February 24, 1998: Deters Trial Opens in Wichita
by Chuck Fager Wichita, Kansas — Priscilla Deters, 63, of Walnut, California went on trial here Tuesday on 13 counts of wire and mail fraud, in connections with investment programs run by her company, Productions Plus.
Jackson Bailey’s Masterpieces: Studies in the Art of Obsession
click on an image to see a larger picture Jackson Bailey, the artist behind the largest painting of the largest Life of Christ in the world. “Priscilla always treated me all right. I can’t speak for the rest of the world.”
February 25, 1998: Cherokee Quaker Church Money Used for “Ponzi” Fraud Scheme–Kansas Investigator
Update by Chuck Fager Wichita, Kansas — Part of the more than $400,000 collected by the Cherokee Friends Church, intended for investment in a profitable business, was instead used to pay back a Quaker College in Kansas as part of a “Ponzi” fraud scheme, a Kansas jury was told today.
“Quakers Make Good Victims”
I “Quakers make good victims,” says Steve Schroeder.He should know; as a federal prosecutor since 1974, he’s seen enough of them. Fraud victims, that is; Quakers were a relatively new experience. In particular, the ones who quoted the Gospel to him about staying out of court.