who is John Darris Dicken. What is his relationship to wellrich?
Who are WRI holdings , Inc & why were they busted for mail fraud, the sale of unregistered
securities & money laundering?
What is Dickens relationship with WellRich?
And last but not least....
Does $19 Million mean anything to you???
There is no relationship, far as I know. If you have different information, I suggest you produce it. Otherwise these sort of smear tactics could really annoy WellRich.
Saturday, February 20, 1999
2 Alleged Ex-Employees of Slain Businessman Arrested
Crime: Officials say pair charged with money laundering and fraud
worked for Christopher Rawlings.
By DAVID COLKER, Times Staff Writer
Two former employees of a telemarketing company that federal officials say was overseen
by slain Woodland Hills entrepreneur Christopher Rawlings were arrested and charged
Friday with money laundering, the sale of unregistered securities and mail fraud, federal
officials said.
John Dickens, 33, who was arrested in Los Angeles, and Timothy Griffieth, 32, who was
nabbed in Las Vegas, both allegedly worked for WRI Holdings Inc., which officials charge
promoted fraudulent investments in what the company said were previously unreleased
recordings by the Beatles and Marvin Gaye, and other businesses.
Court documents released after the arrests did not implicate the men in the Feb. 10 death
of Rawlings, who died of injuries he received after being kidnapped.
Los Angeles police have made no arrests in connection with Rawlings' abduction, but say
they are investigating the possibility that it may be related to his business practices.
Rawlings and other principals in the businesses were under investigation by the FBI at the
time of his death, federal officials have said. Federal prosecutors say that the
telemarketing companies they ran bilked people across the country out of more than $19
million.
One of the alleged principals, Scott Courtney, is currently awaiting trial in an earlier fraud
case. Another, Peter Aro, is at large and being sought by the FBI.
* * *
In a federal court hearing after his arrest, Dickens was ordered detained without bond.
Another of Rawlings' alleged associates, John Charles Watson, was arrested a few days
after the abduction and charged with money laundering and fraud. He has been released
on bail.
Police say they were called on the night of Feb. 8 by Rawlings' wife, who told them that
two men were attacking her husband in the garage of their Woodland Hills home. Officers
arrived just as the assailants drove away in Rawlings' Bentley automobile, with him stuffed
in the trunk. A high-speed chase ensued, ending when the men sped off the Ventura
Freeway at Tampa Avenue and crashed into a power pole, ejecting Rawlings from the
trunk.
The car burst into flames and the kidnappers escaped. Rawlings, who suffered severe
head injuries, died two days later.
Copyright 1999 Los Angeles Times. All Rights Reserved
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Ironic. Someone from this thread PM'd me about the Rawlings murder a few days ago. We joked that the Stooges would probably try to pin it on WellRich, never imagining that even they could really be that stupid. |
