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   From: webmaster@wanted-to-buy.info   
      
   Sometimes, using hobbies to survive is necessary... before the   
   apartheid of South Africa changed and a new government took over, a   
   lot of people sent rare stamps out of country to trusted friends for   
   resale to get the value deposited in hard currency so that when they   
   "escaped", they'd have a cushion to survive on..   
      
   Not much different than trying to survive when people like Enron's   
   rulers blocked employees' sales of stock excepting the big shots when   
   the bigshots found they were on a quickly sinking ship.   
      
   One man's illegality is another's survival.   
      
   LN   
      
      
      
      
   On 4 Oct 2003 17:04:56 -0000, Anonymous-Remailer@See.Comment.Header   
   (The Shadow Knows) wrote:   
      
   >This time it wasn't your favourite bishopric(G).   
   >   
   >Rather it was a well-known member and senior official of a number   
   >of Canadian philatelic groups, who got caught lying in Court!!   
   >   
   >In a Canadian civil trial, Special Investigators of the   
   >Canadian tax authorities, C.C.R.A. attended, while gathering   
   >evidence about a witness for the defence, who admitted on   
   >the stand, that he was laundering some of his profits   
   >through a local stamp club, of which he was an officer!!   
   >   
   >He also admitted, finally, that he was involved in several   
   >other stamp businesses, which he had failed to declare on   
   >his tax returns.   
   >   
   >Needless to say, he and his lawyer are now very annoyed,   
   >because under Canadian tax law, one is GUILTY until one   
   >can prove innocence. This particular slime-ball even had   
   >connections with criminals, including some expelled by APS   
   >for serious criminal acts such as armed robbery of a stamp   
   >collection from a widow!!   
   >   
   >I don't doubt that the RCMP Commercial Crime division, IRS, and   
   >even Interpol will now have an interest in this guy, as well as   
   >other officials of stamp clubs, now that one has admitted in Court   
   >his devious business dealings to cheat the tax authorities.   
   >   
   >Now, authorities ARE quietly investigating not only the witness   
   >who ADMITTED LAUNDERING personal business income through clubs and   
   >societies to avoid taxes, but also his associates across the country!!   
   >It seems huge amounts of money are involved.   
   >   
   >Sort of like the scams investigated by FBI/RICO??   
   >Wait for the next thrilling installment of this saga...   
   >   
   >Amazing what one can learn from stamp collecting....   
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