On March 1st, 1983, a Sergeant from the Ontario Provincial Police [O.P.P.] Anti-Rackets Branch swore an information before His Honour Chief Justice F. Hayes of the Provincial Court (Criminal Division) to obtain a warrant to search the premises of The Church of Scientology of Toronto [hereafter referred to as "Scientology"]. The information had a total length of more than 1,000 pages, including several appendices. On the same day, Chief Judge Hayes issued a warrant authorizing a search of the premises on March 3rd and 4th.

The information presented to Judge Hayes proposed three allegations of criminality:

Count 1 [tax fraud]:

        ... that he has reasonable grounds to believe that the above
        described things to be searched for will afford evidence in
        respect to the commission of offences against the Criminal Code
        of Canada, to wit:

        that L. Ron HUBBARD, Mary Sue HUBBARD, CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY of
        Toronto and Garry JEPSON (President), Dan CROCINI (Secretary),
        Arnelle PEARSE (Treasurer), Kathy WHITMORE (Past Secretary), and
        others unlawfully did between January 1, 1976 and February 15,
        1983 at the City of Toronto, in the Judicial District of York
        and elsewhere in Canada commit an indictable offence, to wit: by
        deceit, falsehood or other fraudulent means did defraud Her
        Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario (Province
        of Ontario, Ministry of Revenue) and Her Majesty the Queen in
        Right of Canada (Government of Canada, Department of National
        Revenue, Taxation) of money, property, valuable securities of a
        value exceeding $200.00 by representing to those officials
        responsible for registration of non-profit corporations under
        the Corporations Tax Act of Ontario and the Income Tax Act of
        Canada that SCIENTOLOGY was a non-profit organization,
        collecting "donations" from its members, without distribution of
        profit to any of its proprietors or members thereby obtaining
        non-profit status and exemption from corporate taxes otherwise
        payable while said SCIENTOLOGY in fact distributed and paid
        monies or profits raised by the Church of Scientology to the
        personal use of L. Ronald HUBBARD, Mary Sue HUBBARD and other
        members of the Church of Scientology, such profits arising from
        the sale of courses and other materials, contary to Section
        338(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada.

Count 2 [fraud]:

        and further that L. Ron HUBBARD, Mary Sue HUBBARD, CHURCH OF
        SCIENTOLOGY of Toronto, Gerry JEPSON (President), Dan CROCINI
        (Secretary), Arnelle PEARSE (Treasurer), Kathy WHITMORE (Past
        Secretary) and others unlawfully did between January 1, 1976 and
        February 15, 1983 at the City of Toronto, in the Judicial
        District of York and elsewhere in Canada, commit an indictable
        offence, to wit: did defraud the public, more specifically
        persons to whom Scientology made representations concerning the
        qualities of and benefits receivable from, courses, including
        the Purification Rundown, and from E-Meters, for sale at costly
        prices in no way related to the real value of such things, such
        things being without the represented benefits, thus by deceit,
        falsehood or other fraudulent means defrauding such persons of
        money, property or valuable security of a value exceeding
        $200.00 contary to Section 338(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of
        Canada.

Count 3 [conspiracy]:

        And further that L. Ron HUBBARD, Mary Sue HUBBARD, CHURCH OF
        SCIENTOLOGY of Toronto, Hilarie ROCKL, Scott CARMICHAEL, Harvey
        SHMIEDEKE, Nicole CRELLIN, Marion EVOY, William O'MEARA, Gerry
        JEPSON, Dan CROCINI, Arnelle PEARSE, and others unlawfully did
        between January 1, 1972 and February 15, 1983 at Toronto, in the
        Judicial District of York and elsewhere in Canada, commit an
        indictable offence, to wit: did conspire together and with other
        persons to effect a lawful purpose, the operation of
        Scientology-owned and controlled companies and organizations, by
        unlawful means, to wit: the use of the GUARDIAN OFFICE OF
        SCIENTOLOGY to commit indictable offences, including theft and
        break, enter and theft, when perceived necessary by the said
        persons to protect the interests of Scientology contary to
        Section 423(2)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada.



On March 3rd, an additional information was sworn before Justice of the
Peace A. Kosteka, to obtain a warrant to search the premises of Michael
P. Zaharia.  The warrant was issued the same day.

[Of course Hubbard was already in hiding by this time...  Eventually 
Miscavige came to testify as "head of the Church" that they don't do that 
anymore, much.]

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