Thursday, May 26, 2011

So-Called 'Sovereign Citizen' Gets 17+ Years For Screwing Over 17 Churches In Bogus Debt Reduction Foreclosure Rescue Scam

In Memphis, Tennessee, The Commercial Appeal reports:
  • A Memphis man has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in federal prison after his conviction earlier this year of running a bogus debt-reduction company that defrauded regional churches of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  • Charles A. McKuhn Jr. traveled to several states in 2009 and met with pastors and church officials, falsely represented himself as a banker and persuaded them to pay him large sums of money for debt reduction and lines of credit for building funds, court documents show.
  • He also convinced churches that owed debts to banks and other lending institutions not to pay those institutions, but to pay his companies called Intersec Capital Trust and Taurian Worldwide Inc.

For the story, see Memphis man gets 17 years for bilking churches.

For earlier post, see Trial Begins For "Sovereign Citizen" Accused In F'closure Rescue, Loan Reduction Scam; Judge Rejects "Diplomatic Immunity/Moor Defense" As "Gibberish".

For the details of the criminal charges, see U.S. v. McKuhn.

Go here for other posts on rackets involving so-called sovereign claims.