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Dec 24, 1988
Tax suits involve land sold by judge / Rives says he'll step aside in Scientologists' case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Dec 23, 1988
Changing strategy: Scientology now steps right up to controversy — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com , link , link
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St. Petersburg Times (Florida) After years of sparring with the townsfolk and veiling itself in secrecy, the Church of Scientology has succeeded in turning Clearwater into its spiritual mecca. Scientologists quietly run teen nightclubs, schools, day-care centers, management consulting firms and other businesses, records and interviews show. Now the strategy of the organization, longtime observers say, is to confront controversy, gain converts and make money - lots of it. Scientology's Clearwater operation brings in $1.5-million to $2-million a week, say church watchers who include Clearwater ...
Dec 12, 1988
Scientology leader still jailed in Spain; church charges 'persecution' — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
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St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The president of the Church of Scientology and 10 other members arrested in an investigation of alleged fraud and tax evasion have been released on more than $1 million bail, their lawyer said Sunday.
A judge's order releasing church President Heber Jentzsch, an American, and the others came Saturday after facts were presented that "corrected" some allegations against the group, said the lawyer, Jose Luis Chamorro.
Jentzsch, 53, a native of Salt Lake City, lives in Los Angeles.
Judge Jose Maria ...
Dec 12, 1988
Scientology leader, 10 others, freed on bail in Spain — Los Angeles Times (California)More: cs.cmu.edu , link
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Los Angeles Times (California) MADRID, Spain — The president of the Church of Scientology and 10 other members arrested in an investigation of alleged fraud and tax evasion have been released on more than $1 million bail, their lawyer said Sunday.
A judge's order releasing church President Heber Jentzsch, an American, and the others came Saturday after facts were presented that "corrected" some allegations against the group, said the lawyer, Jose Luis Chamorro.
Jentzsch, 53, a native of Salt Lake City, lives in Los Angeles. ...
Dec 10, 1988
Church of Scientology sues property appraiser — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Nov 24, 1988
Church of Scientology threatens to sue judge — UPI
Nov 23, 1988
Judge jails Scientology head for suspected fraud, tax evasion — Associated Press
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Associated Press A judge ordered the head of the Church of Scientology International jailed on Wednesday pending possible indictment on charges of fraud, criminal association and tax evasion. Judge Jose Maria Vazquez Honrubia said it would be at least a week before Heber Jentzsch of Los Angeles sees a second judge about setting bail. He told reporters Jentzsch was being sent to Carabanchel Prison outside Madrid and said the legal process could take months or even years before it reaches trial. Vazquez Honrubia ...
Nov 22, 1988
45 Held For Questioning After Raid on Scientology Meeting — Associated Press
Nov 22, 1988
Scientology chiefs from 8 nations detained in Spain — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Oct 18, 1988
High court to rule on Scientology case — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Los Angeles Times (California) The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a government appeal in a Los Angeles case involving the Church of Scientology in order to decide how far the Internal Revenue Service can go in obtaining and using confidential documents in tax-fraud inquiries. The government launched an investigation in 1984 of the tax returns of L. Ron Hubbard, the church's founder who died Jan. 24, 1986. The IRS said it suspected that millions of dollars in church funds were transferred to Hubbard ...
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