Subject: Shirley Wilson's letter to FACTNET March 18, 1994 F.A.C.T.Net Attention: Bob Penny Dear Bob: On the evening of March 7 I was notified by my credit union credit card services that over the weekend, charges of almost $2000 were made in the L.A. area via a fake credit card which showed a face name and number different from mine but my Visa number had been imposed on the black magnetic(?) strip. An alert Calif. business person noticed the logo was odd and checked it out. They did not catch the person. Having dealt with a Scientologist for 20 years, I immediately (rightly or wrongly) connected it to paying my hotel with my card at the 1992 CAN conference, especially since someone had secured our names and home addresses from that conference. The only use in L.A. of my credit card was to pay that bill. I contacted CAN national and Marty told me that four or five reports were received after that conference (soon after) of similar misuse of credit cards. I suggested that CAN national send a questionnaire or notice to Can affiliates to see if this had happend to other 1992 conference attendees, but they are so busy, I don't know if they will. Could the Scientologists or someone have held those numbers and are releasing a few at a time and, at this late date, no one is making the connection? Marty said most of the purchases reported were made at electonic stores. I have enclosed the list I was sent of charges made (bogus). I have no idea what types of stores most of them are, but some sound quite weird, which for Calif. is probably normal. I am also enclosing a reply (finally -- I complained twice about this to the authorities. I ordered "Freedom" in Feb. 1993, in April I inquired about my order, in May the Church of Scientology cashed my check, in July I inquired again. I have never received my order or any response. (See enclosed postal authorities response.) Might be interesting to find out if this sort of thing is a regular policy for the "church". Sincerely, Shirley Wilson Enclosure: CUNA Services Group, Inc. Accounting U.S. Postal Inspection Service March 11 P.S. Good luck on your endeavors. Some time ago, I sent a 58 cent SASE for F.A.C.T.Net info. I have not received it. UNITED STATES POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE OPERATIONS SUPPORT GROUP March 10, 1994 Shirley Wilson 6014 N Shawnee Ave Oklahoma City OE 73112-1457 Dear Ms. Wilson: This concerns your complaint against: Freedom Magazine 6331 Hollywood Blvd F1 1200 Los Angeles CA 90028-6326 A review of our records and the information you provided indicates that at the present time your complaint will be most appropriately handled through our Consumer Protection Program. Under this program, we are contacting the firm on your behalf in an attempt to resolve your complaint. You should allow at least 45 days for this matter to be resolved. As information, the Postal Inspection Service has no authority to require a firm or person to provide a product or service or effect refunds or adjustments. As an investigative agency, we are responsible for gathering facts and evidence to determine if the mails are being used in violation of federal statutes. To establish a case of mail fraud, it is necessary to prove that there has been an intentional scheme to defraud. Evidence of this sort is based largely on the number and pattern of complaints received concerning a particular mailer. If there is sufficient indication that violation of the Mail Fraud Statute is occurring, information compiled by the Postal Inspection Service can be turned over to the appropriate United States Attorney for consideration of prosecution or forwarded to our Law Department so that administrative action can be taken to deprive the violator of the receipt of mail. Thank you for making us aware of this situation. Sincerely, L. M. Byam, Manager Operations Support Group From: jimdbb@aol.com (JimDBB) Date: 05 Mar 2002 07:25:04 GMT Message-ID: <20020305022504.01289.00001334@mb-de.aol.com> >Subject: Shirley Wilson's letter to FACTNET >From: Later >Date: 3/4/02 11:54 PM Central Standard Time >March 18, 1994 >F.A.C.T.Net >Attention: Bob Penny >Dear Bob: > On the evening of March 7 I was notified by my credit union >credit card services that over the weekend, charges of almost $2000 >were made in the L.A. area via a fake credit card which showed a face >name and number different from mine but my Visa number had been >imposed on the black magnetic(?) strip. An alert Calif. business >person noticed the logo was odd and checked it out. They did not >catch the person. Having dealt with a Scientologist for 20 years, I >immediately (rightly or wrongly) connected it to paying my hotel with >my card at the 1992 CAN conference, especially since someone had >secured our names and home addresses from that conference. The only >use in L.A. of my credit card was to pay that bill. This is very interesting. 1991 or 92 was about the time that Jolie Steckart infiltrated CAN as a spy for the Church of Scientology. Jolie was a scientologist and actress who had been set up with a stolen identity by members fo the Chicago Church of Scientology. She became a trusted CAN volunteer and worked in the CAN office. Jolie had access to everything and I believe that she had her own key. Jolie Steckart passed on internal CAN information to a network of scientology agents. that information helped the church of Scientology drive CAN into bankruptcy. Information has come forward recently that reveals that Jolie passed on names and addresses from the CAN Files to Randy Kretchmar, a Chicago area OSA operative. I doubt that Kretchmar, himelf, would have been involved with charging stuff up with your Visa number but the number could have been in with the names and address etc. that were passed on to him by Jolie. And that information was undoubtedly passed around with internal Scientology circles. JImdbb From: hkhenson@cogeco.ca (Keith Henson) Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 17:35:24 GMT Organization: Temple of At'L'An Message-ID: <3c88fdf6.66698475@news2.lightlink.com> snip >This is very interesting. 1991 or 92 was about the time that Jolie Steckart >infiltrated CAN as a spy for the Church of Scientology. Jolie was a >scientologist and actress who had been set up with a stolen identity by members >fo the Chicago Church of Scientology. She became a trusted CAN volunteer and >worked in the CAN office. Jolie had access to everything and I believe that >she had her own key. Jim, I agree with everything you wrote except Jolie being a scientologist. I think based on what Jolie did that she was a lot lower than a scientologist who we could somewhat excuse by reason of cult brainwashing. Jolie did it for the thrill of living on the edge as a spy and for money (she made out rather than being impoverished like a scientologist). I know as much about the Jolie Steckart story as anyone and I just don't see any evidence she ever did a single scientology "service" or even bought a book. Nobody who was in has ever come forward and said they saw her in any org. There is no evidence I can see of her or any of the people around her being scientologists. None of her relatives that I talked to were scientologists or thought Jolie was one. You might as well think of Ingram--paid $700,000 a year--as a scientologist. Now, there are still lots of mysteries about Jolie, like what she was doing to get beaten up (nobody believes the story of her sleeping under bridges with the homeless). But a scientologist? Nah. If you have information that leads you to another opinion, please let me know. Keith Henson