Glendale Man Is Guilty in Scam Case; [HOME EDITION] David Rosenzweig. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.: Oct 13, 2004. pg. B.4 Section: California Metro; Part B; Metro Desk ISSN/ISBN: 04583035 Text Word Count 293 Scientologist Kent Stryker

"A telemarketer accused of creating more than 200 bogus charities with names resembling those of major charities." If the Ferengi were to breed with the Borg you'd get Scientology http://www.lermanet.com/cos/comedy.html The internet is the Liberty Tree of the 90's http://www.lermanet.com/cos/libertyl.html The only thing that works in Scientology are its lawyers http://www.lermanet.com/silence.htm Secrets are the mortar binding lies as bricks together into prisons for the mind http://www.lermanet.com

<p><hr><p> Subject: Re: Scientologist Kent Stryker CONVICTED of FRAUD
From: "Android Cat" <androidcat98@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:51:17 -0400

arnie lerma wrote: > Glendale Man Is Guilty in Scam Case; [HOME EDITION]
> David Rosenzweig. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.: Oct 13,
> 2004. pg. B.4
> Section: California Metro; Part B; Metro Desk
> ISSN/ISBN: 04583035
> Text Word Count 293
> Scientologist Kent Stryker
>
> "A telemarketer accused of creating more than 200 bogus charities with
> names resembling those of major charities."

My list of domains owned by or connected with Kent Stryker:

http://apk.org http://apkr.org http://axm.org http://axmr.org http://bfh.org http://bfhn.org http://bgk.org http://bue.org http://buer.org http://cnpc.lle.org Donate cars to (mainly) Scientology groups http://cnpcll.org http://fql.org http://fqlr.org http://frlr.org http://fzh.org http://gah.org http://gahr.org http://gdh.org http://gdhr.org http://geg.org http://gegn.org http://gegr.org http://jjk.org http://kij.org http://kyl.org http://lck.org http://lhk.org http://lke.org http://lob.org http://mbe.org http://narcononsacramento.lle.org http://nationalassociation.org http://rhprep.org http://riohondoprep.org http://telsoft-solutions.com http://www.463.org http://www.allstate-car-donation-donate-vehicle-truck-automobile.org

(Probably not complete.)

-- Ron Sharp.

<p><hr><p> Subject: Re: Scientologist Kent Stryker CONVICTED of FRAUD
From: "Feisty" <sunny@skytoday.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 19:13:30 GMT

"arnie lerma" <alerma@bellatlantic.net> wrote in message news:httum0h2uerabetuol27r3v5lmh59usktq@4ax.com... > Glendale Man Is Guilty in Scam Case; [HOME EDITION]
> David Rosenzweig. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.: Oct 13,
> 2004. pg. B.4
> Section: California Metro; Part B; Metro Desk
> ISSN/ISBN: 04583035
> Text Word Count 293
> Scientologist Kent Stryker

In May of this year, other Scientologist(s) were found to be involved in this official sounding business:

FTC: Bogus "Nonprofit" Debt Negotiation Companies Misled Consumers ...... The agency's complaint names as defendants National Consumer Council, an Arizona corporation; National Consumer Council, a California corporation; National ... www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/05/ncc.htm - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

Copyright 2004 The Press Enterprise Co. Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA)

May 5, 2004, Wednesday

SECTION: BUSINESS; Pg. D01 LENGTH: 791 words HEADLINE: Government agencies close NCC; CREDIT COUNSELOR: Federal and state regulators say the firm operated without a license. BYLINE: JONATHAN SHIKES; THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE BODY:

When state and federal regulators shut down the National Consumer Council in Santa Ana on Monday, Bill Mitchell felt a sense of relief. As the head of Better Business Bureau of the Southland in Colton, Mitchell has railed against the nonprofit debt-consolidation firm, calling it "a huge scam." The state Department of Corporations issued a "desist-and-refrain order" against NCC, several of its related for-profit companies and three individuals, saying they were operating without a proper license in California. Authorities with the state agency and the Federal Trade Commission then closed NCC's headquarters, sent home about 250 employees and appointed a conservator to temporarily oversee the financial activities of the operation. A report on the Better Business Bureau's Web site gives NCC an "unsatisfactory business performance record based on a pattern of complaints that cause us concern," and urges consumers to use "careful consideration" in dealing with it. That report, and Mitchell's comments, drew a defamation lawsuit last October, in which the National Consumer Council accused Mitchell and the bureau of attacking the NCC "in an improper and unlawful effort to halt the NCC's success." The organization also said Mitchell failed to disclose he was on the board of Riverside-based Springboard, a credit counseling service that competes with NCC. "Of course, that is utter nonsense," Mitchell said Tuesday by phone. "Our reports are based on complaint experience. <NCC> is a huge operation. I've heard numbers like $ 10 million a month. We have victims all over the United States." Now it appears the authorities were listening. "It was a complex coordinated effort between the Department of Corporations and the FTC," said Shad Balch, a spokesman for the state agency, by phone. Nilou Salimpour, a publicist for the National Consumer Council, denied any wrongdoing and said the company's principals hope to have it running again soon. "They are extremely confident," Salimpour said by phone. "The operation is as clean as a whistle. I can attest to that. They have settled over 40,000 accounts since 1994, saving consumers over $ 192 million, which, in this business, is outstanding." A hearing has been scheduled for May 12 in federal court, in which the FTC will try to gain a permanent injunction against NCC, Balch said. Last year, the FTC, along with the IRS and several state agencies, issued a consumer alert concerning nonprofit credit counseling organizations. "Many credit counseling organizations provide valuable advice, education, and assistance to those seeking to better manage their debt," the alert said. "But an increasing number of complaints to federal and state agencies indicates that some organizations are engaging in questionable activities" and "may seek tax-exempt status in order to circumvent state and federal consumer protection laws." The FTC has cracked down on several of the companies in other states. In its "desist-and-refrain order," the state Department of Corporations details the complex relationship between the nonprofit NCC and its for-profit affiliates. For Springboard director Dianne Wilkman, the order was big news. "They <NCC> made themselves out to be credible, but what they do is very different from what we do," she said by phone. NCC is a debt negotiator, meaning it tries to negotiate credit-card debt and other bills down to a fraction of the principal by telling clients to stop making payments. The theory is that if the payments stop, the creditors will agree to settle in order to collect at least part of the money. But a client can ruin his credit rating or end up even deeper in debt if the negotiations don't work, Wilkman said. Springboard operates by collecting money from its clients every month and then distributing it among the creditors according to a preapproved plan. Both organizations charge fees to reduce the debt. Wilkman said Mitchell was a Springboard director because it's a tradition for the heads of Better Business Bureaus to be on the boards of local credit counselors. "We were heartbroken when he had to resign, and so was he," she said, adding that he had been on the board for at least four years. But Salimpour said it was a conflict of interest. "Why did he resign from the board immediately after the lawsuit if it wasn't a conflict?" she asked. A hearing in that case had been scheduled for Tuesday, but was postponed after NCC was shut down. Mitchell said he did not think the lawsuit would proceed.

Feisty >
> "A telemarketer accused of creating more than 200 bogus charities with
> names resembling those of major charities."
> If the Ferengi were to breed with the Borg you'd get Scientology
> http://www.lermanet.com/cos/comedy.html
> The internet is the Liberty Tree of the 90's
> http://www.lermanet.com/cos/libertyl.html
> The only thing that works in Scientology are its lawyers
> http://www.lermanet.com/silence.htm
> Secrets are the mortar binding lies as bricks together into prisons for the mind
> http://www.lermanet.com

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