Thanks to Corboy for reminding me of something I saw yesterday:
"Polygamist Warren Jeffs' Followers Charged With Food Stamp Fraud”
In the case of Butler’s cult- there were definite cases of welfare fraud and fake disability claims made in several states, especially Arizona and Hawaii.
Take note of one line in particular (bold and in blue)
"The Jeffs brothers were arrested Tuesday with nine other member of FLDS — a radical offshoot of mainstream Mormonism whose roughly 10,000 followers believe polygamy is ordained by God. They disdain the U.S. government.
On Tuesday, several top leaders from Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect, including Lyle Jeffs, were arrested on federal accusations of food stamp fraud and money laundering — marking one of the biggest blows to the group in years. Davis County Jail via AP
"This indictment is not about religion, this indictment is about fraud," U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber said Tuesday. "This indictment charges a sophisticated group of individuals operating in the Hildale-Colorado City community who conspired to defraud a program intended to help low-income individuals and families purchase food."
While the FLDS regularly rails at Washington, various experts say church members are not opposed to taking handouts from the federal government and even have a name for the practice — "bleeding the beast."
The Jeffs brothers found themselves in the crosshairs after the feds noticed that the volume of food stamp purchases at two convenience stores their church runs on the Arizona-Utah border rivaled "much larger stores" like Wal-Mart and Costco, according to a federal indictment obtained by NBC News.
But the purchasers got nothing for scanning their food stamp debit cards at the stores, and the church leaders allegedly diverted thousands of dollars to front companies to purchase things like a John Deere tractor, the papers state.
Prosecutors say that between 2011 and 2013, the FLDS leaders held meetings where they ordered church members to shop at Meadowayne Dairy Store and Vermillion Cliffs Produce, and gave "instruction on how to avoid suspicion and detection by the government."
[www.nbcnews.com]
Dear Readers:
Do you have ANY idea how many times Butler’s slaves cheated the US government using various scams?
And for the same reasons--to rip off the US Government.
Kathy Hoshijo’s (Katyani dasi) insanity scam comes to mind.
Total fraud!
So, when the cult levels accusations of religious bigotry against those who are trying to show people the Truth, remind them- it has NEVER been about religion,
but it has ALWAYS been about FRAUD.
And now apparently, it is also about manslaughter.
"Polygamist Warren Jeffs' Followers Charged With Food Stamp Fraud”
In the case of Butler’s cult- there were definite cases of welfare fraud and fake disability claims made in several states, especially Arizona and Hawaii.
Take note of one line in particular (bold and in blue)
"The Jeffs brothers were arrested Tuesday with nine other member of FLDS — a radical offshoot of mainstream Mormonism whose roughly 10,000 followers believe polygamy is ordained by God. They disdain the U.S. government.
On Tuesday, several top leaders from Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect, including Lyle Jeffs, were arrested on federal accusations of food stamp fraud and money laundering — marking one of the biggest blows to the group in years. Davis County Jail via AP
"This indictment is not about religion, this indictment is about fraud," U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber said Tuesday. "This indictment charges a sophisticated group of individuals operating in the Hildale-Colorado City community who conspired to defraud a program intended to help low-income individuals and families purchase food."
While the FLDS regularly rails at Washington, various experts say church members are not opposed to taking handouts from the federal government and even have a name for the practice — "bleeding the beast."
The Jeffs brothers found themselves in the crosshairs after the feds noticed that the volume of food stamp purchases at two convenience stores their church runs on the Arizona-Utah border rivaled "much larger stores" like Wal-Mart and Costco, according to a federal indictment obtained by NBC News.
But the purchasers got nothing for scanning their food stamp debit cards at the stores, and the church leaders allegedly diverted thousands of dollars to front companies to purchase things like a John Deere tractor, the papers state.
Prosecutors say that between 2011 and 2013, the FLDS leaders held meetings where they ordered church members to shop at Meadowayne Dairy Store and Vermillion Cliffs Produce, and gave "instruction on how to avoid suspicion and detection by the government."
[www.nbcnews.com]
Dear Readers:
Do you have ANY idea how many times Butler’s slaves cheated the US government using various scams?
And for the same reasons--to rip off the US Government.
Kathy Hoshijo’s (Katyani dasi) insanity scam comes to mind.
Total fraud!
So, when the cult levels accusations of religious bigotry against those who are trying to show people the Truth, remind them- it has NEVER been about religion,
but it has ALWAYS been about FRAUD.
And now apparently, it is also about manslaughter.