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Originally posted by Lee@Jan 11 2005, 07:19 PM
Although that being said he does bring up a good point.
Afterall wasnt that one of the underlying reasons behind what happened with Maxcash and the FTC several years ago? Industry cock-fighting?
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It was probably claimed, disclaimed, reclaimed, and never really put to bed either way in that case. Nor will anyone ever know, since if it did go on, I wouldn't much expect either the FTC or the instigative parties to claim it did.
Here's a little story I do know from firsthand heresay
Back in the day, a man owned an adult video store in Alabama. Seems this man forgot to pay his taxes correctly. Quite a spot he found himself in, it appeared. But an angel of mercy came down and said to him, "hey, pal, order these videos from this company and get them shipped down here to good ole Alabama, and we'll make a deal with you on this other little problem you're having."
Of course with that said, when the Feds actually arrived at the video production house, they had the videos that were considered potentially a very good case for obscenity in Alabama. They had been shipped across state lines as well. So the owner of the production company did some time in jail.
Not for shipping the videos, mind you. That was the least of his worries. It seems the Feds waltzed in the door with indictments for several employees besides the owner, and they also had a seating chart detailing where every one of those employees happened to be sitting when they arrived. They also knew a lot more about the business than just getting those videos shipped would have warranted them to know. The owner made a deal to get the employees out of the loop, his time for their freedom on the surface.
I've heard it said that the average time from the start of an investigation to a RICO conviction is around six years. That was before the start of the internet and all the other fast paced technologies that speed up the very fabric of time.