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French scientologists guilty of fraud

Title: French scientologists guilty of fraud
Date: Monday, 15 November 1999
Publisher: BBC News
Main source: news.bbc.co.uk

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A court in the French city of Marseilles has found five members of the Church of Scientology guilty on fraud charges over courses offered by the organisation. The former leader of the church in southern France, Xavier Delamare, was sentenced to two years in jail, including 18 months suspended, and fined 16,000 dollars for manipulating people into giving money to the church. He will not return to jail because he has spent 17 weeks in pre-trial detention. Four more people were ... [Read the rest at news.bbc.co.uk]