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Cult sought to shield $8 million from IRS

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Title: Cult sought to shield $8 million from IRS
Date: Tuesday, 27 November 1979
Publisher: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Author: Richard Leiby
Main source: link (1.82 MiB)
Tags: Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Clearwater Sun (Florida) • Edward M. Kennedy • Fort Harrison Hotel (also, Flag Land Base) @ 210 South Fort Harrison Avenue Clearwater FL United States • Frank Sinatra • Henning Heldt • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • Lawrence "Larry" Wilber (Wilbur?) • Lee Thoburn • Mary Rezzonico • Nancy Reitze • Operation Goldmine • Richard Leiby • Southern Land Development and Leasing Corporation (SLDLC) • Tax matter • Tom Bradley • United Churches of Florida

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WASHINGTON—The project was so top secret and top priority that L. Ron Hubbard himself christened it. He called it "Goldmine." At stake was more than $8 million in Scientology money that the Internal Revenue Service might get if top-level sect "guardians" didn't work quickly and vigorously to protect Scientology from unfavorable IRS audits. The scheme was based in Clearwater, where in November 1975 the sect had just established its phony United Churches group. But top Scientologists around the country were prepared ... [Read the rest at link (1.82 MiB)]