Sscientology indicted again for "fraud committed in organized gang"
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JUSTICE 01/07/03
Scientologie: mise en examen
The church of scientology has been charged of "fraud in
organized gang" as a "moral entity" (personne
morale, that's the word for associations and companies etc).
Two representatives of that structure have been indicted by
the parisian judge Colette Bismuth-Sauron on 30 may and june
12th 2003, did one learn tuesday.
The plaintif had been proselityzed as usual in may 1998. In
few months, she had spent FF 140000 (ca. 20000 $) in books,
communication course and vitamins..
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The plaintiff had to suscribe a loan to pay those sums. According
to the church of scientology, those sums would be for "many
years of religious formations and books".
The plaintiff had later gotten the refund of ff 107000
"Attorney Morice fails to destroy scientology since five
years, " said Agnes Bron, spokeperson for the scientology
church.
The fraud as a gang can get as much as seven years jail and
750000 euros amend. The two persons indicted are indicted as
moral entities. Moral persons can be forced to dissolution.
roger
[Note: The
Scientology®
organization has at best estimate approximately
45,000 to 50,000 followers world wide -- contrary to the 8 million figure
that the organization has been claiming for the past few years or so.
While that number continues to drop (thanks in part to the Internet) few
of the remaining followers are even aware of the unending series of police
raids, indictments, and prison terms their leaders and fellow cultists are
subjected to routinely. Few are allowed to know about their organization's
criminal history, or its current racketeering activities. Even fewer of
the cult's remaining followers are privy to their messiah's written
policies which dictates the criminal behavior that keeps getting their
organization raided (see Xenu.NET for
suitable references of Scientology policy) Scientology management
is the problem, not the thousands of honest believers who are good,
honest citizens; themselves victims of Scientology - flr]
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