Cult leader (Moonies) detained on fraud charges

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Moonie leader (Washington Times founder) busted for fraud

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200407/20/200407202340333879900090409041.html

Cult leader detained on fraud charges

Park Bo-hi, 74, allegedly the second-ranking official of the Unification Church, has been arrested and detained by prosecutors in Seoul on charges of fraud. The church was founded by Rev. Moon Sun Myung, a controversial religious figure who has called himself the "son of God."

Mr. Park allegedly received 2 billion won ($1.7 million) from a real estate developer in December after promising the developer the rights to build an apartment complex on land in Guri, Gyeonggi province, owned by Ilhwa Corp., a food processing company owned by the church. The sum was a down payment for the sale of the land, prosecutors said.

Mr. Park failed to make good on the promise, although the circumstances surrounding the contract are not fully known. Mr. Park returned only 1.3 billion won to the developer.

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Mr. Park was the key official in arranging for Rev. Moon to meet the late North Korean dictator, Kim Il Sung, in Pyeongyang. He founded the Washington Times, a church-owned daily newspaper in Washington, D.C. in 1982; he was also the publisher and president of the Segye Ilbo, a Seoul daily, from 1991 to 1993.

[derby378]

1. Gee, ya think?

Not the first time the Moonies found themselves in a scandal...

[donsu]

6. the moonies/Moon ARE a scandal

nt

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2. Please edit your subject line

The subject line must match the title of the article you're linking to.

Thank you

[tom_paine]

3. Notice how S. Korea was the one who brought these charges

I daresay that any Imperial Amerikan Law Enforcement Officer would be terrified to investigate an Imperial Family Crony.

Sad. But true...

[struggle4progress]

4. Bet the Wash-Times won't cover the story. eom

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5. I forwarded a link to Drudge

Since he's so enamoured with the Wash Times.

Let's see what happens.

[mefoolonhill]

7. Moon, blog....

http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/

Writer John Gorenfeld is all over the Moon stories. Check out his blog at the link above...

[hightime]

8. They follow their leader...in doing time for fraud.

Rev. Moon to serve jail time

The Pantagraph/May 14, 1984
By Betty Fletcher, Edina

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday refused to review the tax-fraud conviction of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the Unification Church leader who faces 18 months' imprisonment beginning June 18 and a $25,000 fine.


The court, without dissent, rejected Moon's appeal despite an extraordinary high-powered campaign to convince the justices that the sentence raised fundamental questions of religious freedom.


Dozens of civil liberties, civil rights and religious organizations, as well as numerous newspaper editorialists, had urged the court to review the conviction.


Dr. Mose Durst, president of the Unification Church in the United States, said that yesterday was a "day of shame" for America - the first time a worldwide religious figure has faced prison in the United States

http://www.rickross.com/reference/unif/Unif10.html

Follow the massa.....wax on...wax off