AnonKat
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Follow The Money
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Posted on September 27, 2010 by mcclaughry
In my Scientology and Abortion blog post, a comment by Tabaccanist jogged my memory on a few things about my experiences being in the Sea Organization of the Church of Scientology. One of which was my experience in External Communications watching Bill Rhodes send large wire transfers every week overseas, and from that (and other things), I was well aware that Scientology had a penchant for strange accounts in far away places. Accordingly, in April of 2000, I sent my request for a refund of my membership fees of the IAS, International Association of Scientologists, to the following address.
FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP SERVICES ADMINISTRATIONS, INC.
Attention: George Praag
VAN ENGELENWEG 21A
P.O. BOX 3335
CURACAO NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
I couldn’t have chosen a better point to apply pressure in order to cause the IAS to give Mike and I our refunds.
They did.
Some years back, I decided to “Follow the Money” in regards this odd location for the IAS, and to “Follow the Money” as to L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology.
This is what I put together.
First, a little history about Curacao.
Curacao is part of the Lesser Antilles, the southernmost group of islands in the Caribbean, quite close to the mainland of South America just above Venezuela.
The Dutch West India Company was formed to colonise America and take over the sugar trade, in 1621. It drew some of the best financiers of the Dutch Republic, such as Isaac de Pinto, a Portuguese Jew. Isaac was one of it’s biggest shareholders, and I believe was even a Director.
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