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To: scion who wrote (8)	12/10/2003 12:03:45 AM
From: peter michaelson	Respond to of 137

Very interesting stuff. Nice work. Congratulations on finding some enough clues to at least have a theory, a suspect. Marr sure is a tough one. Peter

To: scion who wrote (8)	12/10/2003 1:32:51 PM
From: jjs64	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 137

Scionist; Nice finds....that should wrap up Volume 2 pretty well! FYI, US Global NanoCrap (USGA) is another Ian Rice vehicle. Ian Rice was the Chairman, see the USGA fka Caring Products 10k for the period ending 3/31/02. On March 30, 2001 the Company consummated a private placement of 9 million shares of its common stock to Raymond Bills, a previously unaffiliated accredited investor. Mr. Bills paid $250,000 in consideration for the issuance. After giving effect to the transaction, Mr. Bills became the beneficial owner of approximately 75% of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock. In connection with the transaction, Mr. Bills joined the Company's board of directors. Concurrently, four of the five members of the Company's board of directors resigned. Mr. Ian Rice also joined the board of directors, serving as its Chairman. CRIMs Cant Hide!

To: scion who wrote (8)	1/14/2004 12:40:12 PM
From: ringmaster	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 137

Thanks for the posts here. I'm looking into USGA (U.S.Global Nanospace), which was chaired by Ian Rice in 2002. Do you have the link to the article you posted about the vodka scam? Any other information not already posted here about Rice?

To: scion who wrote (8)	1/15/2004 10:15:29 AM
From: scion	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 137

Russian crime in the U.S.A Russian crime in the USA deserves a brief side note. According to what was declared in April of 1994 by Luis Freeh director of the F.B.I. "we are witnessing the emergence of Russian organised crime with the birth of incredibly strong criminal groups. And this is a big problem". Police investigations and journalistic inquires have identified in the U.S. some areas in which Russian criminal groups operate: Los Angeles, San Francisco (California); Miami (Florida); Chicago (Illinois); Baltimore (Maryland); Detroit (Michigan); Lincoln (Nebraska); New York (New York); Cleveland (Ohio); Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); Seattle (Washington). The situation appears so worrisome that the F.B.I. has created a specialised unit so as to avoid that these groups, which are already active, can "root" in the territory. In effect, in recent years, many organisations have been identified, among them: - Odessa, considered the most important Russian criminal group in the U.S.A.. It came to light at Brighton Beach between 1975 and 1981, and developed in the suburbs of San Francisco and Los Angeles. According to the California Department of Justice in the area of San Francisco Odessa counts about 60 members strictly organised; - the Evangelical Mafia, which was identified in 1993 in Northern California, in Oregon, and in Washington, differs from other Russian groups as it doesn't seem to have ties with the mother country and operates, above all, in the area of Sacramento. Its members, mostly youths from 16 to 24 years of age, are specialised in car thefts and counterfeit of car-plates and serial numbers; - the Armenians who operate in New York, Hollywood, and in California are interested in the smuggling of gasoline, and lately, also drug trafficking; - the Chechenians, the most violent, are specialised in homicides and extortions; - Organizatsiya is a multi-ethnic group: its members maintain relations, at an international level, with other criminal groups. They operate within commercial frauds, financial frauds, robberies, homicides, extortions, and drugs. The features common toall these groups are the following: - the organisations built on an ethnic basis are composed of a number of members which varies from 5 to 20; - most members have a high cultural level and speak different languages; - the associates avoid having contacts with the bureaucratic structures for fear of being identified; - the groups are marked by a ferocious violence that, however, is used as "extrema ratio"; - they disdain established Authority and, often, confide in police corruption. Among criminal activities, frauds against the nation and against private businesses represent the prevailing typologies. However, the police force counter-action is fruitful. sisde.it

To: scion who wrote (8)	1/15/2004 11:04:22 AM
From: scion	Respond to of 137

the Russian mafia officially lost the liquor import/export company Kremlyovskaya Group in November 1996, which had been used as its main cover in the port area. The company's chairman, mafioso Riccardo Marian Fanchini, is under investigation for allegedly laundering Moscow mafia money through Geneva to Antwerp for investment in residential real estate. The fall of Fanchini, tagged by the FBI as probably one of the biggest mafia drug bosses active in Western Europe, until 1996, began with the repeal of Russian president Boris Yeltsin's decree allowing the import of liquor duty free, with the tax going to sports associations. It was repealed in December 1995 and the Belgian company's financial crash came in April 1996. Media reports about the Kremlyovskaya Group's mafia ownership soon had its legitimate partners running for cover from the company and its representatives. The 1996 Monaco grand prix was one of the last big sporting events with which the group was associated; after that, its formula one partners dissolved their partnership with the Antwerp company. Peugeot was the first to bale out, and Eddie Jordan, another partner in the same sponsorship project, followed suit somewhat later. ogd.org