-Caveat Lector- I know all the defendants mentioned in this document. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Becraft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:03 AM Subject: Re: [DMConsulting] Some News
> Johnston is a despicable reporter, but look at this one: > > December 13, 2001 > > 12 Michigan Residents Are Convicted of Plotting Against > Judges > > By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON > > A dozen Michigan residents who tried to instigate > audits of 18 judges by > filing bogus reports with the Internal Revenue Service > were convicted yesterday on 67 counts of fraud, conspiracy > and tax evasion. > > The case is one of several the Justice Department has > pressed against groups > that deny the authority of the federal government and > advocate the use of financial frauds to disrupt federal > and state government activities. > > The defendants watched the last half of their 15-day trial > on closed- circuit > television sets in their jail cells after repeatedly > disrupting the proceedings in Grand Rapids, Mich., before > Judge Robert Holmes Bell, the chief United States district > judge in Western Michigan. > > Each day the defendants were in court they shouted four > questions that they > believe shield them from all government authority on the > theory that the Constitution was voided when President > Franklin D. Roosevelt ended the gold > standard for federal currency in 1933. > > Donald A. Davis, the prosecutor, said that the defendants > believed that the > four questions "created a perfect shield from government > authority." Mr. Davis said the questions were: "What is > your name? Do you have a claim against me? Does anyone > have a claim against me? I demand, or request, that > the order of the court be released to me immediately." > > Larry Phelan, the lawyer appointed to defend the leader of > the group, Joan Anderson, 50, of Evart, Mich., told the > jury that the defendants' beliefs were "ridiculous." > > Mr. Phelan said Judge Bell "did the right thing" in > removing the defendants > "because they refused to be civil and act like adults." > > But Mr. Phelan and other defense lawyers argued that the > defendants should be > acquitted because they sincerely believed that the uniform > commercial code was the only valid law and thus they could > not have formed the criminal intent necessary to defraud > the government and evade taxes. > > The prosecution introduced audio tapes of some defendants > chuckling about using bogus government checks to cheat > creditors. > > The jury deliberated for just six hours before convicting > the 12 of all charges, which could send them to prison for > years. > > One of those convicted, Rodger Yates, 66, of Jenison, > Mich., had been with the Montana Freemen, whose use of > bogus documents and refusal to pay taxes preceded the > group's 81- day standoff with the Federal Bureau of > Investigation in 1996. > > As part of the plot, the Michigan group issued $550 > million of bogus United > States Treasury checks that resembled the real thing so > closely that the I.R.S. initially accepted one for > $750,000. The group also filed reports with > the I.R.S. that the judges had engaged in a total of $490 > million in business > transactions in hopes that the judges would be audited. > > Ms. Anderson, in a letter introduced in court, said the > bogus reports were designed to "bring the I.R.S. down on" > the judges and she urged others to "strike your enemies > where it hurts the most." > > Some of the 16 judges who testified said that they were > worried that the false reports would never be fully > deleted from I.R.S. computers. > > Mr. Davis, the prosecutor, said the defendants continued > to produce fake documents even as they were in jail during > the trial. They even sent the Make-A-Wish Foundation a > fraudulent $250,000 pledge in the name of Mr. Davis. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! 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