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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (335477)	12/30/2002 9:50:08 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Yeah....gotta dig up the facts on that... Maybe he was pulling a Barney Frank and fronting for a whore house....I forget the details.... Wow....that Mass. delegation...something for all those folks to be proud of, eh?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (335477)	12/30/2002 9:54:57 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

What sort of mental disorder would you associate with Balderdash's posting activity...? OCD? Paranoia?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (335477)	12/30/2002 11:32:24 PM
From: steve dietrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

The other day you were having a debate about the merits of having off shore accounts, any of this apply to you? Author Of 'Hiding Your Money' Indicted In US Tax Case DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LOS ANGELES (AP)--The author of "Hiding Your Money" and his lawyer-partner were indicted for helping wealthy U.S. citizens buy shares of defunct offshore banks to avoid paying income taxes. Jerome Schneider and Los Angeles attorney Eric Witmeyer allegedly hosted "offshore wealth summits" that were advertised in in-flight magazines such as American Way and Sky Mall, according to Thursday's indictment. Wealthy clients would pay the pair to purchase shares of dormant companies with banking licenses in the tiny Pacific Island of Nauru. The defendants then allegedly obscured the investor's ownership, court documents showed. Though it isn't illegal to deposit money or own shares in an offshore bank, U.S. residents are required to report and pay taxes on all income. The indictment capped a five-year investigation in which two undercover IRS agents posed as prospective clients. The pair were indicted on one count of conspiracy to defraud the IRS , 14 counts of wire fraud and eight counts of mail fraud. Each man faces up to 115 years in prison if convicted. Defense attorney Harlan Braun said Schneider, who lives in Canada, is an honest businessman whose operations are misunderstood. "Mr. Schneider has set up offshore banks for years, but offshore banks have both legal purposes and illegal purposes," he said. "Mr. Schneider's position is that he has told people you can't use them for tax evasion."