Archive for January 5th, 2010

Latest on Florida elder abuse case

January 5th, 2010

Here’s our latest Examiner.com column on the ongoing estate abuse case of Barbara Kasler against former Judge Larry Seidlin case:
A previous column questioned if a Florida scandal that includes a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, high profile lawyers, the Republican Party of Florida, politicians at local, state and federal levels as well as a host of [...]

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Kasler v. Seidlin continues

January 5th, 2010

Kasler v. Seidlin’s case of Justice v. Public Corruption continues
Lou Ann Anderson
January 5, 2009
www.EstateofDenial.com
A previous column questioned if a Florida scandal that includes a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, high profile lawyers, the Republican Party of Florida, politicians at local, state and federal levels as well as a host of the Sunshine State’s “movers and shakers” [...]

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RI financial elder exploitation

January 5th, 2010

Honest deal or an elderly man exploited?
Tracy Breton
November 28, 2009
The Providence Journal
http://www.projo.com/news/content/ELDER_COURT_CASE_11-28-09_HMGJS6T_v22.39876af.html?ocp=2
PROVIDENCE — Calling the case “a troubling scenario of money, deceit and financial abuse of an elderly person,” the state Supreme Court has refused to disturb a lower court decision that blocks a Warwick woman from doing much of anything with her assets until [...]

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Flashback: Bulgarian man’s estate at center of controversy

January 5th, 2010

The Bulgarian Job
An immigrant wills his estate to a convicted killer from his homeland and dies the next day. Anything smell fishy?
Ray Stern
October 11, 2007
Phoenix New Times
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-10-11/news/the-bulgarian-job/
On a warm November day two years ago, a gold, ’80s-model Mercedes sedan sped down Northern Avenue, jockeying through the thick lunchtime traffic. The driver, Atanas Ilkov, 18, was [...]

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Give me liberty or give me - a taxable event?

January 5th, 2010

A Good Year To Die
January 4, 2010
Investor’s Business Daily
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=517003
Fiscal Policy: The new year saw the death of the estate tax. But like Freddie Krueger, this epitome of class warfare and wealth redistribution is sure to return to wreak havoc among the living.
Once dubbed the “Paris Hilton” tax, the levy is supposed to target the inherited [...]

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