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Demanding Accountability
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Volume #1 - Number - 12
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Permit No. 188
Are you a
victim?
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The Verbal
Assassin’s
Commentary
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Ryan Wonderly’s False Prosecution?
Entering a Plea Doesn't Always Mean Guilty -
Oklahoma’s due process mayhem
Deer Creek Ranch – A Criminal Past
Crooked Enterprise FGT Gains Judges’ Favor?
Heiress’s
Inheritance
Looted?
By Edward Snook
Investigative Reporter
Editor's note: This is the first
in a series of articles involving
multi million dollar scams
perpetrated by numerous
individuals. This is the story of
just two of hundreds of victims.
This article pertains to
allegations of conspiracy to
commit fraud under the Rico
statutes; fraud on or by the
courts or by court officials,
lawyers, trustees, etc.
Selma, OR - Back in 1998, a
group of several conspiring
individuals moved to Selma,
Cave Junction, Merlin and Grants
Pass, Oregon. They had
purchased the Deer Creek Ranch,
a 1003 acre ranch associated by
most Josephine County residents
with actor John Wayne who often
visited there.
Most of these co-conspirators
came from either Utah or
California. Besides robbing
people of their life savings the
other common thread between
the conspirators was almost all of
them belonged to the same
By US~Observer Staff
Stacey Gano, heiress to
a 3 million dollar estate
left to her by her late
mother Betty W. Gano,
owner of Carpets By
Betty in Atlanta, Georgia
has reported that she has
been a victim of a
daylight robbery carried
out by her attorney,
Shelby Outlaw, and
estate attorneys Howard
Johnson and Senior
Judge Jack McLoughlin.
B e t t y G a n o d i e d
unexpectedly on March l8,
2004 in Atlanta Georgia. At
the time of her death Betty
Gano owned a carpet
business known as Carpets
By Betty wo