on 2/3/06 3:30 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If Leon was arrested entering Switzerland, then he certainly did not > pay a bribe, but a fine to the court. It's not impossible that if he > was caught exiting Spain without declaring the money,
That's what happened. >that he did > pay a bribe after being arrested, That too. Billy Clayton and Shannon Dickson flew to Madrid with a briefcase full of money which they handed over to some officials to get him out. I don't know why the officials didn't just take the money Leon was trying to smuggle. Maybe it was insufficient. >but it's more likely that he would > also have paid a legitimate fine to the Spanish court just as he > would have in Switzerland (or the U.S., where penalties for failure > to declare can be catastrophic -- they can seize all the money/etc > not declared). The way I heard the story from Shannon, it didn't sound legitimate. Shannon didn't think it was. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
