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To: David Lawrence who wrote (12880)	2/18/1998 1:30:00 PM
From: Jeffery E. Forrest	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 22053

Man arrested for selling worms he claimed would eat nuclear waste Copyright c 1998 Nando.net Copyright c 1998 The Associated Press FARMINGTON, N.M. (February 18, 1998 11:42 a.m. EST nando.net) -- A man accused of selling "California Red Superworms" he claimed could eat nuclear waste has arrested on fraud charges. Thomas Stanley Huntington, 51, of Farmington, N.M., was charged with six counts of fraud and one count of attempted fraud. He went before a magistrate Tuesday, who set his bond at $31,000. He was accused of selling the worms to would-be entrepreneurs who were told they could use them as breeding stock, raise more worms and then "make big money" selling them back to Huntington for use at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, a federal nuclear waste dump southeast of Carlsbad. "Easiest job ever!!!" the brochure released by the attorney general's office said. It promised income would "double every year with this great opportunity." Huntington alleged he had a contract with WIPP and a WIPP-affiliated company. WIPP, an Energy Department project for deep underground storage of nuclear-contaminated materials from the defense industry, is supposed to open later this year after years of delays. "The proposal was that the people would buy a minimum of 4 pounds of worms for $500, although a few of the victims bought 10 pounds for $1,000," San Juan County detective Tim Black said in a court affidavit. Victims were told "it would take four months before they could sell the worms without depleting their breeding stock," the affidavit said. "In one version of his sales promotion, WIPP is going to use these 'California Red Superworms' to eat nuclear waste," he said. Investigators with the state attorney general's office filed a civil complaint against Huntington in district court Monday and plan to seek an injunction blocking sales permanently. A letter from WIPP officials confirmed there is no contract between the waste storage facility and Huntington. Another court document has a hazardous material expert confirming it's not feasible for worms to devour nuclear waste.