-cheat" occuping an office was a Bush appointee!
Hambone

"First, nothing in your article said that they were republicans"

I bet that 99.9 % are. Want to make a wager?
And I didn’t say they were Republican’s. I asked what you were going to say!
U.S. sues UBS to disclose secret accounts
Regulators charge that the Swiss bank holds 52,000 secret accounts that could contain nearly billion in untaxed assets.
February 19, 2009: 4:10 PM ET

UBS accused of fraud

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. government Thursday sued UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank, to force the firm to give the Internal Revenue Service secret account information on thousands of accounts believed to be worth nearly billion.

The suit comes only one day after the Justice Department announced an agreement in which UBS promised to to provide secret account information.

I don’t think Bush was in office in February. Obama sued them!

You want to know why all of these … liberal organizations oppose photo ID for voting? You’re looking at it. It’s called ACORN. If you are required to have a photo ID, you cannot vote if you don’t have one. Remember the situation in Georgia where they wanted to give everybody a voter ID, and the Jesse Jacksons of the world went down there and raised holy hell, ‘No you can’t do that.’ State of Georgia said okay, we’ll go to their houses, we’ll go to where they live, ’cause Jesse Jackson said they’re afraid to leave their homes…. Jesse Jackson said no. These people cannot stand government agents walking into their house, they won’t trust it, they’ll think they are being spied on. They come up with the most ridiculous explanations to avoid anything with photo ID, and this is why. Can’t cheat. They want to cheat. They can’t win on their own. They couldn’t win very much at all on their own." [Emphasis Mine]

This may be one of the most urgent appeals we’ve ever sent you.

PLEASE read it carefully and act IMMEDIATELY! The integrity of our nation’s elections in just a few weeks may depend on YOU and thousands more like you who are fed up with Chicago-style election hijacking.

The media — even the liberal media — are reporting massive voter-registration fraud nationwide. And particularly in battleground states like Ohio and Missouri.

Fraud by whom? By ACORN — a gang of left-wing radicals who year after year thumb their noses at election laws and use mafia-style intimidation tactics against those who stand in their way.

CNN’s Drew Griffin reports from Lake County, Indiana:

"ACORN’s in trouble all across the country with it’s a huge voter-registration drive. Actually, 1.3 million new voters registered according to ACORN. The problem is, are they really voters? Up in Lake County, Indiana, they’re finding out they are not. Some 5,000 applications came in, all filled out by ACORN, and there they are. They went through the first 2,100 of them, every single one of them, fraudulent." On October 13, Fox News interviewed two newly registered young men in Ohio. One said he’d registered with ACORN 15 times! Another said he registered 73 times! Both said the ACORN canvassers pleaded: "If you don’t sign I’ll lose my job."

The New York Post reported:

"Last July, ACORN settled the largest case of voter fraud in Washington state history. Seven ACORN workers had submitted nearly 2,000 bogus voter forms. According to case records, they flipped through phone books for names to use on the forms, including ‘Leon Spinks,’ ‘Frekkie Magoal’ and ‘Fruto Boy Crispila.’ Three ACORN election hoaxers pleaded guilty in October. A King County prosecutor called ACORN’s criminal sabotage ‘an act of vandalism upon the voter rolls.’"

And The Wall Street Journal reported:

"In Ohio in 2004, a worker for one affiliate was given crack cocaine in exchange for fraudulent registrations that included underage voters, dead voters and pillars of the community named Mary Poppins, Dick Tracy, and Jive Turkey. During a congressional hearing in Ohio in the aftermath of the 2004 election, officials from several counties in the state explained ACORN’s practice of dumping thousands of registration forms in their lap on the submission deadline, even though the forms had been collected months earlier."

This radical gang says IT’S ALREADY REGISTERED 1.3 MILLION NEW VOTERS for this year!

But wait a minute! Will threats of further prosecutions really stop ACORN? HOW MANY OF THESE 1.3 NEWLY REGISTERED VOTERS WILL VOTE… SIX TIMES… A DOZENS TIMES?

You and I can stop that from happening BEFORE November 4!

A Few Of Mine, Someone who voted for Obama, and feel deeply betrayed, lied to, and screwed over:

Obama making such a big deal about the Patriot act, then keeping it, and making it more invasive to US citizens than it was by dropping any penalties or over sight on taping phone lines within the Continental US. It is still illegal, but there can be no legal reprisal against those who do it, which as good as makes it legal.

The Draft Proposed by the Obama administration cabinet.

Forced Child "Volunteerism"

Obama’s proposed armed "civilian force" answerable only to Obama which would be a military force used in the public to "keep order"

The Obama Administration scraping a great effective voucher program in DC that saved 00 per child and gave them access to a far superior education and much safer and less hostile environment, in order to pander to the stinking teachers unions who don’t care about the kids education, only their own selfish counter productive wants. That PISSES ME OFF!

Obama’s constant mischaracterization of facts as in his claiming Bush and McCain didn’t believe in Global Warming Science, when both did. Why lie if you have an honest agenda? That is just the tip of the ice burg. His refusal to admit to Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac’s contribution to the current credit crisis, after taking so much money from them, and using Reins and Gorelick, their CEOs as advisors, and never calling for prosecutions over those CEO’s frauds in which they were paid 90 and 25 million respectively in bonuses as they played a lead roll along with Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Cathleen Waters, Chuck Schumer, Hairy Reid, and others in destroying our economy, then he trumps up hatred over AIG executives over bonuses his own administration approved and makes those peoples lives hell and puts their families in threat, or at least goes along with it, for purely political purposes.

The use of our money to pay off Hamas to the tune of nearly a billion $$, who also gave to Obama, which is illegal as were many of his campaign contributions from foreign entities and gross over payment in non reportable increments by traitors who hate the US like the criminal George Soros, which were never questioned legally and should have been.

The use of the bail out money to pay off Obama’s supporters in groups like ACORN, and his funneling money to Union only companies for projects which will do NOTHING to help our economy.

Obama’s Choices of Lobbyists to his cabinet which directly contradicts his own rule about hiring no lobbyists.

Obama’s toleration of corrupt tax cheats to head up the IRS and run our nations banking system.

Obama’s lying about his vision of gun control, and using some bogus argument that Mexico gets all it’s guns from the US illegally over the border, which isn’t true, to attempt to push weapons bans. AND I know this is not the end of it. If he gets that they will push for more bans. I am a democrat, or was, but I never supported gun control in violation of the Constitution. We need to follow our Constitution.

Obama calling our country arrogant in front of other nations who have displayed much more arrogance than we ever have? Come on! He is selling us out. His arguments with the former administration should stay HERE, not be brought up in front of international forums like that even going so far as to lie about Bush’s stance on Global Warming.

He said he would get a dog from a shelter, made a big thing about it, then in the end they get a very expensive intensely pedigreed snob dog which was never in need of saving, while leaving all those other pooches out there in shelters, WITH NO HOPE.

Obama is crazy, off the reservation, willing to spend our children and grand children into debt, to pay off those who supported him, many times in illegal ways as in Hamas and Acorn. He is a cult favorite and the press covers for him and keeps honest scrutiny of his actions and his past association and who he is which leads to these actions, hushed up. Things which should alarm any thinking US citizen. There is so much more … so add your own to the list.

It’s not just Obama, it was much Bush Administration did and allowed the congress to get away with too. We have been sold out. Even the republicans were angry with the republicans, why do you think so many republican congressmen and governors got tossed out on their butt’s?

Add to my list of reasons to join tea party protests.
Get serious Kool-Aid Hater Police, lol. Why do you think republicans lost so badly? Because republicans agreed with Obama? Because the republicans felt betrayed. Now I feel betrayed by Obama, and I voted for him. I WAS a democrat. Wake up, if you have NOTHING to protest, like the Patriot Act being kept and made more hostile against the people in the US, then you are nothing but a mushroom, but I think you are just on the Kool-Aid and will wake up eventually unless you are totally oblivious.
FOX covered these protests, other networks who would cover 3 guys and a dog protesting Bush, would not cover it, and when it got so huge they couldn’t ignore it they went out to defame people protesting for some very real idiotic developments going on. Those who would just stand by while all this is going on would have made great rank and file Nazi’s who just sat back and cheered while their crap went on, because the Nazi movement was so popular, especially with the young. Wake Up

Proof! Media Matters Wrong About Rush’s Use of Soldier(s) Plural

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/waw/press/2007/sep/operationstolenvalor.html

September 21, 2007
NORTHWEST CRACKDOWN ON FAKE VETERANS IN “OPERATION STOLEN VALOR”
Phony Vets Scam more than .4 Million and Damage Image of Honorable Veterans
U.S. Attorney Jeffrey C. Sullivan today announced some of the results of “Operation Stolen Valor,” a year long effort to investigate and prosecute those who lie about their military service for financial gain or other reasons. Sullivan and Doug Carver, Special Agent in Charge of the Veteran’s Affairs Office of Inspector General detailed eight prosecutions in the Veteran’s Affairs Northwest Region in 2007.

“As a Vietnam Veteran, and the father of a decorated Army officer currently serving, I feel very keenly the damage done by Jesse Macbeth and these other fakes,” said Jeff Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington. “Macbeth’s lies fueled hostility to our servicemen in Iraq and here at home. Those who falsely claim medals for heroism, cheapen the recognition of our true war heroes.”
“The ‘phony war hero phenomenon’ plagues the American landscape and tarnishes the service of thousands of veterans who have served honorably. It strangles VA resources from providing critical care and benefits to deserving veterans returning from war,” said Douglas J. Carver, Special Agent in Charge of the VA Office of Inspector General, Western Field Office. “It all boils downs to this: these phonies submit claims to the VA for compensation and medical benefits they are not entitled to, and it takes away valuable resources from those who are entitled.”
In a dozen cases under investigation in the northwest, the fraud totals more than .4 million. Eight of the cases have been publicly filed and are in various stages of being adjudicated:
*Jesse Macbeth, 23, Tacoma, Washington, sentenced today in connection with his fraudulent claims of military service. Macbeth sought medical benefits claiming to suffer from PTSD related to service in Iraq and Afghanistan, in fact, Macbeth was discharged from the Army about a month after he joined. Macbeth never traveled outside the U.S. with the Army. Macbeth duped reporters, claiming to be a decorated Army Ranger who had witnessed war crimes.
*Reggie Buddle, 60, Puyallup, Washington, sentenced July 30, 2007, for Unlawful Wearing of United States Military Medals and Decorations. Buddle posed as a decorated Marine Corps Chaplin presiding over weddings, funerals and baptisms. Buddle was sentenced to 500 hours of community service and two years of probation.

*Larry Lewis Porter, 52, Seattle, Washington, sentenced April 19, 2007, for Mail Fraud in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain disability benefits from Veterans Affairs. Porter was sentenced to 37 months in prison. Porter claimed he suffered PTSD from experiences in the Navy, however investigation revealed the events were fabricated. Loss Amount: 4,000
*Roy J. Scott, 71, of Port Angeles, Washington pleaded guilty August 31, 2007, to Use of an Altered Military Discharge Certificate to obtain VA Compensation and Medical Benefits, and Unlawful Wearing of United States Military Medals and Decorations. Scott claimed he had served in the Marine Corps in Korea, that he was wounded in combat in Korea, and that he had been awarded the Korea Defense Medal, Korea Star Medal, and a Purple Heart (due to alleged gun shot wounds sustained during combat in Korea). Scott claimed to be honorably discharged, when in fact, he never earned those medals, never served in Korea or any foreign country and was Court-Martialed out of the Marine Corps. Loss Amount: ,960.
*Merrick K. Hersey, 64, of Vancouver, Washington, Hersey was indicted August 1, 2007, for Use and Possession of Forged or Altered Military Discharge Certificate and False Statements. Hersey is a fugitive and is being sought by law enforcement. Hersey applied for benefits claiming he served in 1967-68, was awarded two Purple Hearts (for wounds sustained in active combat) and the Bronze Star (awarded for heroism). Hersey claimed he suffered from PTSD and sought benefits. In fact, Hersey never served in the Marine Corps at all. Loss Amount: ,688.
*Michael D. Heit, 58, of Harrington, Washington, pleaded guilty yesterday (September 20, 2007) in U.S. District Court in Spokane, Washington to Use and Possession of a Forged or Altered Military Discharge Certificate and False Claims of Military Medals. Heit claimed he was a Vietnam vet who was held as a prisoner of war. He claimed to have been awarded three Purple Heart medals and the Silver Star. None of that is true. Loss Amount: ,500
*Elvin J. Swisher, 70, of Idaho, is charged with Wearing Unauthorized Military Medals, False Statements, and Theft of Government Funds. Swisher falsely claimed he was wounded in Korea and that he had been awarded the Silver Star, Purple Heart and other medals for valor. Loss Amount: ,000.
*Carlos Riosvalle, 83, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced April 9, 2007, in Multnomah County for multiple counts of Theft by Deception. Riosvalle collected benefits claiming to have been “shot down while a pilot in World War II.” In fact Riosvalle never served in the armed forces. Loss Amount: ,818.
These cases were all investigated by the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General VA-OIG. The VA Office of the Inspector General operates a HOTLINE for the public to confidentially and safely report crimes like “Stolen Valor” involving VA or its programs. Call 800-488-8244, or fax to 202-565-7936, or e-mail to vaoighotline@va.gov, or write to VA OIG HOTLINE, PO Box 50410, Washington, DC 20091-0410.
The cases filed in the Western District of Washington are being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ronald J. Friedman. For additional information please contact Emily Langlie, Public Affairs Officer for the United States Attorney’s Office, at (206) 553-4110.

MACON, Ga. – Two driver’s license examiners with the Georgia Department of Driver Services – Kenneth Boyt, 36, and Denise Searcy Trower, 41, both of Kathleen, Ga. – were sentenced to prison Thursday for illegally issuing driver’s licenses to individuals they knew were not qualified to receive such licenses, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS).

Javeed Bukhari, 49, of Lawrenceville, Ga., and Ghanshy Am Patel, 41, of Perry, Ga., were also sentenced for their role in the illegal driver’s license scheme.

"The facilitation of legitimate documents for criminal purpose, to make a profit, and avoid the use of true identities puts our nation’s security at risk," said Acting Special Agent in Charge of the ICE Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Atlanta Brock Nicholson. "Individuals who think that they can commit such acts without repercussions should think twice. ICE HSI along with its federal, state and local law enforcement partners will continue to vigorously pursue these corrupt individuals to ensure integrity in our governmental systems and will remain vigilant in our national security efforts."

Boyt was sentenced to two years in prison followed by three years of supervised release and Trower was sentenced to two and a half years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.

Bukhari was sentenced to nine months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, and fined ,000. Patel was sentenced to five years probation with the special condition that he serve 30 consecutive days in jail, and fined ,000.

All had previously pled guilty.

As examiners for the Georgia DDS, Boyt and Trower’s job was to review applications for driver’s licenses and, for those applicants who satisfied all the necessary requirements, to issue driver’s licenses. According to court records, they violated federal law and DDS rules by issuing driver’s licenses to people whom they knew were not qualified to have one – all in exchange for money. Both issued licenses to immigrants who were not legally admitted to the United States, and therefore not eligible to receive a Georgia driver’s license.

"These driver’s license examiners violated the public’s trust and risked endangering our community by selling licenses to the highest bidder," said U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates. "Official ID’s such as driver’s licenses are required to board flights and enter secure buildings. This puts Department of Driver Services employees on the front lines of homeland security as they work to limit such official identification documents to only those who qualify. The rogue examiners and their accomplices in this case did not take this security responsibility seriously."

Bukhari and Patel facilitated the crimes by introducing members of the community who wanted a driver’s license, but could not obtain one legally, to either Boyt or Trower. These applicants would pay money to Bukhari or Patel for an illegal license, and these middlemen would in turn pay Boyt or Trower, who would then provide the applicant with a valid Georgia driver’s license. Some applicants admitted to paying as much as ,000 for these illegal licenses.

DDS Commissioner Gregory C. Dozier praised the initial work of DDS investigators and the cooperative effort of Special Agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force for the investigation’s success, saying "DDS will continue to protect the integrity and security of one of our state’s most important processes. DDS remains committed to seeking full prosecution for any illegalities."

This case was investigated by agents with the ICE HSI Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force and investigators of the Georgia Department of Driver Services.

http://www.borderfirereport.net/latest/4-sentenced-for-illegally-selling-georgia-driver-s-licenses.php

Maybe work so you would be incline to say, illegals are making high enough wages to send money to Mexico and pay their bills here and still save $ 6,000 ?

Militarily Challenged? or Phony Soldiers.

Has NOTHING to do with the Vets in the service..

NORTHWEST CRACKDOWN ON FAKE VETERANS IN “OPERATION STOLEN VALOR”
Phony Vets Scam more than .4 Million and Damage Image of Honorable Veterans
U.S. Attorney Jeffrey C. Sullivan today announced some of the results of “Operation Stolen Valor,” a year long effort to investigate and prosecute those who lie about their military service for financial gain or other reasons. Sullivan and Doug Carver, Special Agent in Charge of the Veteran’s Affairs Office of Inspector General detailed eight prosecutions in the Veteran’s Affairs Northwest Region in 2007.

“As a Vietnam Veteran, and the father of a decorated Army officer currently serving, I feel very keenly the damage done by Jesse Macbeth and these other fakes,” said Jeff Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington. “Macbeth’s lies fueled hostility to our servicemen in Iraq and here at home. Those who falsely claim medals for heroism, cheapen the recognition of our true war heroes.”

“The ‘phony war hero phenomenon’ plagues the American landscape and tarnishes the service of thousands of veterans who have served honorably. It strangles VA resources from providing critical care and benefits to deserving veterans returning from war,” said Douglas J. Carver, Special Agent in Charge of the VA Office of Inspector General, Western Field Office. “It all boils downs to this: these phonies submit claims to the VA for compensation and medical benefits they are not entitled to, and it takes away valuable resources from those who are entitled.”

In a dozen cases under investigation in the northwest, the fraud totals more than .4 million. Eight of the cases have been publicly filed and are in various stages of being adjudicated:

*Jesse Macbeth, 23, Tacoma, Washington, sentenced today in connection with his fraudulent claims of military service. Macbeth sought medical benefits claiming to suffer from PTSD related to service in Iraq and Afghanistan, in fact, Macbeth was discharged from the Army about a month after he joined. Macbeth never traveled outside the U.S. with the Army. Macbeth duped reporters, claiming to be a decorated Army Ranger who had witnessed war crimes.

*Reggie Buddle, 60, Puyallup, Washington, sentenced July 30, 2007, for Unlawful Wearing of United States Military Medals and Decorations. Buddle posed as a decorated Marine Corps Chaplin presiding over weddings, funerals and baptisms. Buddle was sentenced to 500 hours of community service and two years of probation.

*Larry Lewis Porter, 52, Seattle, Washington, sentenced April 19, 2007, for Mail Fraud in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain disability benefits from Veterans Affairs. Porter was sentenced to 37 months in prison. Porter claimed he suffered PTSD from experiences in the Navy, however investigation revealed the events were fabricated. Loss Amount: 4,000

*Roy J. Scott, 71, of Port Angeles, Washington pleaded guilty August 31, 2007, to Use of an Altered Military Discharge Certificate to obtain VA Compensation and Medical Benefits, and Unlawful Wearing of United States Military Medals and Decorations. Scott claimed he had served in the Marine Corps in Korea, that he was wounded in combat in Korea, and that he had been awarded the Korea Defense Medal, Korea Star Medal, and a Purple Heart (due to alleged gun shot wounds sustained during combat in Korea). Scott claimed to be honorably discharged, when in fact, he never earned those medals, never served in Korea or any foreign country and was Court-Martialed out of the Marine Corps. Loss Amount: ,960.

*Merrick K. Hersey, 64, of Vancouver, Washington, Hersey was indicted August 1, 2007, for Use and Possession of Forged or Altered Military Discharge Certificate and False Statements. Hersey is a fugitive and is being sought by law enforcement. Hersey applied for benefits claiming he served in 1967-68, was awarded two Purple Hearts (for wounds sustained in active combat) and the Bronze Star (awarded for heroism). Hersey claimed he suffered from PTSD and sought benefits. In fact, Hersey never served in the Marine Corps at all. Loss Amount: ,688.

*Michael D. Heit, 58, of Harrington, Washington, pleaded guilty yesterday (September 20, 2007) in U.S. District Court in Spokane, Washington to Use and Possession of a Forged or Altered Military Discharge Certificate and False Claims of Military Medals. Heit claimed he was a Vietnam vet who was held as a prisoner of war. He claimed to have been awarded three Purple Heart medals and the Silver Star. None of that is true. Loss Amount: ,500

*Elvin J. Swisher, 70, of Idaho, is charged with Wearing Unauthorized Military Medals, False Statements, and Theft of Government Funds. Swisher falsely claimed he was wounded in Korea and that he had been awarded the Silver Star, Purple Heart and other medals for valor. Loss Amount: ,000.

*Carlos Riosvalle, 83, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced April 9, 2007, in Multnomah County for multiple counts of Theft by Deception. Riosvalle collected benefits claiming to have been “shot down while a pilot in World War II.” In fact Riosvalle never served in the armed forces. Loss Amount: ,818.

These cases were all investigated by the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General VA-OIG. The VA Office of the Inspector General operates a HOTLINE for the public to confidentially and safely report crimes like “Stolen Valor” involving VA or its programs. Call 800-488-8244, or fax to 202-565-7936, or e-mail to vaoighotline@va.gov, or write to VA OIG HOTLINE, PO Box 50410, Washington, DC 20091-0410.

The cases filed in the Western District of Washington are being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ronald J. Friedman. For additional information please contact Emily Langlie, Public Affairs Officer for the United States Attorney’s Office, at (206) 553-4110.

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/waw/press/2007/sep/operationstolenvalor.html

The advocates for the "comprehensive immigration reform" bill that was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 4321) claim that it is not an amnesty bill because illegal aliens have to pay a 0 fine, which is roughly 5 percent of the cost of the services of a good "coyote" or alien-smuggler.

This means that for a 0 payment, illegal aliens will be granted total amnesty from the multiple felonies that they commit in order to get jobs – document fraud, perjury on I-9 forms and identity theft.

In addition, under Sec. 404 of H.R. 4321 (see text below), all information provided by illegal aliens on their applications for legal status will be treated by the federal government as secret. This will allow the illegal aliens to list the stolen Social Security numbers, stolen identities, and counterfeit "green cards" that they have been using to get jobs on their applications for legalization without fear of prosecution. This information cannot be released to any law enforcement officer or even to the victims of identity theft.

This is outrageous since, according to the Social Security Administration, 75 percent of illegal aliens use fraudulent Social Security cards. According to the Federal Trade Commission which tracks identity theft, one in every seven cases (15 percent) of identity theft committed in the United States in 2008 was employment-related. The simple fact is that identity theft and illegal immigration go hand-in-hand.

Children are prime targets of illegal aliens since no one checks their credit histories. An impartial study in Arizona found that as many as 1.1 million Arizona children had their identities stolen.

These are not victimless crimes. Children and other Americans suffer very real harm when illegal aliens use their Social Security numbers. They have their credit ruined, are saddled with arrest records, are denied government means-tested benefits, and may even suffer life-threatening consequences if the illegal aliens using their Social Security numbers corrupt their medical records.

However, under H.R. 4321, the millions of American men, women, and children who are victims of illegal-alien job-related felonies will be sacrificed so illegal aliens can get on the path to citizenship.

This bill even prohibits government employees who are processing the applications of illegal aliens applying for legal status from reporting any criminal activity found in the applications to law enforcement authorities. And it threatens government employees with a ,000 fine if they violate this prohibition.

Thus, under this legislation, if a government employee tries to help an American citizen who is the victim of an illegal alien, the government employee will have to pay ,000 and will risk losing her job. If she protects illegal aliens and ignores the American citizens who are the victims of illegal-alien crimes she will be rewarded and allowed to keep her job.

In addition to protecting criminal illegal aliens, the bill (Sec. 407; see below) also protects and rewards the dishonest employers of these criminals. This is simply a bribe to ensure that employers provide the employment verification information required by illegal aliens to get on the pathway to amnesty and citizenship.

In return for helping the illegal aliens who have been using the Social Security numbers of American children, employers are granted amnesty, pure and simple. They don’t even have to pay a token fine. According to the bill, employers "shall not be subject to civil and criminal tax liability relating directly to the employment of such alien before receiving employment authorization under this subtitle" and they "shall not be subject to civil and criminal liability under section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a) for employing such unauthorized aliens."

And what about those employers who obeyed the law and only hired legal workers and paid their taxes? They don’t even get a letter of thanks for playing by the rules – assuming they are still in business.

So in spite of the denials by the advocates for illegal aliens and their phony 0 fine, this bill, just like all previous "comprehensive immigration reform" bills, is indeed an amnesty bill for illegal aliens and their employers who have committed and facilitated felonies ranging from identity theft to tax evasion.

http://cis.org/mortensen/hr4321

Where is the justice in this bill for the millions of American men, women, and children who are the victims of illegal alien identity theft?

Changing agreements

The Sheriff’s Office had been operating under an umbrella agreement that authorized the street-level enforcement and jail operations, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced in July that all the contracts with local law-enforcement agencies were under review. Federal officials have come under increasing pressure from civil-rights, labor, religious and pro-immigrant groups to end the program, known as 287(g), because of fears of racial profiling.

Arpaio said he had been prepared to sign a new umbrella agreement, which stressed a focus on enforcing immigration laws only in cases of serious crimes, before ICE’s Oct. 15 deadline.

Then, ICE’s deputy assistant secretary for operations, Alonzo Pena, came to Phoenix late last week and presented the sheriff with a contract that would authorize the operations to continue only in the jails. Attorneys for the Sheriff’s Office tried to contact ICE administrators for the past week to determine the outcome of the street-level agreement but failed to get a response, Arpaio said.

With the deadline looming to continue any sort of agreement with ICE, Arpaio signed the jail authorization on Friday. Arpaio said the deal required the approval of the county Board of Supervisors, which meets on Wednesday, the last meeting before the deadline.

"It looks like they’re taking away my authority on the streets for political reasons," Arpaio said. "They don’t have the guts and the courtesy to even come back and say in writing, ‘We are not going to continue.’ "

A local ICE spokesman said late Friday that the agency would review all the new 287(g) agreements but could not comment while the contracts were pending.

Enforcement rules

Even without an ICE agreement, Arpaio’s deputies can continue to enforce various immigration-related laws. The state has laws against human smuggling, and laws on fraud and identity theft have led to many of the department’s work-site raids.

The news was met with cautious optimism at the ACLU, which is working with plaintiffs in two lawsuits that accuse Arpaio’s deputies of racial profiling in the normal course of their duties and in the "crime-suppression operations" the Sheriff’s Office has conducted during the past 18 months.

Sheriff’s deputies will still enforce the state’s human-smuggling law, which allows illegal immigrants to be charged as co-conspirators in their own smuggling, but a conviction requires proving clear links to some sort of smuggling activity, said Dan Pochoda, Arizona ACLU legal director.

"It’s not like they track them down six months later and say, ‘We have evidence that you were smuggled,’ " he said.

Pochoda said the effect of deputies losing federal immigration authority could restrict what deputies can do on the streets.

"It’s more than a technicality," Pochoda said. "There are many people he’s picked up in these sweeps under the 287(g) who are clearly not subject to prosecution under the state human-smuggling law."

A promise from the sheriff

A Republic analysis of arrest records from 10 of the sheriff’s crime-suppression operations showed that more than half the illegal immigrants arrested during the sweeps were held on federal immigration violations and hadn’t committed another crime.

During a crime-suppression operation in Chandler this summer, ICE agents told sheriff’s deputies that they could not arrest suspected illegal immigrants who met that criteria and instead had to free them after giving them a "notice to appear" at ICE for processing.

If that situation repeats itself, Arpaio promised he will try to keep tabs on those suspected illegal immigrants.

"I may have to let them back on the streets, but I’m going to get their name, rank and serial number, and I’m going to monitor them," he said.

You don’t find Fox omitting serious news like the Panthers being obstructed from Justice for intimidating Voters & polling places. The facts of the Plame case, which is the prosecution 1. Knew there was no crime 2. who exposed her and that it wasn’t a Bush administration guy 3. Told the guy who did expose Plame, (but not really because she wasn’t an operative recently enough for it to constitute a crime) to keep quiet while he went on a fishing expedition for 3 years ending right before the 2006 election and not stopping until he nailed a guy who had nothing to do with any of it for the crime of false statements about irrelevant activity 3 year before that had nothing to do with any crime, obviously done to affect the outcome of the election … the whole thing based on Wilson’s dirty trick which ended up being a fraud and officially uncovered as such, before the 2004 elections.

But the people watching the Pravda Media Conglomerate (Networks, Entertainment, Colleges, much of K-12 education is infected by Prog disinformation campaigns)

You don’t see that kind of crap out of Fox, they report all the news, which really pisses off those who are happy with it being obstructed on their behalf which is why they defame & smear Fox so people won’t listen to the one source that puts out the whole truth … that’s exactly it.

So why to the Progs continue to lie about Fox, describing Fox as the Pravda Media Conglomerate is, in all reality? What’s up with that?
Chewy, actually yes, there is documented evidence & witness by a democrat that those Black Panthers cause a number of people to turn away from the poles and not vote. A Clinton guy did a big article on it and is pissed at the Obama administration for what they did in Obstructing justice in that case. If you watched Fox in stead of lied about watching Fox, you’d know that.

I was on a sports site I often visit, wanted to see what I needed to do to sign up for something but didn’t put in any info, as I didn’t plan on buying anything. All of a sudden, a page comes up asking for my SSN. I know it’s some duplication page that tries to steal your indentity. I back out of the page and some WTS page comes up saying I was trying to commit "identity fraud" and claims to have my IP number. I didn’t put any of my info in at all, but I don’t want to see any prosecution letters in the mail either. I didn’t type anything at all in lol.

i received a email from my cousin today and i read it and thought it was weird. i wanted to know was some of this stuff true.

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 &nbs p;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 t he 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 of the United States, 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 U.S. stock market. In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues.
I’m proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My ‘poorest millionaire, ‘ Condoleezza 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 my 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 inspector’s 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 US 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 ever 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 large

In 1983, financier Rich was indicted for evading more than million in taxes, and charged with 51 counts of tax fraud, as well as running illegal oil deals with Iran during the 1979-1980 hostage crisis. During his last week in office, President Bill Clinton pardoned Rich, who had fled the U.S. during his prosecution and was residing in Switzerland. Clinton’s eleventh-hour move, along with pardons of his half-brother, Roger, and former business partner Susan McDougal, outraged Republicans and DemocratsMarc Rich’s socialite ex-wife donated an estimated million to Democratic causes, including ,000 to Hillary Clinton’s successful Senate campaign and 0,000 to the Clinton presidential library fund.

I know what Hillary’s answer si: "That was Bill’s administration and he’s not running I am"

How can Hillary claim 8 years experience in the White House as co-president without taking responsibility for some of the scandals?

I NEED A JOB

I will be available in January 2009, and I am willing to relocate.

RESUME: GEORGE W. BUSH
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20520

LAW ENFORCEMENT:

* I was arrested in Kennebunkport , Maine , in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I plead 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 .

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

* 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 of the United States , 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 U.S. stock market.
* In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues.
* I’m proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My ‘poorest millionaire, ‘Condoleezza 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 my 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 inspector’s 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 US 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. h

One thing I’ve always wondered is what happens to Jerry Lundegaard after the conclusion of "Fargo," other than he faces a laundry list of charges. Specifically, what charges does he face? Does he get charged with murder (maybe second degree murder)? What sort of fraud charges would he face? (It appears he was involved in some sort of fraud and/or embezzlement, hence his need for the money in the first place.) Do you think he would have copped some sort of plea deal? I’m interested in what others think-any lawyers, specifically, lawyers with criminal/prosecution expertise?

Two men who attempted to enter the United States using fraudulent methods were arrested by federal authorities in separate incidents, U. S. Customs and Border Patrol reported Wednesday.

Authorities said Sebastian M. Palacio, 20,a Colombian national who had previously been denied a visa to enter the U. S., was caught Monday at the Rainbow Bridge attempting to enter the country with another man’s passport.

Less than 24 hours later, Mirza Ballee, 34,a Guyanese citizen who had been previously deported from the U. S., was arrested at the Peace Bridge after he also allegedly presented a passport that was not his.

Palacio and Ballee were both charged with false statements and misuse of a passport. They were detained pending prosecution by the U. S. Attorney’s Office.

http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/06/24/1092711/two-charged-with-fraud-at-border.html

Mendi8a I thought you might offer to go there and offer to bail out the poor souls

DALTON — Ismael Lopez-Rodriguez was charged in August of 2009 with second degree vehicular homicide, a misdemeanor, in the death of motorcyclist Audie Burnette of Chatsworth after he pulled in front of Burnette on the South Bypass.

Just over three months later he was taken from jail and deported from the Dalton area — and from facing criminal prosecution — in a case that District Attorney Kermit McManus said “backfired” on local authorities.

“Now I can’t prosecute him because he’s been taken away,” he said. “Is that good or bad? It’s bad from the standpoint of prosecution, since we haven’t been able to complete our work … (and) we have a (victim’s family) who has been left unfulfilled. A prosecution sometimes helps with the closure process. In that standpoint, it’s failed us.”

Lopez-Rodriguez, 36, was also charged with failure to yield, driving on an expired license, failure to register a vehicle within 30 days of moving to Georgia and failure to get a driver’s license within 30 days of moving to the state — all misdemeanors. Two weeks after the accident, at his court appearance, Lopez-Rodriguez was granted a ,000 bond, but by that afternoon he had been placed “on hold” at the Whitfield County Jail by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Lopez-Rodriguez was later charged with the felonies of identity fraud and forgery, and also with giving false information to authorities, and was denied bond on those charges.

McManus said his office was waiting on investigation results from the Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team (SCRT) of the Georgia State Patrol to see if any felony charges could be lodged in Burnette’s death.

“What happened in his case was that it wasn’t indicted fast enough,” he said. “We were waiting on the SCRT team report to make sure (the wreck) wasn’t just a misdemeanor. There could have been some other charges that made it a felony, so we couldn’t dispose of the case. But if you haven’t indicted somebody after 90 days, the defense can file a motion and the judge has to set a bond. So we hadn’t gotten him indicted — we were two weeks away — but he was gone.”

Ismael-Rodriguez was “gone” to ICE detention.

McManus added the case has been indicted, and “if he ever comes back, assuming he was deported — or whatever ICE does with him — we may eventually see him again.

“In my view, it brings us back to where we’ve always been in these situations,” he continued. “What do we do with these victims of crimes (committed by illegal aliens)? If you have somebody who has been victimized — identity fraud or burglary or theft or damage to property where restitution needs to be paid — and (the perpetrator) gets deported, then that person’s rights have been defeated, so to speak.”

He explained in the last 15 years there has been a “process” for prosecutions in the DA’s office for those here illegally.

“We’ve always maintained that they should be treated the same for criminal prosecution as somebody who is a U.S. citizen,” McManus said. “The punishment for (certain crimes) for a U.S. citizen would be that they go to prison. That’s where we’re going to be going in terms of our recommendation, what we expect to have happen whether (an illegal alien is) convicted by guilty plea or a verdict, that they will be sent to prison — not that we want to deport them. That’s a benefit to them, they’re getting off scot-free. They’re off the hook, they’re back home. No, we’re going to put them in prison like anybody else and then they’re going to serve their time and at the conclusion of their time we’re aware that the Department of Corrections has a relationship with ICE … and ICE will do the deportation if that’s what they’re going to do, and they usually do.”

He said that a probation-type crime was different regarding an illegal alien. First the court system would try to get restitution for the victim, if that was required, then the presiding judge would be asked to have the offender spend 90 to 120 days in the local jail, and during that time authorities will notify ICE they are in custody and have been convicted of an offense.

“Then it’s up to ICE to come get them … and deport them if that’s what they’re going to do,” said McManus.

Rumors that Ismael-Rodriguez has returned to the Dalton area to work have not been substantiated by law enforcement authorities.

http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x383276978/The-illegal-alien-who-escaped-prosecution

Court testimony showed that Obama did in fact attend a party for a Iraqi (Nadhmi Auchi).

"Obama’s name in Rezko trial
Levine says [Obama] attended bash for Iraqi crook " http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/894559,CST-NWS-rezko15.article "Stuart Levine testified under cross-examination that Obama and his wife, Michelle, attended the April 3, 2004, reception for Nadhmi Auchi." … "Auchi — who lives in London — had been convicted of fraud in France in 2003. After visiting Chicago and Detroit in 2004, he wasn’t allowed back into this country in 2005, according to a prosecution filing in the Rezko case"… "The April 3, 2004, gathering for Auchi took place at Rezko’s mansion in Wilmette, with about 100 people attending, Levine testified."

"Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said: "As he has said previously, Senator Obama does not recall meeting Nadhmi Auchi at any time or on any occasion, and this includes any event that may have been held for Mr. Auchi. Senator and Mrs. Obama have no recollection of attending any such event."

"But according to two sources familiar with the gathering, the Obamas attended the Wilmette reception, which came less than a month after Obama’s Democratic primary win for his U.S. Senate seat. Rezko had been a key fund-raiser for Obama, who has since given to charity nearly 0,000 in Rezko-linked contributions"

Reading comprehension 101: The party was for the Iraqi crook.
Obama overseas campaign funding:
Newsmax.com – Secret, Foreign Money Floods Into Obama Campaign

http://www.newsmax.com/timmerman/Obama_fundraising_illegal/2008/09/29/135718.html

Who’s funding the Obama campaign? And why isn’t the media finding out?

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08279/917245-373.stm

GOP to file fundraising complaint against Obama

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93KHBH80&show_article=1

"The Obama campaign has raised millions upon millions of dollars from outside the United States.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YmZkNDAwY2I0ZTNjNGNlYWRkNmUwZjRjYTg1ZGU0MWM=

Obama Campaign Plans Fundraisers in China

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/10/obama_campaign_plans_fundraise.html

American Thinker: Obama’s Foreign Donors: The media averts its eyes

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_donor_contributions_sil.html

ABC has many of thousands of employees and 10% "knew" that books were being illegally altered. Assuming the employees will tell the truth if offered amnesty from prosecution, what is the probability more than 30 out of 200 surveyed at random will admit to knowing about the fraud??
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answer key:

n= 200 p= 0.1
P(k>30) ~= P_Gaussian(X>30.5, mu=np, sigma=sqrt(npq))

np= 20
sqrt(npq)= 4.242640687

P(k>30) = P(z > 2.474873734 )=
0.5 – .4932= 0.0068

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questions i have:
1) why do they use 30.5 ?
2) how do they calculate that z score?
3) i looked up that z score in the tables and its not the answer at all, how do they get that number? 4) why do they subtract from 0.5?