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Scientologists Convicted of Fraud in France

By Dorothee Moisan
Posted: October 27, 2009.

Print: Agence France-Presse

excerpt:

French judges fined the Church of Scientology almost a million dollars on Tuesday for defrauding vulnerable followers but stopped short of banning the group from operating in France.

Scientology’s Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of its French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros (900,000 dollars) in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s.

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Every time I see the word “Scientology” I feel compelled to immediate post Cracked’s:

“L. Ron Hubbard’s 5 Most Impressive Lies (Besides Scientology)”

http://www.cracked.com/article_16337_l-ron-hubbards-5-most-impressive-lies-besides-scientology.html

Good times.

posted on October 28, 2009
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