[net.misc] Moon Gets the Slammer

fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell) (05/15/84)

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The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday their refusal to hear the
appeal of Sun Myung Moon's tax evasion case.  In so doing, the
way is clear for Moon to pay a $25,000 fine and begin serving an
18-month prison sentence on June 18 of this year.  The High Court's
refusal to hear the case came down despite intensive lobbying by
religious groups who fear erosion of the tax-exempt status of churches.

Now, Moon is getting what he deserves, but is it for the right reasons?
Would the IRS have gone after the Methodists or Presbyterians in this
manner?

Who thinks that Moon will actually spend time in jail?  With the wealth
he controls, can he weasel his way out of it?  I say he'll never see the
inside of a cell.  What do the rest of you think?
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                               Bob Fishell
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lab@qubix.UUCP (Q-Bick) (05/16/84)

[But I thought Messiah was supposed to be Jewish...]

The main problem is that the funds were in Moon's name rather than in
the church's. Virtually all of the churches I know of in this country
maintain the corporation separate from any personal. Moon's outfit has
not seen fit to do so, and have gotten into trouble with it.

Paul Harvey made a rather pointed note about Moon to prison - he'll
undoubtedly claim martyrdom, and thus try to increase his following.
-- 
			The Ice Floe of Larry Bickford
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moriarty@uw-june.UUCP (05/17/84)

My gut guess is he'll never see the inside of the penn... or it'll be in one
of those nice places where they play golf and tennis all day, at most.
However, don't knock tax evasion laws... it's brought Al Capone & Moon down,
it can't be faulted for its taste.  Frankly, anyone responsible for the
movie "Inchon" deserves a life sentance or the electric chair or Broderick
Crawford running him down in a Highway patrol car.
 
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