31 Jul 2001
tikk@freedom.net
Benjamin Cook is/was a Scientologist who was indicted just over a year
ago for running a ponzi scheme in Arizona. He was convicted and sent to
jail.
Scientology wound up forking over 1.8 million dollars to defrauded
investors.
You can read the story here:
http://www.raids.org/gen00403.htm
Slatkin also donated money to the CoS. The Benjamin Cook case provides a
perfect precedent for the CoS to either pay back investors, or open its
books in the Slatkin case. True, the investors probably won't get it all
back, but it would provide yet another precedent for next year's ponzi
case, should that arise.. It would also deflate the current notion being
spouted by current Scientologists that 'Slatkin was not even a
Scientologist', (which is the current line they're using on reporters).
http://www.dennelfinancial.com/pdfdocs/sixth_accounting.pdf
Page 6, Point 10
" During the reporting period, the Receiver settled a significant portion
of the Receiver’s claims against the Church of Scientology to recover
contributions made by Defendant Cook and his wife Teri Cook. After the
entities that comprise the Church of Scientology had refused to comply
with a written demand for turnover of Investor Funds that they had
received, the Receivership Court authorized the Receiver to file suit
against these entities to recover Petition For Approval Of The Sixth
Report And Accounting Of The Receiver - Page 7 6TH REPORT Dennel
Investor Funds. In December, 2000, the Church of Scientology Religious
Trust (“CSRT”) contacted the attorneys for the Receiver and indicated
that rather than file an Answer to the Receiver’s lawsuit, the CSRT was
prepared to return all of the monies it had received from Benjamin
Franklin Cook and Teri Cook. As a result, in the last week of December,
2000, the CSRT issued a cashier’s check to the Receiver in the amount of
$1,215,000, and the Receiver dismissed CSRT from the Receiver’s lawsuit.
The Receiver is continuing pursuit of its lawsuit against other entities
affiliated with the Church of Scientology- that received Dennel investor
funds. The Receiver’s attorneys are in discussions with attorneys for
these affiliated entities in an attempt to settle the remaining claims
of the Receiver. "
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Btw,
http://www.dennelfinancial.com is an excellent site was just
discovered by the
http://www.slatkinfraud.com/ elves; it's a *sister-site* to
slatkinfraud - Lawrence J. Warfield, CPA - Receiver, put this up to help
investors defrauded by Benjamin Cook, last year's Scientology ponzi
scheme criminal.
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