-Caveat Lector- > >From Thursday's Grand Rapids Press, page A-17, (front page of second "A" section). > Grand Rapids, Michigan. > > ANTI-TAX ADVOCATE MAY FACE CHARGES. > The seller of Hundreds of "de-taxing programs" is being investigated for tax crimes. > By Ed White, The Grand Rapids Press. (reprinted without permission to the internet by Mack Wildstar, credit to the Grand Rapids Press) > > "A former Kent Country man who once promoted his anti-tax views on Area Billboards is under criminal investigation by Federal authorities. > > Barrie Konicov and his wife, Susiz, traveled to Grand Rapids from Arizona to appear before a federal grand jury Wednesday. > > "They want to to indict me. They want to put me in jail," Konicov, 62, said after testifying to the Grand Jury. "They will indict me for not filing returns. They will indict me for whatever they choose." > > The couple were ordered to bring documents, financial statements, and canceled checks relating to three trusts. After the grand-jury session, which is closed to the public, Konicov had a spirited exchange with the Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Davis, who invited him to return Friday to watch a Traverse City area tax dodger plead guilty. > "A lot of your customers have recognized who's right and who's wrong," Davis said. > > In an interview, Konicov, a libertarian candidate for Congress in 1994, admitted he hasn't filed tax returns or paid income taxes since the early 1990's. > > In the mid 1990's, he posted billboard ads on US 131 and Int.96 offering a book about the tax system called "The Great Snow Job" > > Konicov said he sold "de-taxing programs" to hundreds. > > The Konicovs said they left Michigan after armed federal agents in 1996, seized financial records and computer equipment from their Caledonia Township home. A mandatory income tax is illegal and akin to "slavery", he said. > > "In the language of the law, you are a natural person and you have constitutionaly guaranteed rights," Konicov said. "the definition of a taxpayer is any person made liable for any internal revenue tax". "Natural persons," he said, "have been omitted from the definition of a person and therefore are not defined as taxpayers." > > Federal prosecutors in Grand Rapids have successfully convicted several tax evaders the past two years. > > "The argument that individuals are not subject to the Internal Revenue code has been consistently and thorughly rejected by every branch of the government for decades," U.S District Judge Robert Holmes Bell said in 1999, quoting a decision by a higher court. > > Konicov said he is concerned about possible criminal charges but believes he can prevail. > > "Would you put your life on the line for somthing you thought was wrong?" Konicov said. "Everything I've said is backed up by the written law, not the utterances of prosecutors or people who have a vested interest in keeping the public in the dark." > > End article. > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
