Word: fraud
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...group of some 20 Freemen who have barricaded themselves on their Montana ranch. After hinting yesterday that a possibly peaceful solution was near, Gritz now says that the Freemen have retrenched, and that a solution no longer seems near. Leaders of the group, wanted on several state and federal fraud and harassment charges, reportedly had been receptive to a deal under which the state of Montana would drop its charges if the group surrendered within 24 hours. But apparently they misunderstood the terms, and realizing today that they would still face federal charges, they refused to surrender. Gritz says...
...appears that Jennifer's suffering may have been much worse than was ever reported. Last week Florida officials arrested Jennifer's seemingly devoted mother Kathleen Bush and charged her with aggravated child abuse and fraud. According to authorities, Bush, 38, deliberately caused her daughter's ailments by dosing her with unprescribed drugs, tampering with her medications and even contaminating her feeding tube with fecal bacteria. As a result, say officials, Jennifer was subjected to dozens of needless operations and invasive procedures. Bush has denied all charges...
SENTENCED. DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, 68, dethroned chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee; to 17 months in prison and $100,000, for two counts of mail fraud; in Washington. After "Rosty'' pleaded guilty, he stood outside the federal courthouse acting as if he had just been acquitted. Admitting his felonies "could technically be viewed by a jury as a violation of certain laws," an unrepentant Rostenkowski insisted, "I have served my constituents with dignity, honor and integrity...
...liens filed against the property of government officials and others, then issue worthless money orders or checks using that property as collateral. Some unwary businesses, car dealerships, even the irs, have accepted them. Meanwhile, the Freemen have allegedly harassed local officials and brazenly taught weekend seminars in fraud and larceny to hundreds of out-of-state visitors. The attendees then spread out to practice what the Freemen preached: that bank debts and other obligations are invalid because the banking system and the U.S. government are themselves illegal...
...their debts were a legal illusion. Some Garfield County ranchers and farmers discovered the Freemen idea in 1992, when they attended an invitation-only seminar in Great Falls, Montana. It was organized by Roy Schwasinger, founder of We the People, one of several organizations promoting Freemen-style ideologies and fraud schemes. Depending on his audience, Schwasinger told listeners that either the Federal Government or the U.S. banking system had lost a class-action suit for defrauding farmers and ranchers. To cash in on their share of the (nonexistent) settlement, he offered them a helpful kit of documents. Price...