At 9:07 AM -0800 11/17/00, Marshall Clow wrote: >At 11:52 AM -0500 11/17/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwarded: >>http://www.foxnews.com/national/1117/d_ap_1117_84.sml >># >># Group accused of operating bank to defraud IRS >># >># 10.54 a.m. ET (1609 GMT) November 17, 2000 >># >>[snip] >># The illegal bank, operated out a warehouse just east of Portland, >># offered customers anonymous banking transactions to conceal income >># and assets, according to IRS Special Agent Kathleen Sulmonetti. >># Nine hundred customers deposited $186 million in the warehouse >># bank with the money then being shuffled into legitimate commercial >># bank accounts, she said. > >900 people --> $186M. That's $206K each. >That's a lot of money to put into a 'bank'. >-- And a lot of money for "Christian Patriots." Not to belittle either Christians or Patriots, but folks like this typically have problems making the monthly payments on their double-wides. Smells fishy, so to speak. --Tim May -- (This .sig file has not been significantly changed since 1992. As the election debacle unfolds, it is time to prepare a new one. Stay tuned.)
