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struggle4progress

(118,320 posts) Fri Apr 8, 2016, 03:47 PM Apr 2016

Hillsboro Man Considered Sovereign Citizen Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Charges

By COLIN MINER
April 1, 2016 1:21 pm ET

A man described by the Anti-Defamation League as "one of the most prominent sovereign citizen gurus in the United States States" was in Federal Court in Portland Thursday, pleading not guilty to charges he failed to pay his taxes and used fictitious financial instruments to pay off debt.

Winston Shrout of Hillsboro is charged in a 19-count federal indictment ...

Prosecutors claim that Shrout did not pay taxes for years and sold "International Bills of Exchange" and "Non-Negotiable Bills of Exchange" that he claimed were worth billions "when he knew these instruments were in fact worthless."

The judge is so far letting Shrout represent himself but cautioned him against proceeding down that path ...

http://patch.com/oregon/hillsboro/hillsboro-man-considered-sovereign-citizen-leader-pleads-not-guilty-federal-0

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Hillsboro Man Considered Sovereign Citizen Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Charges (Original Post) struggle4progress Apr 2016 OP
This is the 3rd Sovereign Citizen story today! WhiteTara Apr 2016 #1
This Guy is a real piece of work. Wellstone ruled Apr 2016 #2

WhiteTara

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1. This is the 3rd Sovereign Citizen story today!
Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 04:00 PM
Apr 2016

All of them were engaged in criminal activity. A fraud and bomb maker and a owner of sex slaves. What an unsavory bunch.

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Wellstone ruled

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2. This Guy is a real piece of work.
Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 04:30 PM
Apr 2016

And to think people bought into this scam. The likes of the 3%ers and those other Patriot Militia Groups. Notice how proactive the DOJ has become under a Ms. Lynch.

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