David Gentile’s GPB Capital announced a staggering devaluation of its funds from $1.8 billion to $1.1 billion. This took place in June. Our impression at the time was that the $700 million […]
Hey, kids! It’s open mic night at your local Scientology spaceport!
(Note: This piece was originally published at Tony Ortega’s Underground Bunker and is republished here for archival reasons.) Scientology TV features so much repetitive and boring content that it has taken to […]
Scientology Crime Watch: The Spina Brothers $80 Million Medicare Fraud Case — All Defendants Plead Guilty
From the Times-Herald Record Online: The last two of five defendants recently pleaded guilty, a year after their federal indictment for what prosecutors have described as a “widespread,” six-year, $80 million health […]
Scientology Crime Watch: Russia
Crime Russia reported today that Scientologist Anton Yeglin has been arrested in a bribery scheme in violation of Part 4 of Article 291.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The […]
Family Wins $11M Verdict Against Scientology-Backed Rehab Centers
A 58-year-old man committed suicide while seeking treatment for a prescription drug addiction. His family says that two rehab centers should have been able to prevent this death, and a jury agreed, […]
The Marianne Williamson-Oprah Winfrey-John Travolta Scientology Connection
One of the criticisms of Oprah Winfrey is that she has never covered the Church of Scientology in any critical way. In the 1990’s and the 00’s when former Scientologists were contacting […]
Driving people away (and begging them back) was built into Scientology from the start
[This piece we wrote was originally posted on Tony Ortega’s blog. We repost it here for archival purposes] As the Church of Scientology continues to hemorrhage membership, its losses in income and […]
Scientologist-Owned GPB Capital Holdings Hit With Yet Another Lawsuit Alleging Serious Financial Misconduct
An article in the Boston Globe by correspondent Allison Hagan presents the details of a new lawsuit against GPB Capital, the troubled New York City private equity firm owned by Scientologist David […]
Scientology in Pakistan: Dianetics Islamabad
The Dianetics Center of Islamabad, Pakistan is managed by Los Angeles Scientologists Marijke and Zahid Qureshi. Why Dianetics Islamabad cannot be trusted to have local management raises serious concerns: Why doesn’t Scientology […]
Scientology Crime Watch: Russia
From a contributor: Russian Scientologist Maria Sidorova found guilty of fraud and sentenced to 6 years in a correctional labor facility. Sidorova headed “Vash Dom” (“Your Home”), a St. Petersburg area company […]
