The persecution of Jeff Schmidt by scientology
Keith Henson
[ From: b...@minton.org (Bob Minton) ]
[ Subject: The persecution of Jeff Schmidt by scientology ]
[ Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology ]
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Who is Jeff Schmidt and why is he being attacked by scientology?
Jeff Schmidt is a close and dear friend of mine as well as a former business
partner. In scientology jargon, those are his crimes and why he should be
utterly destroyed. For the last two years scientology has been trying to do
just that.
Jeff does not want this story told and I have for a very long time agreed to
keep this information quiet. But scientology IS effectively destroying Jeff,
his family, his marriage and all of his friendships. scientology has harassed
and intimidated everyone known to Jeff. Like me, most all of his friends have
washed their hands of him because he is a marked man by scientology. His
friends do not wish to incur the wrath of scientology. Jeff has pleaded with
me to stop going after scientology and at their behest urged me to sign a
settlement agreement with scientology as recently as yesterday.
scientology needs to understand that I am in this fight to the death--theirs
or mine. I will not settle with these scum until the fraud of hubbard is dead
and buried. And, I swear scientology will die by the sword which they have
wielded for far too long.
Back to Jeff.
When Peter Franks, the scieno London based pi, first got onto Jeff in London
in late 1997, Jeff thought the best way to deal with him was to meet, talk,
answer his questions and hope Franks would eventually leave him alone. Such
was not to be the case and many months of talks took place. Jeff and his
family (I might add that his family includes his wife and children, his
parents who live in Clearwater, a brother who lives in a house on Jeff's
estate in New Hampshire and his in-laws who live in Brunei) have been
subjected to picketing at homes and offices, flyers, interference in business
activities and constant harassment. I will not go into the details of this
type of behavior by scientology because here on ars we seem to have allowed
ourselves to become desensitized to the savagery of scientology's lack of
moral standards. Instead, for the sake of brevity, I will broad brush the
main harassment.
Jesse and I went to London in November, 1998 and met with Jeff. Peter Franks
had been caught in a criminal act involving trying to obtain information
about offshore financial matters in the Channel Islands related to Jeff. The
detectives we had worked with in the US were working with ex-Scotland Yard
detectives and had unearthed this information. Scotland Yard was willing to
prosecute Franks but needed Jeff's full cooperation. He would not help us. He
wanted nothing to do with scientology or this fight.
Sometime in late December or early January when Jeff was away from his office
in London, someone broke into his office and copied every file he had--file
cabinets full of stuff. In early March 1999, Peter Franks tells Jeff that his
company and he personally will be audited by Inland Revenue--the IRS
equivalent in England. The very next day, a letter arrives from Inland
Revenue commencing a tax audit. Late March, Inland Revenue informs Jeff that
someone has delivered anonymously 16 boxes of copies of files, which were in
fact from Jeff's office (more files have been delivered to Inland Revenue
since). I wonder who. The tax audits continue to this day.
In the meantime, Jeff's wife who at one time, while in Law school in London,
took courses at the Tottenham Court Road Org, was being followed constantly.
Jeff too was being followed but did not know it. Jeff was being told his
phone was tapped, their house was broken into and the maid and children were
held by armed robbers. His wife was scared. She was afraid of scientology
because of what she knew about them and because of that, what was happening
to them she perceived that scientology was responsible. Clearly they were
responsible for some--maybe all--but she was afraid. She convinced Jeff that
to be safe they should move to her father's house in Brunei. In early April,
they took their kids from school in London and moved to Brunei.
Safety in Brunei? Not likely! Somehow, scientology pi, Peter Franks got the
phone and fax numbers of Jeff AND his father-in-law. Now, Jeff's
father-in-law is the Minister of State for, I believe, Internal Security in
Brunei to the Sultan of Brunei and before that was in the same position for
the current Sultan's father. In other words a long time confidant to the
powers that be in Brunei. Daily faxes went and still go to the father-in-law
about Jeff and his ties to religious bigotry in the form of Bob Minton,
criminal activities involving Jeff, Jesse Prince and me in money laundering
operations and of course Jeff's criminal activities involving the rape and
pillaging of third world countries while Jeff, Selwyn Lewis (another former
partner who lives in South Africa) and I were partners together. Since the
files from Jeff's office had been copied, everybody Jeff was doing business
with were contacted and told the same load of crap.
Some of you may remember the 14 page DA pack delivered by Peter Franks
through the DC Org of scientology in October, 1998 to Jeff and the Nigerian
delegation at the IMF meeting in Washington D.C. In case you don't, I'm
reposting it concurrent with this message. Part of the DA pack had the
following comments about me and Selwyn Lewis as it relates to Nigeria:
>Mr. Minton, along with Mr. Selwyn Lewis, accumulated his wealth through
>conducted business transactions with Nigeria while it was under the tight
>grip of military dictatorship. This same dictatorship has actively prevented
>Nigeria from creating a democratic system in the country and has siphoned
>billions of dollars from its people through criminal deals.
>
>Although one of the richest nations in Africa due to its petroleum output,
>Nigeria yet suffers from economic repression because of the greed and
>blatant financial mismanagement by its rulers and their international banker
>friends. The economic plight of the Nigerian people was created through a
>crushing debt to foreign banks as a result of the criminal actions of
>foreign capitalists who sought to exploit the people of Nigeria.
>
>Persons such as Mr. Minton and Mr. Lewis later profited handsomely from
>Nigeria's economic woes by further manipulation of the financial situation,
>creating a secondary market to trade the huge debt of the country. These
>secondary market financial dealings has not brought about an increase in
>prosperity for the citizens of the country and the economic crisis is
>acute. However, Minton and Mr. Lewis profited nicely and got out "while
>the going was good."
>
>Those who had the inside knowledge, and connections to government
>controlled financial institutions, benefited in the foreign debt trading
>business. But as events and statistics show, while millions of dollars
>were siphoned off in "commissions" and lenders were forced to write off
>huge losses, the leaders of Nigeria ignored the human suffering and
>misery of its average citizens. Minton's money, made originally through
>dealings with corrupt government officials in Nigeria now pays to create
>an aura of hatred and an agenda of bigotry against minority religious groups.
Since October 1998, scientology and its pi's have been trying to "utterly
destroy" Jeff's reputation and business in Nigeria. PI's and scienos have
visited Nigeria at least 6 times this year to cozy up to the newly elected
civilian government. And, most importantly to paint scientology as the good
guys and Jeff as some evil person who has looted Nigeria of money for years.
In the last couple of years, Jeff helped a European company who was sitting
on several hundred million dollars of Russian trade debt on which Russia had
defaulted a couple of years ago and worked out a deal with the Russian
government so that the Russians gave the European company several hundred
million dollars of debt owed to Russia by Nigeria. Therefore, the European
company had eliminated its receivable from Russia and now had a receivable
from Nigeria. Jeff invested heavily in the Nigerian debt with the European
company and tied up a substantial amount of his net worth. Being THE expert
in the world in Nigerian debt trading, Jeff was to work out a way to get
Nigeria to buy-back their debt at a discount. However, Jeff did not count on
scientology getting between him and the Nigerian government. And they have.
There is a huge amount of detail about what scientology has done in Nigeria
to ruin Jeff and about the transaction in question, but the bottom line is
that Jeff now stands to lose several tens of millions of dollars given the
newly installed Nigerian government attitude towards him. It will wipe him
out financially. It will destroy much of his life and scientology knows this.
Jeff has not lifted a finger to do anything to help me fight scientology. He
has always been one of the most courageous and ethical people I have ever
known. Yet he is persecuted and near the brink of ruin because scientology
wants him to supply information to utterly destroy me.
I can assure you and Jeff that it is very hard to continue to fight
scientology while this is happening to such a close friend. His family hates
me and blames everything on me. Jeff blames me and pleads for me to stop.
But, it is because of the pure unadulterated evil perpetuated by scientology
that I cannot. For me, it will be a fight to the death---scientology has
truly turned me into a dedicated warrior for a lifetime.
I am posting this chapter of scientology's Mafia and SS tactics so that media
will take an interest in what scientology really does to critics and
especially innocent bystanders in order to suppress free speech. If there is
media interest, I hope I can convince Jeff to go public with the full ugly
story of the type of tactics used by scientology that landed the old GO
scientologists and Mary Sue Hubbard in jail in the 70's. scientology
continues to use these tactics and follow the GO policies today.
Just ask Jeff Schmidt!
Bob Minton
Keith Henson
[ Subject: Re: The persecution of Jeff Schmidt by scientology ]
[ Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology ]
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Bob Minton wrote:
>
> Who is Jeff Schmidt and why is he being attacked by scientology?
SNIP
>
I will not go into the details of this
> type of behavior by scientology because here on ars we seem to have allowed
> ourselves to become desensitized to the savagery of scientology's lack of
> moral standards. Instead, for the sake of brevity, I will broad brush the
> main harassment.
This is silly. You seem to forget that there are thousands of lurkers
out there that may be able to help Jeff, anonymously, if they knew of
the situation. You just don't know who is listening.
I don't know how much you read ARS but I mentoined ARS is always rated
in the Top 25 of unrestricted news groups according to Newsguy. They
rate them by how many articles is read. That is on newsguy and not on
any other news feed. Only a handful of people post to this NG from
there, so it would make sense to believe that ARS might have one of the
largest following of people who don't post (lurkers). Open your eyes up
and post away and never hide how Scientology is harassing SPs.
>
> Jesse and I went to London in November, 1998 and met with Jeff. Peter Franks
> had been caught in a criminal act involving trying to obtain information
> about offshore financial matters in the Channel Islands related to Jeff. The
> detectives we had worked with in the US were working with ex-Scotland Yard
> detectives and had unearthed this information. Scotland Yard was willing to
> prosecute Franks but needed Jeff's full cooperation. He would not help us. He
> wanted nothing to do with scientology or this fight.
This is big mistake of Jeff's. If he thinks Scientology is going to go
away because he doesn't fight back, he is mistaken.
>
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> There is a huge amount of detail about what scientology has done in Nigeria
> to ruin Jeff and about the transaction in question,
It would be nice to know some of this, if isn't much of a bother.
Perhaps some media might pick it up. It would be better to send it to
the Wall Street Journal first or some other medium because if you ask me
I don't find them interested in a second hand story. How much
credibility will they have if they claim they got this off the internet?
but the bottom line is
> that Jeff now stands to lose several tens of millions of dollars given the
> newly installed Nigerian government attitude towards him. It will wipe him
> out financially. It will destroy much of his life and scientology knows this.
I am sorry to hear this. Is this what Scientology does: destroys your
friends because they can't destroy you?
>
> Jeff has not lifted a finger to do anything to help me fight scientology. He
> has always been one of the most courageous and ethical people I have ever
> known. Yet he is persecuted and near the brink of ruin because scientology
> wants him to supply information to utterly destroy me.
>
> I can assure you and Jeff that it is very hard to continue to fight
> scientology while this is happening to such a close friend. His family hates
> me and blames everything on me. Jeff blames me and pleads for me to stop.
> But, it is because of the pure unadulterated evil perpetuated by scientology
> that I cannot. For me, it will be a fight to the death---scientology has
> truly turned me into a dedicated warrior for a lifetime.
>
> I am posting this chapter of scientology's Mafia and SS tactics so that media
> will take an interest in what scientology really does to critics and
> especially innocent bystanders in order to suppress free speech. If there is
> media interest, I hope I can convince Jeff to go public with the full ugly
> story of the type of tactics used by scientology that landed the old GO
> scientologists and Mary Sue Hubbard in jail in the 70's. scientology
> continues to use these tactics and follow the GO policies today.
Well Barnie, What do you have to say about this? Yeti? Is this just made
up or do you want a court case with glossy eight by tens pictures in
order to believe this?
This is why you two have no credibility with me. This NG is full of
loose cannons and the associated actions of Scientology are sane. What a
spin! That is all you are in my mind, spin doctors.
Keith Henson
[ Subject: Re: The persecution of Jeff Schmidt by scientology ]
[ Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology ]
Bob Minton <b...@minton.org> wrote:
: Who is Jeff Schmidt and why is he being attacked by scientology?
snip
Being somewhat up on Jeff's story, I have long wondered why scientology
was taking such an extraordinary (even for them) effort to destroy this
friend of Bob's. They have put more effort into Jeff than Bob and the
rest of us put together.
Now I know.
: In the meantime, Jeff's wife who at one time, while in Law school in London,
: took courses at the Tottenham Court Road Org, was being followed constantly.
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Scientology puts a lot of effort into going after outsider critics, but
the *real* effort is put into former scientologists. They seem to have
decided that Jeff and his family get "former" treatment rather than
outsider treatment.
The combination of an insane cult with too much money, no moral sense, and
PIs who will do anything for money is a bad combination.
Keith Henson
Prigator
>Who is Jeff Schmidt and why is he being attacked by scientology?
snip many pages of print-
After more than 30 years of criminal investigations, I learned a simple rule.
Any case can be summed up in a few words to a fellow investigator.
The little old lady who shows up in your office wearing welder's goggles and
packing three shopping bags full of paper to prove a conspiracy to steal her
Camaro and can easily take up three hours of harangue --- you get the picture.
The longer the story, the more BS.
Scientology may be bad, but BS doesn't prove it.
Doug Chandler
investi...@cableinet.co.uk
Scientology have restriction capabilities on UK press, 'cause thats
where this story would probably be better dealt with. Lord knows why
they havent' come across it yet...
Tony Smith
Liverpool
UK