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Source: AP-Excite
By KATE BRUMBACK
ATLANTA (AP) The ex-wife of Gaston Glock, founder of the firearms company, in a lawsuit Thursday accused him and his associates of conspiring to cheat her out of millions of dollars.
They participated in a worldwide racketeering scheme aimed at taking money from Helga Glock through various criminal methods, including improper royalty payments, laundering money through fraudulent billing companies, and sham lease and loan agreements, the lawsuit claims.
They "stole and laundered money using a tangled web of fictive legal relationships, offshore business entities, and international financial transactions," the lawsuit says.
A woman who answered the phone in the media relations department at Glock Inc., the company's U.S. headquarters referred questions to the company's lawyer but then hung up before giving a name or contact number. She did not answer when called back and did not immediately return a message.
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