Scientology and Scientologists on the World Wide Web

Special note 10.10.1997: Because of a decision of the german supreme court related to the "outing" of scientologists (Scientologist Sabine H. had sued to prevent from being publicly called a Scientologist), names of "closet scientologists" (i.e. not already known) gathered only through TNX-L or IMPACT, and who are not "publicly proselytising" have been removed, although I was not a party of that lawsuit, and although I do not believe that german courts have jurisdiction about this since US citizens have almost no privacy rights in their own country.

Special Note 18.11.2001: I have replaced my links to most scientology websites with italic characters with the link text only. Scientology has been on a large scale operation to create 100s of bogus hosts to link to each other in an effort to overwhelm the Google.com search engine, so there is no need for me to support this with my links.

Disclaimer for individuals: Except where mentioned, I do not make a statement about these people except that I have evidence suggesting that they are Scientologists. This might be disputed by them in a court, claiming they didn't know that they were listed in a Scientology publication. Warning: Many sites of individual scientologists contain "poetry", usually of poor quality (scientologists are prohibited to criticize each other, this is called "invalidation" and is a big no-no).

Disclaimer for companies: Except where mentioned, I do not make a statement about the products or services these companies or organizations sell; but I have evidence suggesting that they are owned or managed by Scientologists. This might be disputed by them in a court, claiming they didn't know that they were listed in a Scientology publication. I do not allege that these are owned by Scientology or are Scientology front-groups, or that they are selling Scientology under another name, or that they are forcing their employees to take Scientology courses, or that they defraud their customers. It is quite possible that there are a few people who remain honest, even after 20 years in scientology.

• Scientology and related organizations
• Individuals listed as Scientologists
• A few companies and organizations owned or managed by people listed as Scientologists
• Miscellaneous support for Scientology

Scientology and related organizations

• The Scientology Home Page at Scientology.org sells the commercial works of L. Ron Hubbard that got tax exemption in the US, after 40 years of disputes and a secret agreement. You wonder how the (old) homepage got so many "awards" in the 90ies? The internet infidels have the answer.
  Judge Paul Breckenridge Jr. of the Superior Court of the State of California gave an accurate description of the scientology organization and its founder in the case Church of Scientology of California vs. Gerald Armstrong:

   

  The organization clearly is schizophrenic and paranoid,  and the bizarre combination seems to be a reflection  of its founder LRH. The evidence portrays a man who has been virtually a pathological liar when it comes to his history, background,  and achievements. The writings and documents in evidence  additionally reflect his egoism, greed, avarice, lust for power,  and vindictiveness and aggressiveness against persons perceived  by him to be disloyal or hostile.

• See also early documents from the life of L. Ron Hubbard. Around June 1997, Scientology began spreading its propaganda over several hosts, in an effort to achieve supremacy in search engines. One fun host is scientologyhandbook.org, with a crackpot explanation of how Aspirin works (with alleged "clinical tests"). More stupidity from this book on my page Stupidity of Scientology exposed by its own web pages. Also amusing is opposing.scientology.org: it's an evil conspiracy by the psychs.
• World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (Wise.org): this coordinates the white-collar activities of Scientologists, and tries to put Scientology under another name ("Hubbard management tech") in businesses. See some examples in the business section of this page.
• Sterling Management Systems (Kevin Wilson, WISE 1999 AND 2001 list, in the past also known as Emery Wilson Corporation), tries to lure dentists, chiropractors, podiatrists and veterinarians into Scientology, even holding them against their will, as shown by the experience of Dee Rowe and Glover Rowe or of Dorothy and Robert Geary (read also the declaration of Robert Geary), and described in an article by the Better Business Bureau. The founder is Greg Hughes, as of June 2004 the owner and chairman is Kevin C. Wilson. Their trademarks are owned by the J. Chase Wilson Corporation (Chase Wilson ?). They are now (June 2004) honest enough to mention L. Ron Hubbard, but not Scientology. Their professional advice is possibly useless. Read a more recent account by a woman who lost $34,000 in 1996. Read a 1986 memo from Sterling CEO Greg Hughes (which became known as part of a lawsuit against the Cult Awareness Network), explaining that their goal of a "cleared planet".
  Some examples of clients who became Scientologists through Sterling Management:
  • David Wagner of Fort Wayne, Indiana (see also Scientology spam page)
  • Robert Marx of Gladstone, Missouri (see also Scientology spam page of his wife and newspaper article with him)
  • Carl Smudde of Terra Haute, Indiana (see also Scientology spam page)
  • Scott Scharf of Plymouth, Minnesota (see also Scientology spam page)
  • Ruth Morgan of Canton, Mississippi (see also Scientology spam page)
  • George Malnati (see also Scientology spam page)
  • Jim Gill (see also Scientology spam page)
  On 21.11.2007, Scientologist Thora Magnusson had an announcement about open staff positions on "TheRazzline!" ("Your Theta Comm Line") that read Be paid to contribute to a group that introduces LRH ethics and admin tech to professionals. Our clients go up The Bridge!
• Epoch Consultants (Klaus Hilgers), another "management front", with the Epoch Business Analysis
  based in Clearwater, FL
• The Business Troubleshooter(Harrison Quigley) is actually just a feed to the Hubbard College for Administration (hubbardcollege.org)
• Biographical Profiles of the top people in Scientology. This page might change the next time Scientology managers are thrown in Scientology's own slave camps, leave the cult or simply go to jail. Not included in scientology's list are the indicted and unindicted Snow White participants.
• Ronthepoet.org: even worse than vogon poetry
• Writersofthefuture.com: recruiting potential people to re-write short stories of L. Ron Hubbard into "new" long stories and re-release them.
• Dianetics, The Modern Science of Mental Health (at Dianetics.org): 1944 Physics Nobel prize winner Isidor Isaac Rabi said about the Dianetics book that

   

  Scientific American, January 1951

  This volume probably contains more promises and less evidence per page than has any publication since the invention of printing.

  Dianetics is unscientific, not modern, unhealthy, but one thing is true: L. Ron Hubbard was considered a mental case by the FBI, who then ignored his silly letters.

  A german internet magazine (pizz@) had this to say about the 3D tour of the human mind:

   

  Sadly no one knows who was the model for the  3D tour of the mind, but it was certainly not  a Scientologist - one dimension would already  have been enough.

• Organizations linked to the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles:
  • The Hollywood Writers Society, headed by Rose Goss
  • Artists for a better world, headed by George Alger, a promotion for unsuccessful Scientologist artists
  • Applied Silliness (Jim Meskimen and Tamra Meskimen): two struggling actors who mainly appear at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles. Unlike Jim, his mother Marion Ross is famous: she played Marion Cunningham in Happy Days. Because Ron Howard and Marion Ross are friends, he gives her son Jim minor roles in his movies.
  • Laughworks, a comedy group. And they're "postulating" a movie, too.
  • Troop 8, their Boy Scouts
• Scientology Site search engine: the search engine that will or will not find your favourite words: fraud, Xenu, body thetans, clams, scams, etc.
• Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR.org): this hate group isn't about human rights, it is there to claim that the psychs (which includes psychologists, psychiatrist or just anyone involved in mental health) are somehow responsible for World War II, the war in Bosnia, America's poor education level (see here how they invent statistics and also here), and much more. Their hate is also a result of L. Ron Hubbard's deluded opinions on drugs, especially Aspirin, although he was a pill popper himself, he even took VISTARIL, a "psych drug", before his death, as precribed by scientologist Gene Denk. If you need another evidence what sort of kooks are in CCHR, see what scientology teaches about Aspirin, although the real explanation involves prostaglandines, and brought Sir John R. Vane (and not L. Ron Hubbard) the Nobel prize of medicine in 1982. CCHR has many fronts; an example is CCHR Toronto which runs Psychinvestigator.com and Psychiatryexposed.org, hiding behind Scientology staff member George A. Mentis.
  L. Ron Hubbard hate of psychiatrists is also shown by this scurrilous text:

   

  HCOB of 11.12.1964, "Processes"

  Psychiatrists, failing to grasp it [letting "pre-clears" talk],  murdered several million people - so it's no light matter.  (...) The reason 33 1/3 percent of all psycho-analytic patients  are said to have committed suicide in their first three  months of treatment is not that they "came too late" but that a lot of wild data was thrown at them to get at their  "source of guilt" and they went head on into the reactive bank, sought to demonstrate their "guilt" by making others guilty  and killing themselves.

• Narconon.org, Friendsofnarconon.org: a Scientology front group pretending to bring people off drugs. Their activities in Spain resulted in the arrest of 70 Scientologists, including president Heber Jentzsch. Narconon won't tell you that they run drug rehabilitation centers whose staff are often unqualified, their methods unscientific, useless and designed to replace the addiction to drugs with the addiction to Scientology. Their celebrity spokesperson was Kirstie Alley until 2001 - this was possibly changed due to persistent rumors that she has never done the program. Critical information about Narconon Chilocco can be found here and here; you can also read the story of drug addict Christiane F. in Narconon in Berlin.
  A german court ruled in 1993 that it is allowed to claim that not a single successful drug rehabilitation has been proven (VGH Stuttgart, Az: 1 S 3021/92).
  Scientology routinely denies that Narconon is a recruiting front. This document that shows that Narconon into Scientology and gets rewarded for it.
• Criminon.org: a lesser known front group which tries to introduce Scientology in jail. The advantage is that if inmates complain, they won't be listened to, since they are criminals. This site has critical information about criminon.
• Penalrehab.org alias Second Chance Program Prison-Based Rehabilitation: a mix of Narconon and Criminon for prisons. Note that the website does not mention Scientology.
• Appliedscholastics.org: this front group claims to bring us L. Ron Hubbard's break-through's in education. They believe that all what your children don't understand is because of misunderstood words that have to looked up in the dictionary, instead of a misunderstood concept, a learning problem, or poor teaching material. Read an insider account what actually happened in another Applied Scholastics school, a general discussion about Scientology Study Technology, including a case study of the Delphi Academy in LA.
  Scientology won't tell you why the "Educator" L. Ron Hubbard failed in university and bought a PhD from a degree mill, and why the current leader David Miscavige did not even finish high school. Read excerpts from a deposition to admire the literacy of David Miscavige.

  Related front groups: the World Literacy Crusade at Worldliteracy.org and the Hollywood Education & Literacy Project (H.E.L.P. at Helplearn.org).

  Another name of Applied Scholastics is Effective Training Solutions. ETS is run by Ingrid Gudenas, who was listed as director of Applied Scholastics of San Francisco on a (website vanished in April 2002), and that had the same phone number 510 797 6806. (In December 2003, a google phone search found both names!) The official Applied Scholastics site mentions her too. A look at the courses shows that it is Scientology, although it is now named 100% Proficiency® Training. For some time, the Administrative contact was Scientologist Eric Anderson, who once had a web page in which he dreamed to introduce Scientology Study Technology into Korean schools.

  ETS has even trained people from Cisco! (Read also the article in The Register) Maybe Cisco has never heard from the lawsuit Hunziker v. Applied Materials, where the same Ingrid Gudenas was involved as president of Applied Scholastics, and Applied Materials was sued for forcing its staff to attend thinly disguised Scientology courses. Applied Materials settled the case for an estimated $600,000 and an admission that it had lacked sensitivity with regard to the to the controversial nature of L. Ron Hubbard.
  ETS is based in Fremont, CA

• Earth Organisation: an south african "environmental" front founded by Scientologist Lawrence Anthony, who was also involved with the Inkatha Freedom Party. The international president is Barbara Wiseman, who proclaimed: "The Earth Organization is LRH's environmental org".
• Life Improvement Through Education: Applied Scholastics in Hungary
• Delphian School of Sheridan, OR licensed by the front group Applied Scholastics, is available in Sheridan, Oregon ($40,000 donation to the IAS), San Francisco Bay, San Diego, Palo Alto, Los Angeles ($40,000 donation to the IAS, is calls itself the Delphi Academy of Los Angeles) and Clearwater (the Delphi Academy of Florida). They believe that all what your children don't understand is because of misunderstood words that have to looked up in the dictionary, instead of a misunderstood concept, a learning problem, or poor teaching material. Read an insider account what actually happened in another Applied Scholastics school, an insider account of life at the Delphian school in Oregon, a general discussion about Scientology Study Technology (including religious discrimination!), and a case study of the Delphi Academy in LA.
• Mary's Schoolhouse, a scientology school across AOLA at 1334 L. Ron Hubbard Way (I believe this is the place that hosted the illegal hotel "Our House"). Mary stands for Mary Untiedt (now Mary Shuttleworth).
• Clearwater Academy: the place where local Scientologists dump put their children before sending them to the Sea Org.
• The Mojave Academy: conveniently located 2 1/2 hours away from Los Angeles in a valley near Barstow, so escape is not that easy. See a clay demo. In an introductory letter until April 2005, "founder" Joke Reeder mentions an "enemy school system" and claims that a boy who gets an "A" in math is "progressing towards death". Hahahaha! (Her wacky rant was changed in October 2005 to something different and less loony). As of December 2009, the website was redesigned and now the "founder" is a different scientologist: Cheri Hall.
  Based in Newberry Springs, CA
• The Mace-Kingsley Ranch School (Molly Baxter) was the really nasty place to dump children, even by scientology standards. Some compared it to a children's RPF. Additionally, you should know that according to former Scientologist Astra Woodcraft, girls have been sexually molested by former owner Wally Hanks / Wallace Hanks. You can also listen to Astra Woodcraft telling it on video. This has also been confirmed by former Scientologist Jane Scott. The matter was successfully covered up and no charges were ever been filed. Wally had an official Scientology "individual" homepage until May 2004 - then it vanished. Wally is also the founder of the Roundhouse Yacht Club. At some time in 2002, the website mk-ranch.com vanished. In May 2003, the ranch reappeared with the name Hacienda Del Espirito, Inc. aka New Mexico Ranch, and is for sale. In 2004, former student Meagan Porpora spoke out about the school. There is also a Mace-Kingsley Family Center in 900 Grove Street, Clearwater. In December 2008, a recording surfaced alleging that he beat up a child. In 1999, an interview with him surfaced. It is weird. (Transcript)
• Lewis Caroll Academy of the Arts is another such scientology school. Alison Robinson does Qual. Note also their literacy and count the orthographic errors in their Mission Statement: "how to us (sic) a dictionary", "far spas the norm". These pages were removed in December 2002.
• The Los Angeles Academy of Literacy and the Arts, alias the Pinewood Academy of Literacy and the Arts, alias Hogg's Hollow Preschool and Kindergarten, (Doug Hogg): a Scientology "school" complex at 4490 Cornishon Ave. The son of Doug Hogg is Robert Hogg.
  Based in La Canada Flintridge, California
• Dennison Academy (WISE 1997, Larry Dennison), and Dennison Academy High School Diplomas
  based in Los Angeles, CA
• Greenfields School: a scientology school near Saint Hill (article). The principal is Margaret Hodkin. Her son Peter Hodkin had once tried to participate in local elections and got even less votes that the Monster Raving Loony Party.
• Superphonics (Tracy Sherwood with gorgeous photograph) teaches children to read with phonics, and then teaches them Scientology Study Technology. And of course Tracy doesn't miss the opportunity to spread Scientology's unscientific anti-psychiatric hate propaganda. Read a message from the Founder. Visit her forum with more anti-psychiatric hate propaganda.
• ZIEL Schule (Lisbeth Ambühl), a Scientology "school" in Zürich, Switzerland
• Yarralinda (Connie Curato), a Scientology "school" in Australia
• The Literacy & Educational Ability Resource Network (L.E.A.R.N.): a one stop shop for Scientology front groups in Clearwater, you get Applied Scholastics, the Way to Happiness, Narconon, World Literacy Crusade under one roof. Until 13.3.2000 it was named The World Literacy Crusade Pinellas County, Inc, after that it was renamed to The Community Learning Center, Inc. which seems to be the actual name of business. Have a look at the incorporations papers and you'll find many familiar names!
• Foundation for the advancement of Science and Education (FASE): their goal is to establish credibility for Hubbard's drug rehabilitation and education methods and attract "Opinion Leaders" in the scientific community. The method: educational videos on mathematics and other sciences for public television. Quite surprising, considering that L. Ron Hubbard said that calculus is useless. For some time they were the major source of funds for teacher Jaime Escalante (who is not a scientologist). I was unable to find any scientology concept on their home page.The Boston Herald has an article detailing the links between Scientology and FASE.
• ABC children's study books: David Puliafico helps you to get Scientology into your children.
• The Purification rundown courtesy "Reverend" George W. Vigil and the Vigil Field Ministry. Get cooked!
• The Way to Happiness (TWTH.Org) is Hubbard's amusing attempt to rewrite the ten commandments into twenty-one rules which do not seem to be binding for Scientology itself. The celebrity spokesperson was Nancy Cartwright, also known as the voice of Bart Simpson, until January 2002 when their website was redone completely. It claims to be a "non religious moral code", but is actually the 10 commandments rewritten in Hubbard language.
• Association for Peace and Understanding in the Middle East (Apume.org): The Way to Happiness for Palestinians
• Association for better living and education (Able.org): this front group is the parent of NARCONON, CRIMINON, The Way to Happiness and Applied Scholastics, to hide that these are 100% Scientology organisations.
• Hubbard College of Administration at Hubbardcollege.org teaches the "management skills" by Hubbard that are used in the Scientology organization. It doesn't matter that the only organization Hubbard ever managed is a bureaucratic scam. Read an example of the disastrous results of the application of those skills.
• Freedom Magazine (Freedommag.org) is Scientology's own progaganda mouthpiece, like the Pravda in the soviet Union. Toothbrush not available.
• Elron's microphone collection: come back regularly – if one micro is missing, it might be under your desk!
• The road to freedom: an attempt of Scientology celebrities to make music. You have been warned – music and lyrics are by L. Ron Hubbard. Listen to Amanda Ambrose singing The worried being ("he had to hide, hide, hide"), and – even worse – Elron himself singing Thank you for listening. Did some prankster put a sock in Ron's mouth or what?
  If you are german, visit the german site next, and listen to Amanda Ambrose desperatly trying to sing Das sorgenvolle Wesen ("es mußte sich verstecken, stecken, stecken").

  For those who still haven't suffered enough, there is a new CD named The Joy of Creating, with titles like Theta, Theta, see you later. As of 2009, it has quietly vanished from scientology websites.

• The Cult Awareness Network (CAN) at Cultawarenessnetwork.org: yes, you read that right. Scientology, through attorney Steven L. Hayes, took over CAN, and transformed it into a cult front group. It is now operated by the Foundation for Religious Freedom, which is a Scientology organisation. (It is even mentioned in the secret IRS agreement) Initially the "new CAN" just distributed propaganda against the old CAN; now it got even worse, as the mother of a cult member found out. The site was originally available under the two userids "can" (Suzy Jones) and "suzy" (Karl Wehrli). If you still have doubts that CAN is scientology, read what CAN VP Jean Hornnes has to say:

 

Scientology's IMPACT magazine, issue #72 

We have successfully prevented deprogrammings and we have  taken broken families and helped to put them back together  by using standard LRH technology on handling PTSness.

The Foundation for Religious Freedom also operates nopsychs.org, a hate site against the mental health profession; tolerance2000.org, a site that promotes a book co-written by Scientology that wants to "educate" relatives of cultists (don't trust media, critical books and anti-cult websites).
• The Drug-Free Marshalls (Drugfreemarshals.org) is another effort to ride on the anti-drug bandwagon, to gain acceptance in society. Related to this is the Clearwater Say No To Drugs run (Saynotodrugs.com), which has a CSFSO copyright. Brought to you by the group founded by a guy who popped "pinks and greys".
• International Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance (formerly Foundation for religious tolerance): this web site is for the "Scientologists on the run" events in Europe, where scientologists claim to run from city to city, while nobody notices. Their "youth organisation" is Youth for Human Rights International, with Scientology "celebrity" Lynsey Bartilson (from the "Grounded for life" TV series) as spokesperson and Scientologist Mary Untiedt (alias Mary Shuttleworth) as founder. They promote a booklet "What are human rights" which explains the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• Citizens for an Alternative Tax System (C.A.T.S.) started as a Scientology front; although there is no evidence that it ever recruited for Scientology, the purpose of the group (which has also non-Scientologists as members) is to make the I.R.S. obsolete. While it is no longer an "active front", it is operated by scientologists. Executive Director is Scientologist Vic Krohn (also mentioned as Victor Krohn). President is the infamous Scientologist attorney Steven L. Hayes. See another evidence of Scientology participation. Besides this, Scientologist Marie C. Gale (OT8) is listed as Florida Regional Office Director in the WISE 1991 list. She was also Director of CCHR of the Carolinas until April 1998 (her name was removed). The Operations Director of C.A.T.S. Las Vegas is WISE member Glenn Wahlquist, who is also president of the Citizen Information Network.
• Concerned Businessmen's Association of America (Cbaa.org) and the "Set A Good Example Foundation" (SageClub.com): With a comic strip for kids with Suppresso, the "dopey pusher", and an independent evaluation done by Shelley Beckman, who works for several other front groups (FASE and NARCONON).
• The Electronic Infrastructure of Scientology: This is a critics page, but it shows where the cult had bought domains on the net.
• Parishioners.org and Religiousfreedomwatch.org were originally operated by the now bankrupt scientologist ISP Relay Point (Doug DeStafeno, WISE 1999, 2001 directory), now it is operated by Scientologist Joel Phillips, although it is obviously an effort by the Scientology Office of Special Affairs (some picketers were told by Scientology officials that their mugshots would be set up on the site). Several of us, including me, had to threaten legal action to have them remove copyright violations (pictures taken by us).
• TipsForSuccess.org (Mike Chatelain): promotes short articles by L. Ron Hubbard to be placed in newspapers. I found several of these articles in The New Straits Times, a Malaysian newspaper. The newspaper did not mention Scientology.
• Gegevens over de Scientology® Kerk: Karel Jeelof, the dutch flavour of Andrew Milne, brings us the cult's response for readers in The Netherlands. I doubt that he tells that they retracted their lawsuit a day before trial because their notary could not prove the accuracy of their documents. If you can read dutch, then you should read Weerstand tegen Scientology, a document telling us about the big conspiracy by the CIA, FBI, FDA, IRS, Psychiatry, CIA, Interpol, Eli Lilly, CIA, I.G. Farben, TIME, the German government and the CIA. Yeah, and Scientology found out that John Lennon was killed by an FBI plot.
• Battlefield Earth: one of Elron's books. Earth is under the control of the psychlos, but Jonnie Goodboy Tyler wipes them out by page 596. The movie was "being produced for the screen" since 1984 and bombed totally in 2000.
• The Association of Citizens for Social Reform (ACSR) sponsors the CSR PAC (founder: Don Pearson, known from the Allstate fiasco) and describes itself as an advocacy group founded by concerned citizens who have individually been supporters of human rights and social reform activities such as CCHR and Narconon to address society's problems with crime, illiteracy, drug abuse and moral decline, which means it will support politicians who believe scientology's anti-psychiatry propaganda. Obviously, this is an effort by "individual Scientologists" to do what Scientology itself is prohibited to do. One of the people involved is Scientologist Greg Mitchell, former Chief of Staff for Glendale Rep. James E. Rogan (more juicy details on James Rogan and Greg Mitchell in my Clearwatergate page)
• Scientology patents
• Brian Wenger is best remembered as the guy who posted contents of Dennis Erlich's confidential folders
   

Individuals listed as Scientologists

• Kirstie Alley, celebrity actress, international spokesperson for NARCONON until 2001 - this was possibly changed due to persistent rumors that she has never done the program. Some time ago she opened the Wichita Scientology franchise. Court documents from her divorce show that she has an incredibly lavish life and is very egocentric. See some nice photographs and some not so nice photographs of Kirstie Alley.
• Bill Allum; Thanks to Dr. Robert E. Brooks for pointing me to this page.
• Andrej Santic tries to sell Dianetics on Power-of-life.com
• Anne Archer, celebrity spokesperson for Applied Scholastics
  See a scary photograph of her in fall 1999
• Andrew Bagley, famous for being dumb enough to send threats in writing. Also sued CAN once, of course without success. (He claimed that he was denied membership in CAN. The court pointed out that maybe he should apply for membership first! He did, and was admitted, and the lawsuit was dismissed)
• Gary Baren (WISE 1997 list), he also registered CATS.
• Kirsten Barrie (female name), "graduated" from Delphian School, and worked also at Hollander Consultants (a scientology "management front") for a short time. She moved to LA in September 1997 to work for Executive Software, another scientologist owned company.
• Art Del Barrio, see also Health Investments International in the business section
• Valerie Beardon($20,000 donation to the IAS) got an award from the master of paranoia, Heber Jentzsch
• Paul Becker and Jan Becker, with an unintentionally funny foto. Paul is a fitness consultant. Will he survive the squeeze of the huge girl? Will the column fall?
• Ray Behm DDS, member of the Clearwater Charter Committee
  based in Clearwater, FL
• Chuck Bell
• Timothy Bowles ($40,000 donation to the IAS, WISE 1999 list), formerly attorney at Bowles & Moxon, then Bowles & Hayes, now solo practitioner.
• Robert F. Brennan, attorney (WISE 1997 list). Formely worked at Bowles & Moxon.
• Kevin J. Burke, see Wiseman & Burke in the business section
• Hightee Butzlaff (Hightee Hana Butzlaff, Hightee H. Butzlaff), became famous after she sold a Wii on eBay that she didn't deliver in November 2007. See also this article from the Inquirer.
• Dr. Aydin Cabi, DDS (sometimes spelled Ayden Cabi): this dentist was listed as new WISE member in 2001 and fired three employees because they refused to attend Scientology "management" seminars. He has acquiredThe Smith Dental Group. View corporate records.
  based in Aurora, Ohio
• Roger N. Carlsten, dentist: forced his catholic receptionist Susan Morgan to take scientology "management" courses at Precision Management (the company has apparently ceased to exist). He fired her when she refused. Sadly, she failed in court, because the jury considered the courses to be non-religious. Watch pictures from his office - it looks like a Scientology org!
• Nancy Cartwright, celebrity spokesperson for The Way to Happiness (until January 2002) and voice of Bart Simpson. She promotes scientology front groups linked from her volunteer page (as of June 2004). See Nancy as a NASCAR babe! (Apparently with a few drinks too much)
• Douglas Casey, in 1996 co-chair of Harry Browne, the presidential candidate of the US Libertarian Party mentions Elron's theories in his texts.
• Kate Ceberano, an australian "celebrity" scientologist
• Marko Cehaja (page does not contain any scientology topics nor any dangerous poetry, just magic), a scientologist and magician from Stuttgart, Germany, who has posted in the german scientology newsgroup where he offered his services as a scientologist. A usenet search finds a chain letter (in German: "Kettenbriefe" - these are illegal!) with his name on other newsgroups. He called me on 17.1.1998 and asked to be removed from this page within three days or his attorney would write me an "official" letter. In May 2001 I discovered Thetaworld Internet Services also registered to him.
• Isadore Chait, alias Isadore M. Chait, aka Izzy Chait ($250,000 donation to the IAS, also WISE 1991 list, WISE 1999 & 2001 directory) runs the I.M. Chait Gallery, which appraises and auctions asian art. He wrote that he is jewish and lost his entire family in the Holocaust - I wonder what he thinks of Scientologist Holocaust denier Tom Marcellus? In a Scientology press release, he wrote that he chosed his profession by studying the works of L. Ron Hubbard. He did not tell in that press release that Hubbard's most famous sentence related to Asia is:

   

  The problem with China is that there are too many Chinks

  Chait is also President of "new" CAN.
  Based in Beverly Hills, CA.
• George Chelekis (OT4, $100,000 donation to the IAS, lives in Clearwater) was portrayed in a 1995 cover story in Business Week. Two years later, he had to pay $162,727 to settle SEC allegations that he failed to adequately disclose payments from more than 150 companies to tout their shares in his internet newsletter "Hot Stocks Review", and vanished from the internet. He has also apparently been banned from the VSE. He was also sued for libel in Canada by Vancouver Sun reporter David Baines and his employer Southam Publishing, which resulted in the second highest judgement in Candian legal history in 1998. A lawsuit by investigator Adrian du Plessis is pending. One of Chelekis' companies, Rex Publishing, went bankrupt in 1991, Chelekis went into hiding for some time, and the creditors lost over $500,000. Mark Dallara has compiled more information about the scams of Curious George.
• Ron Chester is a Tax Accountant. Look what his cult leader wrote:

   

  "Honest" L. Ron Hubbard, HCOPL 25.6.1967 (emphasis mine)

  Now as to tax, why this is mainly anybody's game of what is  a profit. The thing to do is to assign a significance to the figures before the government can. The whole thing  is a mess only because arithmetic figures are symbols open to any significance. So I normally think of a better significance  than the government can. I always put enough errors on a return to satisfy their bloodsucking appetite and still come out zero.  The game of accounting is just a game of assigning significances to figures. The man with the most imagination wins. but there must be correct figures and there must not be gross misassignment  of debts as profits or the whole thing won't hang together."

  Gee, that sounds to me like creative bookkeeping!

  As administrator of the Scientology mailing list, he advised Scientologists not to post on alt.religion.scientology

• Dave Cintron (also here), named cintronics by his friends, does web design and video production. He wrote Micronuclear Physics, originally labelled as An essay in which the sciences of Nuclear and Quantum Physics are re-examined towards the aim of finding a new technology of energy production, by applying the discoveries of L. Ron Hubbard. (L. Ron Hubbard said that radioactivity is water-soluble, so be prepared for unusual theories). One of the websites he designed is for "prolotherapy" (not a scientology "therapy", but questionable) sold by Donna Alderman and scientologist Megan Shields (known for promoting pseudo-scientific scams like Narconon and HealthMed). Dave's reaction to this page:

   

  You are the most stark raving eye popping lunatic I have met on the internet. Your site convinces me that you are without question completely insane.

• Dennis Clarke, a violent Scientologist from Clearwater
• Rosser Cole (WISE 1997 list, advertises that he is a Class 6 auditor and an OT8). Also involved with Narconon.
• Earle Cooley, attorney and chairman of the board of Trustees of Boston University, and for some time scientology's main attorney. He was apparently pulled off after he and Helena Kobrin were incredibly unsuccessful in the Lerma litigation. (Scientology later won only a ridiculously low amount with a different set of lawyers).
• Gary Condoluci
• David Cooke, a Scientologist from Australia: he liked this page, he skipped my comments and surfed on the websites of his fellow Scientologists. His botanical page does not mention tomato auditing or talking with plants :-(
• Tim Corbo and Judy Young-Corbo: Tim is a musician and works at Earthlink (not as musician) and Judy is an actress who teaches speech and accent reduction. Tim has also Gato Productions, which offers multimedia services.
  They have two sons, one is named Adam Ryan Corbo, the other Kevin Riley Corbo.
  Amusingly, I made him the suggestion to use "KRC" for the second person (I had suggested "Kevin Ron Corbo"). Instead of thanking me, he sent me a 26MB AVI file that was impossible to remove from the mail spool - I had to set the spool to size 0.
• Chick Corea (OT8, $100,000 donation to the IAS), a "celebrity" Scientologist. Learn more about Chick and how he sucks people into Scientology in the Celebrity FAQ. Chick Corea Productions (Ron Moss) is mentioned in the WISE 1999 list.
• Jody Darling ($250,000 donation to the IAS), described by Ariane Jackson
• Sky Dayton, see the entry in the company section about Earthlink Network
• Arwen Dayton is the wife of Sky Dayton. Like him she got only education at Scientology's Delphian School. Her father is Alan Larson, founder of the Delphian school. She is a writer and worked for the Scientology front group FASE.
• Eddie Deezen, a "celebrity" scientologist
• Mary DeMoss was known to be an aggressive counter-picketer around 1999 / 2000. She changed her name into Mary Panton around 2005 (maybe because of bad PR associated with her old name) - but she was recognized due to a public appearance for CCHR. In 2008, she had a short-lived blog that had an interesting text:

  I have behaved badly myself and had it documented on camera and spread across you tube where it will live forever. Of course, at the time I believed wholeheartedly in what I was doing and never even contemplated that a picket on a street corner in a small town would live internationally and gain me such notoriety. I thought it was some kind of small-time joke. But time has a way of giving you perspective. I would never want to be treated the way I treated those picketers. And I don’t want to live in a world where that is how we solve our differences.

  More about it was discussed here and here.
  Based in Tampa, FL
• Pierre Denis: he posted to alt.religion.scientology and mentioned that he works in a nuclear plant. And yes, he thinks that All about radiation (a book by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard claiming which claims that radiation is 1. water soluble, 2. a mental problem) is for real. (Evidence A, B and C) This is scary, isn't it? Luckily his employer EDF moved this wacko to a not-so-nuclear position. A criminal lawsuit against his boss for "discrimination" was dismissed in June 2007.
• Derek De Vette is the lead of the band Man Made Souls and a staff member of Executive Software. At least two of his musicians are also scientologists: Tom Valdez has done the purif, Tricia Small has done the personal efficiency course. The photographs are done by Scientologist Denice Duff (actress and photographer) and Michael Doven (Assistant of Tom Cruise)
• Laury Dizengremel Wicks (also here) does to the art of sculpture what scientologists do to the art of poetry. Her Twenty Heads of the Year 2000 project has only three heads, and they're all Scientologists.
• Jim Dovico
• Stan Dubin, a Scientologist from Clearwater, offers Scientology marriage counseling, and a book mostly with excerpts (BOTWO = "based on the works of") of L. Ron Hubbard texts. He has also "authored" another book about small business success, also of the BOTWO flavour. He does not offer business counseling himself; instead, you are encouraged to contact Scientologist Arte Maren. Arte Maren (aka Artie Maren, aka Arthur Maren) spent some time in jail for refusing to answer questions before the Grand Jury at the time the FBI was investigating Scientology, and he is also an unindicted co-conspirator in the "GO 11" case for receiving documents obtained by infiltrating the IRS LA office.
• Denice Duff, actress and photographer
• Alan L. Eames
• James Eberhart: He is not yet OT but has completed the purif. He is on staff at the St. Louis org since 1995. He asked to be put here :-)
• George Eckhert ($40,000 donation to the IAS) teaches HR information systems at the Centre for Industrial relations at the University of Toronto, and he promoted Scientology's Study Technology in an article in Computing Canada in December 2000.
• Harold L. Ehrenberg (WISE 1999, 2001 and 2004 directories), attorney and chiropractic. Harold Ehrenberg wants to trademark Katrina
  based in Metairie, Louisiana
• Hans Eisenman
• Anders Ekwall
• Jenna Elfman, most obnoxious celebrity Scientology recruiter
• David H. Elrod, see also Rivendell Technologies in the business section
• Leopold Faulhaber
• Steven Ferry (also here) freelance writer and photographer
• Timothy L. Flynn
• Peter Ford, also has a spam page; his resumé mentions that he worked at INCOMM Computer Systems, without mentioning that this is scientology's computer department
• James Forte: see the entry in the company section about Magna Computer Corp
• John Gajito, names himself Johnny NU-Clear®
• Sylvain Galibert, translator
• Susi Galloway
• Alexis Genung ($5000 donation to the IAS, WISE 1997 list) an artist. Of course most of her customers also also scientologists.
• Mark Gilbert
• Mason Gravitt participated in the development of the Scientology web site. He is now (in 2001) "Assistant Editor" for "Celebrity", a Scientology publication.
• Charles Allen Harris (old site here) calls himself Scruffy, designed some scientology-related websites, brochures and magazines. His domain name "livinglightning.com" comes from the Hubbard Executive Directive 298, which tells: I have now developed an entirely new Rundown called "N.E.D. for OTs". This deals with living lightning, the very stuff of life itself.
• Sioux Hart; she also has a Scientology spam page - read her deluded success story!
• Ken Harthun, best known for his compassion with the handicapped:

   

  Ken Harthun to fellow Scientologists on TNX-L; none of them disagreed!

  I do not agree with a tax break for the handicapped person, as this is another method of rewarding the downstat.

• Isaac Hayes, a "celebrity" dupe, spokesperson for the World Literacy Crusade, a front of Scientology front Applied Scholastics, and an african-american who ignores that Scientology was founded by an outspoken racist who supported apartheid. Here an example of racism that he simply ignored, as I am sure that he had read the following book:

   

  Dianetics, book 2, chapter VIII

  Primitive societies, being subject to much mauling by the elements, have many more occasions for injury than civilized societies. Further, such primitive societies are alive with false data.  Further, their practice of medicine and mental healing is on a very  aberrative level by itself. The number of engrams in a Zulu would be astonishing. Moved out of his restimulative area and taught English  he would escape the penalty of much of his reactive data;  but in his native habitat the Zulu is only outside the bars of a madhouse because there are no madhouses provided by his tribe.

• Steven L. Hayes ($5,000 donation to the IAS from him; WISE charter member in 1991 list for different lawfirm; WISE 1999 list), attorney at Bowles and Hayes and president of C.A.T.S.; he bought the name, logo, post office box and telephone number of CAN.
• James Heer
• Dr. Harry A. Hieke / Harry Heike ($40,000 donation to the IAS), a podiatrist of Family Foot Specialists, has been indicted on 5 counts of grand larceny and 2 counts of Medicaid fraud on 15.7.1997. According to the Crime Awareness Newsletter of May 1999, Harry Anthony Hieke, Jr. was found guilty on december 9, 1997 of one count of grand larceny against CHAMPUS, two counts of grand larceny against Medicare, one count of grand larceny and one count of petty larceny against Medicaid, and two counts of grand larceny against TRIGON/Blue Cross Blue Shield, Incorporated. An investigation disclosed that Hieke submitted false claims to those programs that misrepresented the medical services performed and for services not rendered. (I do not know the sentence)
  He is known to scientology critics: Melissa Alexander had been forced by him to attend scientology courses; when she refused, she was fired. She later sued him and he settled. He has also a success story online at Sterling Management.
• Hubert Heller who lives in Clearwater, FL. He sued Ursula Caberta and failed twice because he sued in the wrong court.
• Richard Henley, calls himself a Dianetic Counselor.
• Robert Hogg, son of Doug Hogg (founder of several Scientology "schools"), works as a robotics scientist at the Jet Propulsion Labs. Robert Hogg has completed the OT3 level, i.e. he believes that he is possessed by the spirits of murdered space aliens (details about OT3).
• Justin Houchin, wannabe first teenager in space (beware the freight trains on venus!). He is also a member of Boy Scout Troop 8, which is affiliated with the Scientology Celebrity Centre of Los Angeles.
• Jim Howard thought he had the "idea" of writing bi-weekly knowledge reports on a.r.s.! He is now webmaster of Sterling Management.
• Peggy Howard: ED at the scientology-linked CPA firm Greenberg & Jackson
• Mary Sue Hubbard, founder widow and convicted felon
• Bob & Char Huish
• Daniel Ichbiah ($40,000 donation to the IAS) wrote several books, among them a bio of Bill Gates. He is also running errands for OSA.
• Gloria Idda, offcial webmaster for Scientology.
• Mark Isham, a "celebrity" Scientologist
• Chuck Jacobs (also here), musician and web designer
• Lawrence Jaffe, see also in the business section. Warning: the site contains poetry.
• The James family (David James once worked at the firm of former scientologist Bob Penny!)
• John A. James
• Jay Eric Jensen
• Heber Jentzsch: Scientology's pro-forma "president". He is the son of mormon polygamist Carl Jentzsch and has 42 siblings. Listen to a 1993 deposition where Heber Jentzsch is unable to tell his residential address (first video file, starts at 11:52). Read his full hat checksheet, which shows how he is supposed to think and work. Visit the Heber Jentzsch Fan Club!
• Keplin Johansen
• Robert Johnson / Robert E. Johnson, Jr ($40,000 donation to the IAS): Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Earthlink until some time at 2001, then left to FatPipeU, a scientologist company that no longer exists. A good choice, since hard sell is a central component of the cult. Previously worked at Competence Software and RealWorld Corporation (which was Scientologist-managed for some time, but apparently no longer is). Filed for bankruptcy in Dec. 1994. Left bankruptcy Jan. 1996.
• Tim Jones, the first Scientologist who ever publicly apologized for sending me abusive e-mail
• Milton Katselas, acting teacher and one-man Scientology front
• David J. Kaup (also here), while Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Clarkson University (New York State), required his students to learn the basics of Scientology Study Technology in 1997, but not in 1998 (maybe due to complaints?) and mentioned it on the Applied Scholastics website. He has been a Scientologist for over 25 years. Quite surprising, considering that L. Ron Hubbard said that calculus is useless and that radioactivity is water-soluble. In 2001, David Kaup joined the Mathematics Department at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Many of his courses at UCF mention the "not fully understood word", which is a Scientology Study Technology concept. He endorses the Study Skills for Life book on amazon.com.
• Karen Kay writes romance novels and supports Scientology's World Literacy Crusade front. One of her advices for writers: forget grammar, spelling, punctuation, paragraph structure. (L. Ron Hubbard applied that rule a lot!)
• James M. Keppler (WISE 1997 list), a chiropractic also involved with the drug-free marshalls front
• Jari Kotavuopio
• Diane Klein is of course frightened of the eeeeeevil psychs, so she novellized her fears in the book In the Name of Help. At least she admits it's a novel. I wonder if this applies to her link to CCHR.
• Helena Kobrin ($40,000 donation to the IAS): the most hated lawyer on the usenet after Canter & Siegel. The web site is made by an admirer – not!
• Tsvika Korren
• Caroline Kyhl (also here), Assistant Professor of Education (!) at the Texas Lutheran University, teaches Scientology Study Technology to her students, e.g. the three barriers to learning math and how to overcome them.
• John C. Lancaster, a technical writer from St. Louis, MO. Watch him doing psychiatric "research". His BizMax website is gone, here an article.
• Paulette Layton: teaches scientology under the name "Emotion in the Workplace" (page removed in April 1998 by Herman Strijewski)
• Geoff Levin (also here, WISE 1997 & 1999 list) a musician who was once married to actress Diana Canova (she's now out, see her testimony in the Celebrity FAQ), member of Celestial Navigations.
• Geoffrey Lewis, a "celebrity" Scientologist, actor and storyteller, and member of Celestial Navigations
• Guillaume Lesèvre: the only thing I found in thousands of press articles about him is this statement:

   

  As a commanding officer for many years,  one of the main things I've been dealing with  is people not wearing their hat.

• Devora Lindeman (also here), Scientologist since 1976, was an employment attorney at the Proskauer Rose lawfirm (mentioned in the WISE 2001 and 2004 directories) and was previously running a project on AOL to coordinate the Scientologists who were posting on the internal discussion forums. I assume that Proskauer Rose is not really a WISE firm (Proskauer Rose represented the Washington Post when it was sued by Scientology!). Her husband Ayal Lindeman and her daughters Ilana Lindeman and Koury Lindeman Lonon (married to Joey Lonon) are also Scientologists. One of the jobs of Devora Lindeman is to represent Scientologists who got in trouble for discriminating her non-Scientologists employees (i.e. forcing them to become Scientologists), see Baltimore Sun, March 4, 2005. In 2007, she joined Greenwald Doherty LLP, a lawfirm that represents management in labor disputes.
• Ana Livingston: until January 2000, this cultist had a website at thetaline.com in the hope of finding a 2D, uh, husband. That website was unintentionally funny - she explained that many people consider her crazy.
• Chelationtherapyonline.com (Karl Loren alias Loren C. Troescher): rants, rants, and more rants, mostly against psychiatry.
• Ed McCloskey ($40,000 donation to the IAS): he complained to the employer of Scientology critic Michael Reuss who had written about the "marriage" of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. He left the usenet after getting ridiculed for claiming to be a computer consultant but not knowing the meaning of the word "NNTP policy".
• Jon Benton MacKinder: this must be an OT (operating thetan), because on his previous website, his record is called exterior. Other firms of him are i Design,TPI Multi Media and Delta Tone 40 records. Today his website is named bionicsite.com. He had also the site Mainevent.org (now defunct) which tried to recruit people into Scientology through a Career Success Day at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles.
• Tom Marcellus ($40,000 donation to the IAS): This guy is not only a Scientologist, but was also director of the Institute of Historical Review (IHR), whose business is to deny the Holocaust. The web site pointed to is not his – it is an entry in the Nizkor project. Look at the end of this page for his disgusting statement about the Holocaust. Read an interview with him where he calls the Holocaust a "gigantic whopper" and a "hoax". It was revealed in a trial that money from the IHR went straight to Scientology. In June 1998 he got a personal web page on a scientology host!
• Lord McNair of the british House of Lords
• Hannes Margreiter (also here), a successful artist in Austria. His wife Margit does body wrapping.
• Linda Mears (also here), an artist. Read some deluded scieno-speak at the botton of this page. Husband Charles Mears did software work on the INCOMM system. Note also the "hole" in his vita: "1975-1980 Unrelated work experience. (Including marketing, management, research, teaching, electronics, etc..)"
• Amadeo Mena, a spanish Scientologist living in Germany who posted on the usenet to defend his cult.
• Ernest Meyerhoff: best known for his abusive e-mails to the author of this page, in which he called Germany's citizens Germ-mans. Famous for the following quote:

   

  if there is such a thing as a supreme race  it will be the Clears in Scientology

• Sofia Milos, actress
• David Miscavige: the little dictator. He wasn't even able to finish high school (big win for Scientology's Study Technology"!) Read excerpts from a deposition to admire the literacy of David Miscavige.
• Carol Montgomery-Adamsis the vice-president of customer satisfaction of the Alliance Sun / Netscape. She asked $17 admission for a High Tech Career Night that was nothing more than recruiting for scientology.
• Dr. Karl Mörz (also here)
• Kendrick "Rick" Moxon, (also here), former member of the guardian's office and unindicted co-conspirator for providing a fake handwriting sample of Michael Meisner to the government in 1976. He went to law school and is now Scientology's most (in)famous attorney.
• George Murgatroyd 3 ($40,000 donation to the IAS) an attorney who litigated against Eli Lilly, of course without success. His lawfirm changed names often:
  • Coale, Kananack & Murgatroyd, until December 1, 1990
  • Kananack, Murgatroyd & Baum, until January 29, 1993 (found in WISE 1997 list)
  • Kananack, Murgatroyd Baum & Hedlund, until May 14, 1996
  • Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Downey, probably until 2000 (death of Scientologist William Downey)
  • Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo probably until 2004
  • Baum Hedlund probably until 10/2007
  • Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC (visited 10/2010)
  Because of the current name I assumed Murgatroyd was out. But no: he is still in the lawfirm, but his name is gone from the title. He is at the bottom of the name list, he is neither "Partner", nor "Associate" nor "Shareholder", he is just "of counsel". This is really weird. How could he fall so low? I have no idea if they are a scientologist lawfirm, but they advertised in "Who?What?Where?" which is a scientologist business guide. Michael Baum, George Murgatroyd and Paul Hedlund are also investors in the previously scientologist-run company Digital Lightwave, Inc (also on this page). Murgatroyd was in trouble for Ambulance chasing in Indiana. Several people have told me that Michael Baum is indeed one of the unindicted co-conspirators in the 1977 criminal case (the stipulation of evidence signed by all nine defendants mentioned entering the IRS with false credentials and burglary of the Interpol Liaison Office).
• Corin Nemec, a "celebrity" scientologist who played "Parker Lewis" on TV.
• John Novello, a "celebrity" Scientologist. His favourite instrument is the Hammond B3. He plays it in the band / album Niacin (Scientologists believes that niacin "runs-out" radiation out of the body, and ignore that Niacin can be toxic).
• Thorsten Overgaard (also here)
• Jit Patel
• Pier Paderni (also here, listed in WISE 1999 and 2001 Directories as consultant): musician, "total artist" and part-time Hubbard management consultant. He is also involved in Austria (Google search).
  Based in Italy
• Rainer Pagel, a teacher.
• Alice Pero (warning: the site contains "Poetry")
• Michael Pinkus ($100,000 donation to the IAS), sells scientology's cal-mag under the name CalMax. He even claims that it helps against A.D.D. and A.D.H.D.!
• David Pomeranz, a "celebrity" Scientologist
• Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of "The King" Elvis Presley and his "child bride" Priscilla Presley. The King must rotate in his grave, because he said about scientology:

   

  Source: "Elvis Aaron Presley: Revelations From The Memphis Mafia"

  Fuck those people! There's no way I'll ever get involved  with that son-of-a-bitchin' group. All they want is my money.

• Caroline Putnam (also here), an artist
• Keith Relkin claims to be a gay scientologist
• Leah Remini, a celebrity Scientologist
• Michael Riversong (also here and here, alias Michael George Doran): he claims to have dedicated his life to the "worship of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ". Weird, considering that Scientologists rather worship L. Ron Hubbard. Public Statement Regarding Scientology and Christianity
• Evan Robatino ($5000 donation to the IAS) posted a few "positive" posts to a.r.s., but admitted later in a post called Newsgroups of Interest to Scientologists that he never reads the group.
• Jessica Rockwell is a portrait painter and has a famous cousin, and is also related to Victoria Morton (also on this page)
• Jule Rotenberg (also here) is a sculptor whose clients are of course mostly Scientologists
• Pablo Röhrig alias Carl Röhrig (WISE 2004 Directory), an artist
• Zvonimir Rupnik (WISE 1999, 2001 and 2004 directory, also here), presents the usual "make money at home" scheme. He expelled his son Dejan Rupnik of the family home after he started to have doubts about scientology. His entry in the Who is Who from 5.8.1998 (still there on 9.11.2003) mentions that he is a U-Man franchiseholder.
• Andrik Schapers, a minor "celebrity" scientologist. He claims to be a singer, but I remember him rather as a shouter from the 1997 Scientology demonstration in Berlin, Germany. Spooky. The sort of guy needed to "heat up" a fanatic crowd.
• Jeffrey Scott, a minor "celebrity" scientologist, who used the opportunity to insert Scientology concepts into the Muppet Babies
• Misha Segal, a composer and minor "celebrity" scientologist
• Cathy Segal Garcia (also here), jazz singer and minor "celebrity" scientologist
• Doctor Gabriele Segalla sells cosmetics and received the scientology freedom medal in 1991.
  Based in Italy
• Russell Shaw (also here), who postulates that he is really the most successful realtor ever. For a few years, he had a black propaganda page against critics, of which he admitted that he didn't make it himself. He removed the page some day without telling why. My guess is that it was hurting his business.
• Billy Sheehan, a "celebrity" Scientologist who plays the bass guitar. He plays it in the band / album Niacin (Scientologists believes that niacin "runs-out" radiation out of the body, and ignore that Niacin can be toxic). Listen to soundbites here.
• Eric Sherman, a producer / writer / director / consultant in his own mind. The internet movie database lists only one film by him, that he directed in 1969. Eric was also one of the Scientologists who participated in the orchestrated campaign against executive producer Richard Donner and director Tom Mankiewicz of to the film Delirious. (See details in the Scientollywood section). He is also involved with Warner Sisters, also in this page.
• Loren Sherman, claims that scientology is non-dogmatic and non-authoritarian. He also says that "I used to be very introverted, somewhat critical". Yeah, it is not liked if you are "introverted" or "critical".
• G. Megan Shields (also here), physician and involved in the NARCONON fraud. She participates also in "independent" studies about the Scientology Purification Rundown. She also promotes prolotherapy, a questionable therapy. Check her license.
• Ian Shillington: see him shouting "nazi criminal, go back to Germany" at Ursula Caberta and harassing various other people.
• Stu Sjouwerman (FSM, $5000 donation to the IAS, WISE 2001 directory) is also known as Warm Regards Stu was vice-president of PSS, Inc (now defunct) and is Chief Operating Officer of Sunbelt Software Distribution (view corporate information), a Clearwater-based software distributor listed in the WISE 1999 list with Stu as contact. Stu also has the Clearwater-based company 3A Data and is the author of the book Make Money On The Internet. Watch him searching for witnesses for Scientology without mentioning it.
• Rebecca Weiss Sjouwerman and her Gallery
• Julie Snyder (also here and here): probably a talented artist, but she used her skills to design the terrible graphics overkill that can be found on the the Scientology WWW pages. She creates and sells artwork related to music and dancing.
• Neal H. Sobol ($40,000 donation to the IAS, WISE 1993 list with a different lawfirm he was in), attorney
• Peter Somplatzky (WISE 2001 directory) was seen on de.soc.weltanschauung.scientologyfor a while and sells a little software which he calls a "CRM". He is also the CEO (Geschäftsführer) of Net Call Media GmbH, a company that does web design.
• Michelle Stafford, actress
• Herman Strijewski was the only pre-clear to be audited on one day at "Flag"! I predicted that the foto of it would be removed (scientology claims it "expands"), and Yes! in April 1998 he put a password on it and removed all his (unintentionally funny) scientology images. Same for a page for his brother Alex Strijewski, a "perfect" class 4 mind controller who is so good at his Nintendo 64 that he might some day convert it into a Quantum E-Meter.
• Harriet Schock (also here) and the Harriet Schock School of Songwriting
• Josh Stimpson
• Reed Slatkin (WISE 1997 list, $40000 donation to the IAS): this Scientology minister was running a giant Ponzi Scheme which collapsed in 2001. Has has been thrown out of Scientology about a year after. In September 2003, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
• L.D. Sledge, disbarred attorney from Baton Rouge, Louisiana (WISE 1997 list). He was disbarred on 21.10.2003 for neglecting his clients, paying money for referrals, failing to supervise his non-attorney staff & assisting in the unauthorized practice of law. His Scientology success story claims that Scientology has been a major factor in my success as an attorney. The truth is that his Scientology membership was a factor in getting him disbarred because he neglected his office (see footnote 8 of the disbarment document). Read also a newspaper article about the decision.
• Tony Strawn (aka Donald Anthony Strawn), currently serving a 30 years sentence for molesting his daughters. Tony's favourite web site is spr.org, and he already has a free home page from the state of Florida. He is possibly no longer a Scientologist.
• Infomercial con-man Kevin Trudeau not only writes wacky policies like L. Ron Hubbard, he also tells that Scientology auditing and courses have been the most quantifiable in terms of the benefits that I received (The Smoking Gun).
• Cass Warner, see the entry in the company section about Warner Sisters
• Jim Warren (also here) did the cover for Celebrity #353 (a Scientology magazine)
• Peter Warren runs Exo-Brain, Inc. (formerly E-Brain Solutions, LLC). From 1970-1985 he was the "director of worldwide membership recruitment" in Scientology. In 2004 the SEC charged him for defrauding investors; in 2005 he agreed to return much of the money without admitting any guilt; in 2007 this was confirmed by the court. One Peter Warren, who may or may not be the same person, registered patent 7231038 for an eyeglass frame with wireless connection.
  based in Cannes, France and in Chattanooga, TN
• Larry Weeks; he advertises the Basic Study Manual and other "works" of L. Ron Hubbard. His business is called RAM Support Services.
• Richard Weigand, convicted felon
• Kurt Weiland: famous for being convicted twice for slander of a protestant reverend (See the Germany FAQ for the details!)
• Dean Wentling, he was listed as a Morinda distributor (yet another MLM) until Winter 1997
• Gabriel Williams / Gabriel Scott Williams was convicted to 3 years (served 8 months) after pleading guilty to sexual battery and sodomy (California Penal Code) (details of Scientology cover-up by Jeff Quiros and Mark Warlick in interview of husband of the victim). Gabriel Williams has a free home page from the state of California. He is possibly no longer a Scientologist.
• Larry Wheaton crashed the Air Florida 90 plane into the Potomac river near Washington. His widow Joanne Wheaton later tried to defraud their children by donating their insurance money to Scientology. Listen to his last words or read a transcript (also here). Read also a more general discussion of the problem: When Engine Instruments Lie.
• Bruce Wiseman, see Wiseman & Burke in the business section
• Harry K. Wong ($40,000 donation to the IAS, WISE 1993 list but not WISE 1999 list), Chiropractic "Doctor". Harry Wong made a "revenge-picket" at the place of the girlfriend of "Don NOTs", who is the attorney of Keith Henson. Before getting "manipulated", read the NCAHF Position Paper on Chiropractic and An Inside View of a Chiropractic Office (this may or may not be Mr. Wong's office).
  Based in Redwood City, CA

A few companies and organizations owned or managed by people listed as Scientologists

(There is more. See in the Foster Report for the full text)

• Achiever Group (John Bross; WISE 1999 list)
  based in Westborough, MA
• Action Duct Cleaning (Dan Stradford, WISE 1997, 1999 and 2001 directory, $40,000 donation to the IAS; Dan Stradford is also the founder of Safe Harbor)
• ACSLA Advanced Computing Solutions (Gerhard Waterkamp, OT7, 1997 persecution poster-boy). Waterkamp runs also ALARM (Alliance for Liberty and Rights of Minorities), a scientology "grassroots" organisation whining about Germany, that has been suspended since 1998 (verified January 2004). Although the computer skills of Gerhard Waterkamp are shown by this miserably designed website (done with Frontpage 4.0, as of November 2006 with 6.0 but identical), he is quoted in several articles:
  • The Four Perils of CRM and How to Avoid Them, by Drew Robb
  • Customer Relationship Management: Turning Order Dreams into Promises, by Drew Robb
  • CRM: Keeping Up With an Ever-Changing Marketplace, by Drew Robb
  • Act Globally, Serve Locally, by Drew Robb
  • Managing the Windows mixed-mode monster, by Drew Robb
  Yes, all these articles were written by Drew Robb. The name can be found at least 35 times in a Scientology context. Sabine Waterkamp (Gerhard's wife) is also an "expert" for Drew Robb:
  • Your First Server — Finally
• Advanced BioStructural Correction™ (ABC™), also called Advanced Biostructural Therapy™ (ABT™), is a "subluxation"-based system that uses postural analyses to determine the patient's alleged problems. It was developed by Jesse Jutkowitz, D.C., a chiropractor whose license was revoked in 1996 and who now teaches his ideas through "at-home seminars." See more details in an article at Chirobase, which mentioned that Jesse Jutkowitz is a Scientologist. Jutkowitz recommends the Scientology Handbook in an article in his web page. He can be found in the 1997 WISE directory.
  Based in Fairfield, CT
• Aesthetics, Inc (Dr. George E. Springer (also here), WISE 1997 directory) presents us with the result of what we would get if Hannibal Lecter and L. Ron Hubbard discussed improving the e-meter: the Rejuvenique Ultimate Facial Toning System. Of course there is no evidence that it works - quite the opposite, according to an article of the SP Times. Read also a funny article by Ridiculous Informercial Review.
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Aidan Piers (Piers Spingthorpe and Aidan Carlson), car sales. The organisation of the car sales company mentions "management by statistics". Employees are recruited by Source Recruitment and trained at Powertrack International (formerly called Bulger Wicks Management).
  Based in Cheshire, UK
• AireSpring Wireless, Inc (Avi Lonstein; Scientologists Michael Baybak, Dr. Aharon Friedman and Matthew Feshbach are on the advisory board)
• A to B Calm sells "Cal-Mag," a calcium-magnesium drink developed by L. Ron Hubbard. The product is endorsed by Scientologists Karen Black, by former Scientologist John Brodie, and by (former?) Scientologist Bill Church.
  Based in Scottsdale, AZ
• AllGrund Immobilien (Peter Talkenberger), real estate sales. He uses the alias P.P. Talkenberg for his book Miria
  based in Heusenstamm, Germany
• AllMicro Inc (Michael S. Kaplan, $100,000 donation to the IAS, WISE 1997 & 1999 list)
  They sell PC diagnostics products and are based in Clearwater, FL. They have been bought by ForeFront in 1996 (I have no reason or evidence to believe that they are involved in Scientology). Mike Kaplan is now Vice President and General Manager of the Technical Professional Products Division). In 1997, ForeFront donated software to Narconon Chilocco. In 1998, I was pointed to a Yahoo message board alleging that Mike Kaplan runs a boiler room tele sales team.
• Alpha Structural, Inc / Alpha Construction Specialties (David Tourje, WISE 1999 and 2001 directory). They do foundation repair.
  Based in Los Angeles, CA.
• AG zur Entlastung von Führungskräften (WISE 1999, 2001 and 2004 directory, Gerd Pabst and Simone Pabst): a management consulting company.
• Agent Media Corporation, alias AMC Publishing (Bennetta Slaughter, also here - she is the one with sunglasses; WISE 1999 list), the former employer of the late Lisa McPherson.
   

  Ann Carlson (aunt of Lisa McPherson) about Bennetta Slaughter in police interview

  I think that Bennetta is an important person to question  because she is the ringleader of these girls. She is the pusher of these girls and leads them to the brink. She’s the one that led Lisa to the brink and she keeps them thinking that she’s their friend all the time...  that she’s their mother... she’s their confidant...  she’s their sister... she’s whatever they need.  Like this Gloria, she has that young lady thinking that  she’s everything. And she’d take her down just like Lisa.

  Agent Media Corporation has been sold. The new owners do not seem to have any Scientology connection. However, Scientologist Gloria Slaughter will continue in her position as director of sales. Gloria Slaughter is most likely the foster child of Bennetta Slaughter, and was known before as Gloria Cruz. She most likely changed her name because a google search finds a lot about her role in and after the death of Lisa McPherson.

• American Coast Title, Inc (Joel Phillips, who runs Religiousfreedomwatch.org; the other two owners are apparently not Scientologists)
  Based in Glendale, CA
• American Flying Adventures (Hans Peter Tschupp, $40,000 donation to the IAS). They mention Study Technology (click here to learn what Study Technology really is) and their Valuable Final Product is a US Private Pilot License. A search in July 2000 revealed that it has been dissolved in 1993, reinstated a few days later, and dissolved again in 1995, and reinstated in 1999.
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Anthony Turrisi Company (Tony Turrisi): flooring and harassing former Scientologist Charlotte Kates and (on 4.3.2006) leafletting Arnie Lerma's neighbourhood with black propaganda (report)
  Based in Falls Church, VA
• ARC Music Inc. (Horst Tubbesing, WISE 1999 list). Their german distributor lost a court case in which they tried to prevent a critic from alleging a link to Scientology. (Not to be confused with Arc Music, which is a sister company of Chess Records). Horst Tubbesing opened the scientology franchise in New Delhi.
  based in East Grinstead, UK and in Clearwater, FL
• ArtCardMagic.com (Rob Damus): custom designed note cards and greeting cards
  Based in Seattle, WA
• ArtWave Design (Alicia Suarez) - does not seem to be incorporated (as of October 2005)
  based in Tampa Bay, FL and Puerto Rico
• Atkinson-Baker ($40,000 donations to the IAS from Alan and Sheila Atkinson-Baker, WISE 1997 and 1999 list) Court reporters, see Atkinson-Baker & Assoc., Inc. v. Kolts, 7 F.3d 1452, 1454-55 (9th Cir. 1993): In the consolidated Scientology v. Mayo cases supervised by Special Master Kolts, Mayo's counsel Jerold Fagelbaum complained twice because of delays getting transcripts. He also found out that they were Scientologists and made financial contributions. Fagelbaum stated that this affiliation created a conflict of interest and that he would object to Atkinson-Baker providing reporting services in the case. Kolts dismissed the company and ABI sued alleging violation of their religious freedom. The lawsuit was dismissed twice simply because Kolts, as "Special Master" was absolutely immune from suit.
  Read a case study and a feature about them from the website of the scientology front Hubbard College of Administration, and the mail sent to applicants.
  Based in Glendale, CA
• A to B home loans (Bob Nastasi, WISE 1999 list): note the scieno-speak in the company goals: "To provide exchange in abundance", "To get the product you want", etc
  based in San Jose, CA
• Axiom International (David Greenbaum with $5,000 donation to the IAS; Steve Palmer with $40,000 to the IAS; Ed Clark; they are some of the key personnel), a software company. David Greenbaum talks politics!
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Baltimore Academy for Behavioral Optometry (BABO) has a course named Managing, Building & Maintaining a Successful VT Practice has scientology contents like OCA, CSW and Management by Statistics. To a caller, Paul Harris denied being a scientologist, but said that he started with Advisory Associates and now use Expansion Consultants (Toni Bristol, who is mentioned on an Applied Scholastics site).
• Bein & Fushi (Robert Bein, WISE 1997 & 1999 & 2001 directory, $250,000 donation to the IAS; Geoffrey Fushi, $100,000 donation to the IAS): violin sales and repair. Screech!
  Based in Chicago, IL
• Bill Good Marketing, Inc(Bill Good, WISE 1993 & 1999 & 2001 list).
  Their product is called the "electronic Gorilla", possibly a reference to this:

   

  From: HCO Bulletin April 17, AD13

  THE GORILLA GOALS This same pattern, but given in an amusement park with a single tunnel, a roller coaster and a ferris wheel, was used between about 319 trillion years ago to about 256 trillion years ago, a long span. The symbol of a Gorilla was always present in the place the goal was given. Sometimes a large gorilla, black, was seen elsewhere than the park. A Mechanical or a live gorilla was always seen in the park. This activity was conducted by the Hoipolloi, a group of operators in meat body societies.

  Based in South Jordan, UT
• BE Corp (Jean Brasel, $40,000 donation to the IAS, WISE 1997 and 1999 list), features Jean's goofy sailor suit.
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Boingo Wireless Internet Service (Sky Dayton): What he hasn't considered is that what he offers for money is already available for free.
  Based in Sherman Oaks, CA
• Boston Brick and Stone (David Laverdiere, WISE 1999 list with Don Hall) stopped doing business with former scientologist Lawrence Woodcraft after Lawrence was declared a "supressive person" by Scientology for rescuing his daughters.
• Bruning Pottery (Larry Bruning and Judy Bruning)
• Bulldog Capital Management, aka Greyhound Fund, aka Bulldog Private Equity (WISE 1999 list with Ivy Kimmich as contact; the key personnel has Ron Pollack as Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer. The older website (greyhoundpartners.com, vanished some time in 2004) had former CCHR "investigator and fundraiser" Rick Sinense (the CCHR part was removed some time in 2001), Alexander Eckelberry, and CAN buyer Steven L. Hayes). The company has apparently vanished between around 2004/2005.
  based in Clearwater, FL
• Business Success Verkaufs- und Managementtraining GmbH (Sonja Penka, Helmut Penka, Franz Wagner, Johannes Praun, Josef Stocker; WISE 1999, 2001 and 2004, 2005 and 2006 directory) delivers courses like Das unglaubliche Verkaufsseminar. A related company is Fritz Spohn Seminare in Munich.
  Based in Austria, Slovakia and Hungary
• Fast Forward Consulting, Inc formerly named Byrd & Associates, Inc (Richard Byrd, Robert Nelson, who is/was member of the Clearwater Charter Committee): yet another Scientology "Management" front
  based in Clearwater, FL
• California Superbike School (Keith Code, $40,000 donation to the IAS), see also the Celebrity FAQ
• CARS-2-GO, Inc., formerly Clearwater Rent-A-Car (Antje Victore). Antje Victore became known for being the only german Scientologist getting asylum in the US. It later came out that it was based on fraudulent documents: fellow german Scientologists had answered job applications in english (!) that they could not hire her because she is a Scientologist. Read an english translation of article about the fraud or the german article with scans of the fraudulent documents.
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• CEO Software (Michael Loumeau) presents a "workable way" to get out of debt, based on the "administrative technology" of L. Ron Hubbard. It does not mention that Scientology is usually the road to getting into debt!
  Based in Glendale, CA
• Chandler's Soaps (Marie C. Gale and Jere Matlock)
  Based in Broadbent, OR
• Chic Realty (Paola Lombardi Larson alias Paola Larson). One of her real estate "postulates" was Harrison Village of Triangle Development, which was of course never made because the "developers" sold the land to scientology. Paola also claims to have had a 3 years career in FORZA ITALIA, the political party of infamous Italian media mogul Silvio Berlusconi.
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• CityCenter Co. (Ronald Penner, WISE 2001 directory), web design
  based in Pasadena, CA
• ProSpring, formerly Clarity Authoring Services, Inc., formerly Clarity Multimedia (Jack Molisani). In 1995 Jack posted a skurrilous text to alt.religion.scientology and on TNX-L called Liontology but no one seemed to understand what he actually meant.
  based in Irvine, CA
• Clearwater Village, L.L.C. (Bud Reichel, Ido Fischler and Patrick Valtin; George Malnati was mentioned in 2001 but seems to be out). Patrick Valtin was previously a key WISE figure in France. Ido Fishler is mentioned in the WISE 1999 and 2001 directories. Their corporate papers show that their "total contribution" is only $1000 (to build an entire "village"!), and that the real name of Bud Reichel is Bernard K. Reichel, Jr.
• Clear Images, Inc (Karin White / Nick White, WISE 1999 list)
  based in Edgewater, NJ
• Community Publications(Al Ribisi, $40,000 donation to the IAS)
• Competence Software (Lawrence Byrnes, WISE 1999 list, $100,000 donation to the IAS; Larry Byrnes tried to introduce NARCONON propaganda in Clearwater schools)
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Concept Technologies (Thomas Bradford and Janet Mitchel): they attempt to sell the "based on the works of" L. Ron Hubbard book "Speaking from Experience"
  Based in Glendale, CA
• Contacts & Management H. Benneck & Partner GmbH (H. Gerhard Benneck and Ursula Helmer, she sits in the Düsseldorf Charter Committee and is in the WISE 2004 Directory). The wife of Gerhard Benneck is Martine Benneck alias Martine Nilles. A Luxemburg corporate information for Nilles S.a r.L. lists her address in East Grinstead, UK. (Martine is only a tiny tiny minority owner of that Luxemburg company, and I have no information that this company is linked to Scientology)
  Based in Düsseldorf, Germany
• Coale & Van Susteren, a lawfirm of John "Bhopal" Coale and Greta van Susteren. Johnny is also managing partner in the lawfirm Coale Cooley Lietz McInerny & Broadus. Read more about Greta and John on this page!
  They are based in Cleawater, FL and in Washington, DC
• Complete Premium Service Inc. (Jim Clark, WISE 1999 list), has also registered Psychiatry Kills, which sells T-Shirts with those words (WISE 1999 list)
  based in Austin, TX
• Controlled Release Technologies, Inc. (Lynn Burkhart, WISE 1997 list) sells chemical stuff
  based in Clearwater, FL
• Cruse Control creative services (Paul Cruse, WISE 1999 list)
  based in Northwoods, UK
• Darren Desepoli
• Data Resource Consulting, Inc (Laura Betterly, $40,000 donation to the IAS; Robert Cefail / Bob Cefail; 2004 WISE directory), a spamming operation portrayed in the Wall Street Journal. Laura Betterly was also co-founder of Visiosonic, also mentioned on this page. Read also information by the Spamhaus Project, and look at the corporate records. DRC lost a spam-related lawsuit in Kansas in 2003. Laura has moved her activities to In Touch Media Group, Inc (apparently defunct as of April 2009), and then to Yada Yada Marketing.
  Based in Dunedin, FL
• DMA Claims Services, formerly David Morse & Associates until October 2006 (WISE 1993 list, $40,000 donation to the IAS; $100,000 donation from David A. Morse, $100,000 donation from David G. Morse, unclear if these two are related to the company, WISE 1997 & 1999 & 2001 & 2005 & 2006 directory), insurance adjusters. The company motto: "A closed file is our final product".
  Based in Glendale, CA
• David Singer Enterprises (Dr. David Singer), WISE 1999, 2001, 2005 directory, $250,000 donation to the IAS), a "consultant". In 2010, he was sued for religious discrimination by Brett Allen Haugen, for being fired after he partyed with independent scientologists. (Result of lawsuit unknown, such suits are usually settled quietly)
• Deering Banjo Company (Greg Deering and Janet Deering, WISE 2001 Directory)
• Dennel Finance Ltd. was a "prime bank" scam by Scientologist Benjamin Franklin Cook. Visit the Dennel Receivership website to get more information about the fraud. He donated over 1.2 million dollars to scientology and is serving a 17 ½-year prison term.
• Digital Lightwave, Inc (Bryan J. Zwan, $100,000 donation to the IAS; Kenneth T. Myers, $40,000 to the IAS, Denise Licciardi, the sister of David Miscavige, $40,000 to the IAS, (she resigned from DIGL on 11.2.1998); Robert Goransson, $20,000 to the IAS; formerly Doug C. Dohring, $40,000 to the IAS, his other company was WISE 1991 CEO's Circle member; formerly Libby Weigand alias Elizabeth Weigand alias Elizabeth Regan, previously convicted for blackmailing Senator Eagleton (she quit shortly before the IPO, people had questioned the broker house about having a convicted felon in the company; "Libby" also made a career in CRIMINON, another Scientology front). They have issued stocks, so the SEC has lots of info. Another investor is Scientologist George Murgatroyd and other members of his lawfirm. Their stock dropped 83% on 23.1.1998 when their creative bookkeeping was revealed (they counted products shipped to distributors as sold). DIGL has been hit with 23 class action lawsuits! These were settled in July 1998 - partly with insurance money!! Most interesting is an earlier lawsuit by H. Brian Haney who claims to have been defrauded into selling his shares at a ridiculously low price after his wife was no longer a scientologist in good standing and Haney had refused to divorce her (the lawsuit was settled in November 1998). At the beginning of 1999 Zwan quit as CEO and president, and was replaced by a non scientologist. Zwan did however remain chairman of the board. On 31.4.1999 Haney sued again, claiming that the terms of the settlement agreement had been breached and requesting that the settlement agreement be specifically enforced and that damages in excess of $75,000 be awarded, or, alternatively, that the settlement agreement be set aside. (See also description of the lawsuit, which mentions scientology) The lawsuit was apparently settled at the end of the year 2000. On 26.1.2000, non-scientologist CEO Gerry Chastelet said in the St. Petersburg Times: "Digital Lightwave is not a Scientology company." On 28.3.2000 the SEC sued Bryan J. Zwan for fraud for his 1997 creative bookkeeping; the complaint describes in every detail the scheme used by Zwan to "postulate" earnings. On 24.10.2001, Zwan announced that he and the SEC had agreed to settle the commission's action by consenting, without admitting or denying any of the commission's allegations, to an injunction prohibiting him from violating reporting and record keeping provisions of the federal securities laws. (Keep in mind that the litigation department of the SEC was destroyed by the terrorist attack of September 11). Two days after this, Zwan rejoined the board. On January 23th, the non-Scientologist CEO resigned and Zwan came back as CEO.
  The website digl-watch.com is online! Tons of data about the fraud.
  Good summary article by the St. Petersburg Times.
  On January 15, 2010, Digital Lightwave announced that the company would get private; through his front Optel Acquisition Corp., Zwan has bought back most of the shares. The remaining shareholders will get five and a half cents per share. This completes the "cycle": the money obviously came from the IPO years earlier, when one share sold for $12. Zwan made a ton of money from it, and when the smoke cleared after over a decade, he still owns the company.
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Flasch Business Consulting with DoctorRelation.com (Helmut Flasch, WISE 1997, 1999 and 2001 directory, previously Mission Holder for Bombay and Hellen Chen, also here). Court cases:
  • John Lary v. Flasch Business Consulting: unsolicited fax advertising to a doctor's fax machine
  • Dr. Paul Guerrino v. Yin Chew (also here): Dr. Paul Guerrino was a partner of Flasch Business Consulting and the company didn't want to return his domain name after the partnership ended.
  Based in Northridge, CA
• The Dohring Company (Laurie Dohring $100,000 donation to the IAS, and Doug Dohring $40,000 donation to the IAS; company is WISE 1991 CEO's Circle member, also in WISE 1997 & 1999 list, and mentioned on the WISE website), a marketing research company for the automotive industry. They have also registered the OpinionSurveys.Com domain. Doug Dohring is also featured on the website of the scientology front Hubbard College of Administration. His "individual" Scientology page vanished in February 2004; an archived copy is still available. Doug Dohring also founded Neopets ®, which was sold to MTV in June 2005.
  Based in Glendale, CA
• Distribution Video & Audio (Founded 1988 by Ben Kugler, now run by his sons Ryan Kugler and Brad Kugler, WISE 1999, 2001, 2004 directories). Ben Kugler is the ex of Nan Herst Bowers, who was harassed by Scientology around 1993 because it suspected she had revealed to the press that Tom Cruise is a scientologist. Son Ryan Kugler attempted suicide at age 10 at a Scientology school according to FACTNet.
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Dr. Clark Research Association (President: David P. Amreim): Dr. Hulda Clark (probably not a scientologist) has found out the cure for cancer and AIDS and everything: body thetans! (or rather: the "human intestinal fluke" and other "parasites"). How to get rid out these parasites? With herbs or with a zapper. Read also The Bizarre Claims of Hulda Clark by Quackwatch. Latest news January 2001: Hulda Clark, Scientologist David Amrein, and Tim Bolen have been sued by Stephen Barrett, Terry Polevoy and Christopher Grell for libel. The complaint shows an amazing example of black propaganda. David P. Amrein, the Dr. Clark Research Association, and others have been charged by the FTC with making unsubstantiated health claims. The case was settled in 2004. After that, Amrein has separated an informational site that isn't selling (which he claims is not run by him - but for some reason, it is registered to Dr. Clark Forschungs-Vereinigung and Amrein David P. as of June 2009) from the sales site (that is not making any claims).
  Based in San Diego, CA and in Buchrain, Switzerland
• Drain Patrol (WISE 1999 directory, with big ad "...expanding rapidly by applying LRH admin and Establishment Officer Tech). They even had a Drain Patrol University (until 2003) which was of course nothing more than Scientology courses.
• Earthlink Network, Inc. (Sky Dayton). Sky is shy. He publicly offered to answer questions, but did not even answer my e-mail asking him for the names of his investors. The reason came out when they made their SEC filing: Two investors, Kevin O'Donnell (a former Guardian Office staff member, who now (2001) also controls controls the movie firm Beacon Communications) and Reed Slatkin, are Scientologists! (Slatkin is also listed in the WISE 1997 list and was caught in May 2001 running a Ponzi scheme); Some other info is available:
  • Peter Hall sued Earthlink for libelling him as a spammer and wrongly cancelling his account and withholding 591 e-mails. (He lost)
  • Search the SEC for Earthlink
  • EarthLink's Passwords Are Naked: its support employees have full access to the passwords of its 4.9 million subscribers.
     
  In August 1999, a declaration from Robert J. Cipriano surfaced, a guy who had formerly been a witness for scientology. In it (Nr. 37 and 39), he says that Scientology attorney Kendrick Moxon arranged him a job at Earthlink, although Earthlink wasn't hiring; and that one Michael Hamra told him that Scientology has access to the Earthlink subscriber database, and that the scientology internet monitoring is done from Earthlink offices.
  Later in 1999 Earthlink and Mindspring announced a merger. As a result, Earthlink founder "Sky" Dayton was downgraded to "director" of the company. On August 2, 2000 Sky Dayton was upgraded to Chairman of the Board.
  Sky Dayton promotes Scientology through the Applied Scholastics Scientology front.
  Sky Dayton is CEO of SK Earthlink, a joint venture of SK Telecom and Earthlink.
• easy train (Beat Bühler, $20,000 donation to the IAS, WISE 2001 and 2004 Directory; three of the other people mentioned in the portrait, Robert Reinhard, Yvonne Steiner and Rita Waser can also be found in Scientology lists; Andreas Obenauer is also listed in the WISE 2001 Directory but with a Munich location), a "management training" company with a lot of scieno-speak.
  Based in Wettswil, Switzerland
• Eberhard Marketing Communications (John Eberhard) a marketing and advertising firm.
  Based is El Monte, CA
• eCompanies (scientologist Sky Dayton is co-founder with a non-scientologist - however his name vanished from the website in 11/2001), hopes to be an "incubator" for Internet start-ups. As this failed, eCompanies is now only a holding company for the investments of him and his non-Scientology partner, which are business.com (for which he paid 7.5 million dollars!) and boingo.com.
• Effective Translations (Greg Churilov): a translation agency. He uses a bogus phone# in the registration records, but the address ciscodanconia@yahoo.com is real. He has also registered the domain Liveandgrow.org, which is used as a google spam portal.
  Based in San Diego, CA
• eLearnAid (Bernard Littman, WISE 1999 list): sells dictionaries, dictionaries, dictionaries.
  based in Los Angeles, CA
• E-M Designs, Inc (Mike Elliot, WISE 1999 list)
  based in Half Moon Bay, CA
• Emanation, Inc. (Tom Jacoby, WISE 2001 directory): they advertise their WISE membership and advertise dianetics
  Based in New Hyde Park, NY
• Environmental Building Products (Bill Loftus, WISE 1997 list, $40,000 donation to the IAS)
  based in Clearwater, FL
• Estey International (Chris Estey, $100,000 donation to the IAS, and Tina Estey, $40,000 donation to the IAS, WISE 1999 list) markets cosmetics under the name true colors. According to a former employee, the office of Mr. Estey is a "shrine to L. Ron Hubbard".
  based in Chatsworth, CA
• Event Management Services (Marsha Friedman, WISE 2001 directory), a firm that tries to place its clients on talk radio so that they can advertise their products or services in "interviews".
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Diskeeper Corporation formerly Executive Software (Craig Jensen, former Guardian Office staff member, OT8, $250,000 donation to the IAS, WISE CEO'S CIRCLE Chairman in the year ????, WISE 1999 and 2001 directory, multiple winner of the "Model of Admin Know-How") The WWW page had tons of scieno-speak, but this seems to have been removed around the beginning or the year 2000 when german media reported on the company. Read a case study and a feature about them from the scientology front Hubbard College of Administration. And consider the complaint of Donna L. Page for racial and religious discrimination. (Has probably been settled by now). In 2008 the company has been sued again by two high-level employees (the former CIO and the Automation Planning Officer), alleging that Scientology training was a condition of employment and that their refusal to participate led to their dismissal. Read a document by Craig Jensen that shows that this deluded scientologist creates "policies" like he'd be some mini-Elron!
  The biggest success of the company is having 2nd generation Scientologist Zack Gainsforth at Microsoft to integrate Diskeeper into Windows 2000. Of course, if you believe that it contains a trojan allowing Scientology to detect computers with "entheta activities", despite Microsoft saying that it has examined the source code, you must be paranoid. (I certainly am!) Thanks to one year of german pressure, Microsoft has finally explained how to deinstall DISKEEPER.
  Executive Software is based in Glendale, CA
  
• Falkow, Inc (Sally Falkow): PR for Bridge Publications, Applied Scholastics and other Scientology front groups. She sometimes represents herself as a "freelance writer about health issues".
  based in Pasadena, CA
• Fidelity Creditor Service, Inc (Walter Carleton, WISE 1997, 1999, 2001 directory). I wonder if they also collect freeloader bills.
• Financial Rescue Services (Martha Levitsky alias Martha E. Kerchen and Mary Beth Harper alias Mary Beth Scholz, WISE 1999 and 2001 directories): a bogus debt negotiation service. The scam was stopped by the FTC in 2004 (read the complaint) after investigation by the media (August 2003 and May 2004). In may 2004, the homepage switched to "under construction", but the other pages still work.
  based in Burbank, California
• First Search, Inc (Al Katz, Chuck Szajkovics and Mike Zarnek), a job recruiting company that promotes the World Literacy Crusade, a "literacy" front of Scientology.
  Based in Chicago, IL
• The Florence Art Academy (Domenico Mileto) had this in "Celebrity", the magazine of the Celebrity Centre in Florence, Italy in February 2007:

  Up till now the school had hundreds of students who found the professionality of Domenico's and his aides', as well as a scientologist who teaches through the study technology and disseminates the knowledge of Scientology itself; many students of his, infact, receive services at the Celebrity Center.

• Fortis Software (Uri Minkoff, Paul McDaniel, Mark Patton, Allan McDaniel).
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Foundation for Native State, Inc (John Lindman): apparently a scheme to sell the purification rundown to native americans. The domain registration was not done by John, but by "Warm Regards" Stu Sjouwerman of Sunbelt.
• Freedom Motorsports Group (Grant Cardone is CEO, Kenton Gray is the founder): Dianetics Racing Team at NASCAR. According to this press release of May 2006, Scientologists Mac Graham and Steve Poore will be handling corporate investor and sponsor relations and Scientologist Rex Perry of Perry Multimedia, Inc. will be handling Internet promotion and PR. Scientologist Harvey Schmiedeke of Survival Strategies will be an "advisory board member".
  based in El Monte, CA
• Fundamental Technology (Soren Kierkegaard; WISE 1999 list) holds "Technologies" created wholly or partially by Soren Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard is the name he took, based on the Danish philosopher.
  based in Auckland, NZ.
• Front Sight Firearms Training Institute (Dr. Ignatius Piazza alias "Naish", WISE 1997 list - as chiropractic, but the fax (408) 684-2137 was the same from 1996 until 1998, when it changed to the similar (831) 684-2137). Beware if Dr. Piazza applies the scientology code of honor: Never fear to hurt another for a just cause. Here a positive article about him. He filed a lawsuit against Diana Mertz Hsieh in October 2002 because he considers it libellous to be associated with Scientology, although he admitted it himself! Read also the expert report by Prof. Dr. Stephen Kent for the defendant. (The lawsuit has apparently been quietly settled early 2005. In November 2005, Diana Hsieh still had this blog text online - this suggests that the settlement was favorable to her) Piazza himself now claims to be a catholic. Piazza has been sued under the RICO law.
  Based in Aptos, CA
• Get in Comm: apparently a closed mailing list for Scientology cultists
  based in Glendale, CA
• Grant Cardone Enterprises (Grant Cardone, $40,000 donation to the IAS): motivational speaking and also Dianetics repackaged as a DVD
  Cardone is also the CEO of Freedom Motorsports, also on this page
  Based in Los Angeles, CA
• The I-20 Animal Medical Center (Mauri Karger, WISE 1997, 1999 and 2001 directory, $40,000 donation to the IAS) had pressured its employees to attend scientology courses. Bad idea: six of them sued and got a $150,000 settlement. Read an expert report prepared for the plaintiff in the case of EEOC v. I-20 Animal Medical Center.
  Based in Arlington, TX
• Gloves in a bottle, Inc (Klaus Hilgers, known from Epoch Consultants)
  Based in Montrose, CA
• KEMPE Grundbesitz & Anlagen AG (Klaus Kempe, he is also mentioned in the WISE 1999, 2001 and 2004 directory), a real estate company
• Kenneth J. Gerbino & Company Investment Management (Kenneth Gerbino, $40,000 donation to the IAS). He forgot to mention the TIME article of 1991 is not mentioned on his media page.
  Based in Beverly Hills, CA.
• Krebs Immobilien (Viola Krebs). Her husband Peter Krebs is also involved.
  based in Fichtenwalde, Germany
• Peter Gillham Nutrition (Peter Gillham (also here) WISE 1991 list, WISE 1997, 1999 and 2001 directory). He was the scientology franchise holder for Phoenix, AZ, and was the husband of the late Yvonne Jentzsch before she married Heber.
  Based in Clearwater, FL.
• G+G Vitamins (WISE 1999, 2001 directory) run by former GO staffers David Gaiman (unindicted co-conspirator) and Sheila Gaiman
• Government Technology Magazine and Converge Magazine and the Center for Digital Education (the center executive profiles mentions Scientologists Cathilea Robinett and Bernard Percy in October 2003; Bernard Percy was previously involved with the World Literacy Crusade Scientology front). The magazine is owned by GMW (which was later renamed into e.Republic), which is listed in the WISE 2001 and 2004 directories with Dennis McKenna as contact, in 1999 with Bob Graves as contact. Dennis McKenna was spokesman for scientology at the time "Operation Freak-out" was exposed, and he said about the harassment (which included framing scientology critic Paulette Cooper by making up a bomb threat): This situation is not in perspective until one examines the extent to which Miss Cooper was covertly working with the FBI and other federal agencies. Dennis McKenna is also a copyright expert for scientology. I also noticed the name Don Pearson on the website (he is Executive Vice President of e.Republic), known from the Allstate fiasco. The magazine covertly promotes scientology, through the front groups Applied Scholastics (alias "Effective Training Solutions") and its director Ingrid Gudenas, FASE and Criminon:
  • July 1996: Study technology and Ingrid Gudenas and Applied Scholastics
  • July 1997: Same again
  • June 1998: Study technology and Ingrid Gudenas (mentions that people from Cisco have been trained that way)
  • November 1998: Same again
  • November 1999: Promotion for FASE by Scientologist Steven Ferry
  • February 1999: Mark Siegel of Scientology's Delphian School
  • November 2000: Study technology and Ingrid Gudenas
  • December 2000: Sky Dayton and the Delphian School
  • January 2001: Mark Siegel of Scientology's Delphian School and Ingrid Gudenas
  • March 2001: Promotion of Criminon by Scientologist Steven Ferry
  • October 2003: Ingrid Gudenas with Hats & Stats
  On amazon.com, jbevan@govtech.net wrote that L. Ron Hubbard book Speaking from Experience has been adopted as a basic staff orientation manual in the company. (The review is still there, but the name has been removed). More scientologists can be found here and elsewhere on their website: Jon Fyffe and Pam Fyffe ($40,000 donation to the IAS from both), Cathilea Robinett, Susan Sweetland (who was also in Avatar!), Gloria Leacox, Arlene Boeger, John Stanard, Victor Rivero, Susan Karnovsky, Steven Ferry, ...
  The California Computer News is also part of e.Republic, the publisher is Scientologist Craig Miller.
  The Sacramento News & Review has written a long article about e.Republic.
  Based in Folsom, CA
• HandyGirl Professional Organizing (Cyndi Seidler) offers to organize you professionally.
  Based in Northridge, CA
• Happy Paws (Roy Anderson, WISE 2001 directory)
  based in Clearwater, FL
• Harlingen Family Dentistry (Juan Villarreal, WISE 1997, 1999, 2001 directory, 9th consecutive year Model of Admin Know-How winner, $250,000 donation to the IAS) has been sued in 2002 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of former employees who refused to attend scientology "management" courses. The case was settled in 2003.
  based in Harlingen, TX
• Health Investments International (Art Del Barrio), cures your pain and therefore their product is called "Look Ma...NO PAIN"
• Hollander Consultants, Inc, another "management front", uses also the alias Silkin Management Group since 2008, possibly because of the bad PR (see corporate data). In the WISE 1991 list they were WISE CEO Circle members, and run by Larry Silver and Fred King. The list entry had: delivers consulting based solely on LRH tech. Their WISE 1997 directory entry had Train executives and staff in the Hubbard Administrative tech throughout the US and Canada and the website does mention (October 2003) that they use the Hubbard organizational and management technology. Also in the WISE 1999 list but without the description of 1997. In an interview with WISE Prosperity Magazine, Alan Hollander, president of Hollander Consulting, said that they got 82 people started on the Bridge (i.e. having entered Scientology). In another interview with WISE Prosperity Magazine, Larry Silver said that one of his greatest joys is to see our clients get on The Bridge. Read the corporate information on Hollander Consultants, Inc and on Hollander Management Services, Inc..
  Mike Gormez has a page on Hollander.
  A press release from November 2004 mentions one Matthew Bratschi. This is actually Matt Bratschi, who worked for the propaganda department (OSA) of Scientology in Washington DC.
  Allen Jackson, Deputy CEO and Vice President for Sales at Hollander, admits in his "individual" Scientology page (December 2004): Because of my consulting background I can help anyone expand their business or their personal life by working with them with Scientology. Thanks for this confession, Allen!
  Based in Portland, Oregon
• I.D.E.A.S. (Marc De Turck, also here and here): web design and help with everything
  Based in Brussels, Belgium
• Imprimerie Vallorbe (Richard Künzli, $40000 to the IAS)
• InfoGroup Services, they adversise their WISE membership on their home page
• InnTechnology (Gary Beeny; WISE 1999 list; Mr. Beeny acted as Scientology's strawman in buying the CAN judgement from Jason Scott). They do telephonic technology for the hospitality industry.
  based in Glendale, CA
• Integrity Jewelry , also at www.golditis.com (CCHR activist Clay Bock): they got caught with copyright violation.
  based in Garden Grove, CA
• Intelligence Network Online, Inc. (George Pilat, Suzanne Pilat, Bruce Ullmann; George and Bruce are both unindicted GO co-conspirators; Bruce donated $20000 to the IAS, see the incorporation info), a Tampa Bay ISP.
• The Internet Design Line (registered to Julie Snyder, although her name doesn't appear on the pages)
• Jaffe & Soeder (Lawrence Jaffe with $100,000 donation to the IAS; Noomi Jaffe; Jon Soeder with $40,000 donation to the IAS; WISE 1997 and 1999 list), a marketing company. They tell: "we live in a world filled with communication". Gee, I didn't notice that before. Some of their clients are also Scientologists: Peter Gilham Nutrition, Ray Cassano Enterprises, Wiseman & Burke. In July 1997 the web site was redesigned without the name Soeder and is called Jaffe, Inc. and the original site disappeared at the end of 1998. Jon Soeder reappared with Soeder Designs in January 1998 and disappeared at the beginning of 2000 (although he had many ads in the WISE 1999 directory!) and is no longer listed in the WISE 2001 directory. It seemed that Soeder was the better designer of the two. In 2001, I noticed that Jaffe has now renamed his site Jaffe2 Marketing Intelligence and is no longer listed inthe WISE 2001 directory. In 2003 I found out that Soeder is art director for Source, the magazine of the Scientology Flag Land base in Clearwater.
  Based in Glendale, CA.
• SuperTheta.com: another "confidential" mailing list for Scientologists. Membership is $60 a year.
• Halverson-Quigley Management Systems (William B. Halverson and Harrison Quigley, contact for the Los Angeles Charter Committee): ISO 9000 implementation with the Scientology Hubbard Management System.
  Based in Clearwater, FL and in Granada Hills, CA
• Hans-Peter Jeschke (also here) sold toner and ink cartridges for some time, had the domain Kick-Back.net, a wannabe shopping portal that closed in 2000. He also has the domain web-promotion.net.
  based in Clearwater, FL
• In Touch Media Group, Inc (spam queen Laura Betterly, $40,000 donation to the IAS and her husband Steven Blom / Steve Blom; Robert Cefail / Bob Cefail and Anatola Cefail / Toli Cefail; Linda Batdorf). The company was formerly known as Universal Healthcare Management Systems, Inc and was then renamed (SEC filing of June 2, 2005, also here) and merged with Laura's spamming company Data Resource Consulting (also on this page) I assume UHMS was a company shell that was bought to have a OTC license. Laura Betterly was also co-founder of Visiosonic, also mentioned on this page. Robert Cefail is known from the "Future Films" scam, where people were told to call a 900-number for up to $12 a call to tell what kind of movies they'd like to be produced. Of course, no movie was ever made, but callers found Scientology literature in their mailbox. He has been sued by mentally disabled former scientologist Raul Lopez. The lawsuit alleged that monies, which were to be invested into inmate telecommunications for correctional facilities, were instead donated to Scientology as part of a "reg cycle".
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Yada Yada Marketing, Inc (spam queen Laura Betterly, $40,000 donation to the IAS, her husband Steven Blom / Steve Blom; Drew Graef). Laura Betterly was also co-founder of Visiosonic, also mentioned on this page.
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Kenwalt Die Casting (Ken Zaucha, WISE 1999 list)
  Based in Sun Valley, CA
• King Computer Services, Inc. of Tujunga, CA (Mo Budlong, WISE 1993 list, $5,000 donation to the IAS).
  In 1980, Mo was sentenced to two to six years imprisonment for burglary in what prosecutors called a scheme to steal government documents. Now he's a good citizen and works with his wife Helen in the computer biz, and has authored several books:
  • The secrets of ROM revealed
  • Moving from COBOL to C
  • Teach yourself COBOL in 21 days
  • COBOL, Just in Time!
  • COBOL, Dates and the Year 2000
  You can use Google Groups to look up usenet posts by Mo Budlong and by Helen Budlong.
• Kismet Group, Kismet business brokering, Kismet Consulting, Kismet real estate investments, Kismet Mortgage, Kismet real estate property management, all with Willard Michlin, the candidate of the California Libertarian Party for the CA State Assembly (43rd District: Glendale, Burbank, Los Feliz, and Hollywood; $40,000 donation to the IAS). In his 1996 election bio he mentioned "Hubbard College of Administration, Hollywood California Certified Business Consultant". He is of course also with C.A.T.S.
• Knusperstube Bäckerei GmbH (WISE 1999, 2001, 2005 and 2006 directory; Edwin Storfer, $40,000 to the IAS, proudly mentions WISE, also contact for the Vienna Charter Committee in the WISE 2005 and 2006 directories, and on their website as of April 2009). This is a large scale backery that delivers to the discount chains Hofer (This is the name of ALDI in Austria) and Mondo. His entry in the Who is Who of 13.7.2000 (still there on 11.9.2003) mentions that he runs the Scientology Mission Wolfsberg. His son Paul Storfer is Executive Director of WISE Europe (March 2010).
  based in St. Gertraud (Kärnten), Austria
• The Kroiss Cancer Center (Thomas Kroiss, exposed as a Scientologist by El Awadalla)
  based in Austria
• Larry's House (Larry Master), a "counseling center" for children, but actually a "qual facility", as he admitted. It was apparently shut down in May 2004, because Larry has been asked to "spearhead an important research study related to children’s health issues".
  based in Riverside, CA
• Leahy & Associates, Inc alias hightechbiz.com (Liam Leahy, WISE 1997 directory), features also CAN "buyer" Steven L. Hayes, Dr. Robert E. Brooks, Jack Potter, Jeff Hodgson, Anthony Wyant (a former scientology official), Jon von Gunten, and Suzette White (daughter of L. Ron Hubbard).
• Lending Universe (Management: Moshon Reuveni, Fred Mikan, Tony Lonstein and Michael Baybak), a marketplace for loans
  Based in Toluca Lake, CA
• Lewis Bass International, Inc (Lewis Bass, WISE 1999 list), Product Liability Prevention
  based in Campbell, CA
• Lidl Dachbewirtschaftung(Monika Lidl)
  based in Gelting, Germany
• LifeWorks Wellness Center and BodyHealth.com Inc. (David I. Minkoff, M.D. (also here), WISE 1999, 2001 directory). David Minkoff is the Scientologist doctor who prescribed injectable liquid Valium and later chloral hydrate to Lisa McPherson over the phone, although he knew nothing about her nor had he seen her, and later falsely claimed that she had died of a strep infection. David Minkoff was one of the defendants in the wrongful death lawsuit and settled very quickly for $100,000. He offers treatments like NAET. Read the opinion of Chirobase on NAET. News in October 2000: David Minkoff has been sued again because of his role in the death of a patient who visited his emergency room. No wonder that he is no longer practicing in the New Port Richey Hospital. Latest news from August 2000: David Minkoff has been sanctioned by the Florida Board of Medicine (court decision), and will lose his license for a year, have to pay $10,000. His practitioner profile at the FL Dept. of Health shows the status of his license. The Medical Board of California has also an entry on him (5 years probabtion) for the same reason. You can get the files here by searching for license 30196. The documents mention (on page 30) patient "L. M." who was involved with a "religious organization".
• MAGNA Computer Corp (James Forte (also here) WISE 1997 list): The company sells information systems and consulting to the vacation ownership industry. His personal home page has it: he designs drills (!) for training tour guides, he cares about statistics, he is expanding, he is a supporter of CCHR (he has removed the link) and a sailor! He also mentions the Executive Booster Program delivered by Epoch Consultants (who is mentioned as WISE CEO Circle member in 1991 WISE list). See also his wacky org board.
• Management Success! (Mike Lee, WISE 1997 and 1999 list)
  based in Glendale, CA
• Marvan Installateur (Ferdinand Marvan, $100,000 donation to the IAS): Sanitary installations
  based in Vienna, Austria
• Mark Roberts Motion Control ($100,000 donation to the IAS, WISE member in 1997): they manufacture computer controlled robots to run cameras.
  Based in East Grinstead, Sussex, England.
• Maulfair Medical Center (Conrad G. Maulfair Jr, D.O., WISE 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004 directories): Maulfair "diagnosed" Scientologist Jeremy Perkins by analyzing a hair sample (Quackwatch info) and wanted to "treat" him with Chelation therapy (Quackwatch info). Jeremy Perkins was actually schizophrenic and stabbed his mother Elli Perkins 77 times. More details about Conrad Maulfair on this page.
  Based in Topton, PA
• Measurable Solutions, Inc. (Shaun Kirk, WISE 1999, 2001 Directory)
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• McPhee & Associates (A. Lloyd McPhee), managed care stop loss broker.
  based in Glendale, CA
• Ha. A. Mehler alias Horst Mehler, Scientologist author and publisher. Several of his books presented Scientology or Scientologists in "stealth" form, i.e. they didn't have the word Scientology in the title, but were full of it (e.g. the books "Manager Geheimnisse", "Selfmademen und Millionäre", "Psychiatrie - der sanfte Schrei"). Here's a critical opinion in german about him.
• Micro 2000 (Robert McFarlane, WISE 1999 , 2001 directory, $100,000 donation to the IAS)
  They sell PC diagnostics products and are based in Glendale, CA.
• Mo Duk Pai kung fu (Fred King, who also owns Hollander Consultants). See the corporate information. Isn't this "mixing practices"? After all, they advertise with the line "Martial Arts training for body, mind and spirit".
  Based in Portland, Oregon
• Moxon & Bartilson: "The Firm". Has been renamed to Moxon and Kobrin because Laurie Barilson wanted to have more time to manage her actress daughter Lynsey Bartilson in spring 1998. A third member of the firm is Scientologist Ava Marie Sandlin (formerly Ava Paquette).
• Mr. Jim's Pizza (Jim Johnson): Jim Johnson openly credits his business success to Scientology.
  Addison, TX
• MuttShack Animal Rescue Foundation (Martin St John and Amanda St John) - it's not a shelter, and they don't actually rescue animals. Instead, they claim to have a "network of volunteers" who do it in their own homes. As of October 2005, Muttshack could not be found on GuideStar or on the California Business Search. The website is registered to The SnJhn Consulting Group, LLC. of Nevada. Muttshack is a National Heritage Foundation Project and could be found there on October 2005.
• MyVites.com (Dr. Neal Springer D.C., WISE 1999, 2001 directory, $40,000 donation to the IAS) has the usual vitamins. Most of the success stories are of course from fellow Scientologists.
  Based in Los Angeles, CA
• National Association for Advancement of Medicine, National Association for Alternative Medicine and Allstate Car Donation Association (Kent Stryker): was exposed in 1998 by ABC for running "charities" that had similar names than actual charities. The scientology spam page of Kent Stryker was quickly removed, but Scientology has not claimed that he was excluded, or that they refunded his donations to return them to his victims. Kent Stryker was in the WISE 2001 directory. Read also what a former employee has to tell. Kent Ray Stryker has been sentenced to over 4 years in prison!
  based in Glendale, CA
• Natural Balance (Mark Owens; WISE 1999 directory), sells the usual nutritional supplements.
  Based in Castle Rock, CO
• Neopets ® (Doug Dohring is Chairman and CEO, $40,000 to the IAS; as of 2008, some, but not all in the management team were Scientologists: Lee Borth is COO; Rik Kinney is Executive Vice President; Bill McCaffrey is CTO; Chris Davis is VP of Sales), a free virtual pet site on the Internet with product placement integrated into the website content (they name this immersive advertising ®). Neopets was sold to MTV in June 2005; according to news articles, Doug Dohring will remain in charge.
  based in Glendale, CA
• Networking Dynamics Corporation (WISE 1997 directory): they make software for DEC computers. Note the triangle in their logo.
  Based in Clearwater, FL.
• Nutrina Co. Inc. (Jorge Flores, WISE 1999 and 2001 directory): vitamins
  based in Clearwater, FL
• Olson Graphics Solutions (Daphne Olson; WISE 1999 directory)
  Based in Patterson, NY
• Omnitronix (Tim Stoner, Bill Vineyard, Tammy Arnold, company in WISE 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2004 directories), an electronics company.
  Based in Seattle, WA
• One Step Data (Scott Kreisberg, WISE 1999 list, Dan Jablons), sells POS and Inventory Control systems for retailers
  based in Glendale, CA
• One Stoppe Shoppe (Paris Morfopoulos, WISE 1999, 2001 directory), a convenience store near "Flag" that discriminates non-Scientologists.
• On Target Research (Bruce Wiseman, $5,000 donation to the IAS; WISE 1999 list; "president" is apparently Harrison Quigley), a Marketing Research & Survey company
  based in Glendale, CA
• Pacific Management Consultants (Marc Silber, WISE 1997 list, WISE 1999 list, previously "co-owned" Hollander consultants)
  based in Campbell, CA
• Perfect Nails (Robert Thum, WISE 2006 Directory): read also Robert's success story and interview at Business Success, a company also featured on this page.
  based in Klagenfurt, Austria
• PageMasters (Chris Coleman and Mark Ferguson), a web design firm
  based in Tustin, CA
• Pinellas County Gulf Coast Real Estate (Mark W. Pope). His references reads like a Scientologist gallery ("Thetan Ed", Kurt Feshbach, Applied Scholastics). Really hilarious is his résumé: He calls the Guardian's office an international management organization, and his reason for leaving wasn't that the GO was closed for being too criminal even for Scientology standards and its leaders sent to jail, no, he just wanted to relocate. BWAHAHAHA!
  Mark is probably a 2nd (or more) generation Scientologist – he was on the Apollo ship in 1968, when he was only 7 years old, and worked as "messenger" for the cult leader who was hiding from the Law in the mediterranean sea.
  According to Jana Moreillon, Mark Pope was also part of the effort to infiltrate CADA, an independant Dianetics group. He ran for the office of Vice President, but was defeated and exposed as Scientologist.
• Planetary Engineering Group Earth "PEGE", founded by Roland Moesl: they promote everything from solar energy to orgone energy.
  Based in Salzburg, Austria
• Praun Consulting previously Johannes Praun Management Training (Mag. Johannes Praun, listed in the WISE 1999, 2001 and 2004 directory with "Consultants in Hubbard Management Tech", $40,000 donation to the IAS), with the Epoch Business Analysis (Epoch is mentioned on this page, read an analysis of the test).
  Based in Vienna, Austria
• The Debt Solution (Duane Anderson)
• Race Tire Service Inc. (Steve Brubaker) sells DUNLOP motorcycle racing tires to racers.
  based in Antioch, TN
• Ray Cassano Enterprises (Ray Cassano and Kim Bright Cassano, $250,000 donation to the IAS, WISE 1991 list, WISE 1997 list as Kim Bright-Cassano Enterprises, WISE 1999 list both as Ray Cassano Enterprises and as Kim Bright-Cassano). He seems to be successful in a blue algae MLM scheme (Cell Tech) and calls it a Workable System to Health, Wealth and Financial Freedom. And I thought Scientology is the only workable system!
  Are you skeptical? Do you think it's a scum scam? Then read
  • National Council Against Health Fraud on blue-green algae (also here)
  • More from the NCAHF ... learn where the B12 comes from (also here)
  • QuackWatch on blue-green algae
  • Elixirs of Life or Modern Day Snake Oils? MLM products sneak past federal regulations
  • Pond scum or green gold?
  Or you might ask Carrie Slaughterbeck, 23, who was found dead in her Clearwater apartment in March 1997 after receiving nutritional counseling from Kim Cassano.
  Kim Bright Cassano sells also Sweet Wheat (WISE 1999 and 2001 directory) wheatgrass juice powder. She even claims (as of December 2003) that it is a RITALIN substitute. Complain to the FDA.
  Based in Clearwater, FL.
• Real-Solutions.info (Lee Eichenbaum, also here): Propaganda about ADHD, which scientologists claim doesn't exist
  Based in Orange County, CA
• Reality Computing Ltd. (John Wood, WISE 1999 and 2001 list; John Wood has also been a director of Narconon UK)
  based in Surrey, UK
• Remaljeringsbolaget (also here, Christer Ringkvist) do bathtub repairs. Crister Ringvist (different spellings are used) is the former husband of Birgitta Ericsson-Harrington, he was ordered by the org to divorce her. This bathtub renovation is a franchise of the Miracle Method created by Scientologist Robert Gray (WISE 2001 directory).
  based in Genarp, Sweden
• Renaissance Speakers - this is the Scientology flavour of "Toastmasters". You can speak about anything, as long as it is about L. Ron Hubbard.
• RBA Consultants (Dr. Robert E. Brooks), specialists in Mathematical Modeling, Analysis & Decision-Support
• The Debt Solution (Duane Anderson)
  La Crescenta, CA
• The Recording Institute of Detroit (Robert Dennis): They claim to be "licensed" by The Michigan Department of Education , I assume this means that they have the minimum number of fire estinguishers. But they also also licensed by Applied Scholastics. They have been sued by one Michael Burns, who alleged to have been submitted to mind control and sucked into scientology. Case Nr. 91-412334-CZ, Oakland County Circuit Court, MI. The lawsuit was mentioned in Scientology's application to the IRS and in a long article about Scientology's children
  based in Eastpointe, MI
• Rigney Graphics (Bruce Rigney, WISE 1999 list), web design
  based in North Hollywood, CA
• Rivendell Technologies (David H. Elrod, WISE 1997 list)
• Robert Cefail and Associates (WISE 1997 list, Robert Cefail / Bob Cefail) has been sued by mentally disabled former scientologist Raul Lopez. The lawsuit alleges that monies, which were to be invested into inmate telecommunications for correctional facilities, were instead donated to Scientology as part of a "reg cycle". The company had to settle a North Carolina lawsuit alleging overcharging. Robert Cefail & Associates has apparently been sold to Davel Communications Group Inc in April 1995. Robert Cefail / Bob Cefail is also known from the "Future Films" scam, where people were told to call a 900-number for up to $12 a call to tell what kind of movies they'd like to be produced. Of course, no movie was ever made, but callers found Scientology literature in their mailbox. A new company with a similar name (The RC&A Group) and Robert Cefail / Bob Cefail as President exists.
  The new company is based in Palm Harbor, FL
• Robotic Parking (Gerhard Haag, $40,000 donation to the IAS, Peggy Guignon alias Margaret Guignon alias Peggy Haag, $40,000 donation to the IAS; WISE 1999 and 2001 directory): Gerhard Haag has been written about extensively in the german book "Der Sektenkonzern" (see my summary). He was the manager of Stahlbautechnik Neckar GmbH, which he had bought from Krupp in 1989, and had introduced scientology management techniques, and forced his employees to take scientology courses. The result was a large scale fraud, as later described by Jeanette Schweitzer, a former employee. (He lost a lawsuit in which he attempted to prevent her from talking about the fraud). In 1991 and 1993 his company was caught hiring illegal aliens. In 1993 he was convicted for threatening his maid. He claimed in court that he was penniless, and fled the country. He went to Albania, where he tried to introduce scientology management into the government ("Project A" / Bulgravia). When Albania was informed of his background he was told to get out. He then went to the US, and first settled in Clearwater. The patent from his company is registered to one Heiner Schween (not a Scientologist; here is his company). Read also this article from the St. Petersburg Times.
  Gerhard Haag has changed his name into Royce Monteverdi.
  Based in Leetonia, OH and in Clearwater, FL
• Royal Ruby Cranberries (Marci Murray): Cranberries and Scientology propaganda ("Tips for success", "Psych truth")
  Based in Bandon, Oregon
• Ryan Realty (Pam Anderson Ryan, $40,000 donation to the IAS, WISE 2004 Directory)
  based in Clearwater, FL
• Safe Harbor (Dan Stradford, $40,000 donation to the IAS): alternatives to "established" mental health. Scientology spammer Travis Sargent also mentioned that it is a program run by Scientologists.
• Schippers & Crew, Inc (Bert Schippers and Lynne Hoverson, WISE 1999 list), custom electronics manufacturer
  based in Seattle, WA
• Sgroi Financial LLC (H. Joseph Sgroi, $250,000 donation to the IAS and over 1,000,000 for the Buffalo Scientology org renovation (read Buffalo News article of 31.1.2005), Buffalo Charter Committee, WISE 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2004 directory; Patrick J. Sgroi; John Clouden; Jeffrey Hahn)
  based in West Seneca, NY
• Silver Lining Health Products (formerly owned by Sue Ellen Andrus and Gary Knutson; since around October 2003, the owners are Gary Knutson and Jennifer LeBaron)
  Based in Glendale, CA
• Smith Roofing (Stan Smith)
  based in Austin, TX
• Scott Snow ($40,000 donation from himself plus $40,000 from his company Snow Software Corp. to the IAS, WISE 1999 directory). The company was later renamed in Snow International Corporation and the website snowsoft.com seems to have folded around 2006. Scott Snow is a slumlord.
  Based in Clearwater, FL.
• Spyglass Designs, Inc (formerly Art Headquarters, Inc, WISE 1997, 1999, 2001 Directories; David Regan and Elizabeth Regan formerly Elizabeth Weigand alias Libby Weigand, convicted for extortion after attempting to blackmail her uncle, Missouri Democratic Senator Thomas Eagleton; "Libby" also made a career in CRIMINON, another Scientology front).
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Software Shelf International (Dan Feeley and Bill Feeley; WISE 1999 and 2001 Directory with a canadian address). Dan Feeley is a former top-level-management Scientologist.
  Based in East Grinstead, UK and in Clearwater, FL
• Frants Juel alias Frants Nielsen alias Frants Stobblehouse alias Eolake Stobblehouse, an artist. He is also a "published finalist" of the Hubbard "writers of the future" award for 1989.
• Silhouet Management Support B.V. and Silhouet Personnel Selection BV (Kurt & Lexie Jensen, WISE 1999 list, also available in Danemark (Claus Heimann), in Sweden (not in WISE 1999 list; a no longer existing website listed Claus Heimann as owner, and Bengt Alvång, Anki Paulsén and Knud Ferling as senior managers) and in the UK (Peter Buch Jorgensen)), they teach L. Ron Hubbard's scurrilous theories on managament. This page mentions the OCA.
• Smile Savers Dentistry (Dr. Daniel Stewart and Judy Stewart) have been sued (also here and here) by former employee Tammy Bright, because they forced her to attend Scientology seminars, and then fired her because "her lifestyle didn't mesh with the Scientology philosophy". Smile Savers Dentistry is represented by hardcore Scientologist employment attorney Devora Lindeman.
  based in Columbia, Maryland
• Snyder Mfg. Co. (Charles Snyder; WISE 1999 list), animal care enclosures
  based in Englewood, CO
• Software Technology Service (Richard Berman)
  based in Los Angeles, CA
• Stout Systems Development, Inc (John Stout, WISE 1997 & 1999 list): Software Development and Recruiting Services
  based in Ann Arbor, MI
• Sunbelt Software Distribution, Inc (Scientologists in the management: Stu Sjouwerman, Alexander Eckelberry (also here and here), Sam Licciardi (formerly married to Denise Licciardi, the sister of Scientology boss David Miscavige!), Greg Kras). It is unknown if the parent company Sunbelt International Group is run by Scientologists - I have no information that J.M. is a Scientologist. Corporate Information.

  On July 13 2010, Sunbelt was bought by GFI Software.
  based in Clearwater, FL

• Sun Pacific Mortgage (Forrest Tardibuono, $40,000 donation to the IAS; WISE directory 1997, 1999, 2001). Lynn Tardibuono was previously known as Lynn Froyland (see bottom of the text)
  based in Santa Rosa, CA
• StudyTech Study Technologies: This is obviously promotion for Applied Scholastics, Scientology's front for pseudo-education. It is run by Bob Ware. Scientology's Study Technology claims that all learning problems come from misunderstood words, and not because you are tired, because the manual sucks, or because you have not understood a concept (click here to learn what Study Technology really is). No wonder that cult founder L. Ron Hubbard flunked university, and current cult leader David Miscavige has not even finished high school.
• Suddenly Slender / The Body Wrap / VMM Enterprises, Inc. (Victoria Morton, $40,000 donation to the IAS, WISE 1999, 2001 directory): the name sells it all. According to herself in 2006, she is on the Board of Directors of Pyramid, Inc., Hot Ticket, Inc., Suddenly Slender International, Inc., Personal Beauty Unlimited, Inc., Suddenly Nourished, Inc., Equi-tox USA, Inc., Pyramid Consulting & Investment Corporation and Founder of the Research Foundation for Biochemistry and Nutrition Corporation. She is also on the board of the scientology front group ABLE. Victoria Morton is also related to Jessica Rockwell (on this page). She franchises the body wrapping system; in Austria, it is run by the nurse Margit Margreiter, who is a scientologist according to critic El Awadalla. See also this photograph of Margit Margreiter as an example of losing weight with The Body Wrap. In 2002, the FDA issued a recall and in 2004, it issued a warning letter (also here) because of contamination with pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Yuk!
  Based in Clearwater, FL
• Survival Insurance (Besides the $40,000 donation to the IAS from the company, the list of senior executives reveals a lot of scientologists: Richard Acunto, $100,000 donation to the IAS; Susan McFarlane, $250000 donation to the IAS; Sue Onorato; Eric Carl Ahlroth, $20,000 donation to the IAS; Fred Pierson; Martha Wells). Many individual scientologists admit working there: Gloria Alexander, Corey A. Johnson, Daniel Christian, Suzanne Steinman. Richard Acunto also founded Infinity Acceptance Corporation which "today finances all non-direct bill business sold by the brokerage". Have also a look at the Better Business Bureau of southern California and make a search for Survival.
  On July 17, 1999, the California Department of Insurance sought to revoke their license. The alleged modus operandi:

   

  Excerpt from press release 109/1999 by the California Department of Insurance

  First, unsuspecting consumers are falsely promised the lowest rates guaranteed. Then, they are gouged with excessive fees. And, finally, they are subjected to threats, harassment, and a tarnished credit report for simply shopping around  and finding a better deal."

  When the press release above vanished from the website of the California Department of Insurance, I e-mailed them to ask whether they had been a settlement. I received this:

   

  Actions stipulated to by Survival Insurance

  1. One year license suspension stayed, unconditionally, and respondents placed on a 2 year probation. 2. Respondents shall obey all laws of the State of California and the USA and all regulations promulgated thereunder. 3. Shall not sell any towing policy unless disclosed in writing to the may have. applicant that said policy is not required  in order to purchase other coverage from Respondents and  that towing policy may be duplicative of other coverage applicant. 4. Shall provide a "Schedule of Fees" at the time of sale to every customer.  5. Shall establish and maintain toll-free telephone number solely to handle complaints or any requests for assistance from customers. Will respond to any customer complaints either orally or in writing, within 72 hours.  6. Within 10 days from the end of each 6 month interval during the period of probation, file a report with DOI setting forth number of complaints received from customers; how long it took to respond to each complaint; how long it took to resolve each  complaint; if resolved, what the resolution was for each complaint.

• Survival Strategies (Harvey Schmiedeke & Craig Ferreira, WISE 1997 charter member, $40,000 donation to the IAS from the company)
  based in La Crescenta, CA
• TCM Tschuppert (Bruno Tschuppert, $40000 donation to the IAS, Helen Tschuppert, $5000 donation to the IAS, WISE 2001 and 2004 directory, sixth consecutive-year Model of Admin Know-How Winners in 2001), a management consulting company
• Technology Group Mgmt Pty. Ltd (Soren Kierkegaard; WISE 1999 list). Kierkegaard is the name he took, based on the Danish philosopher.
  based in St. Leonards, Australia
• Teddy Bear Town (Bert Schippers - see also Schippers & crew on this page)
  Based in Seattle, WA
• Technasource, Inc (Roger Urban & Judy Wright). Roger is remembered on alt.religion.scientology because he claimed not to be a Scientologist, but posted black propaganda on Paulette Cooper, and was exposed doing CCHR propaganda on other newsgroups. Some of his rants can be found on the hate page.
  based in Mundelein, IL
• TelSoft Solutions Inc. ($40,000 donation to the IAS)
  based in Glendale, CA
• FreeSpiritSingles.com (formerly ThetaSingles.com, Rob Damus): do a "2D" with a cultist near you
  Based in Seattle, WA
• Theta Data (Randy Tobin) and the Theta Sound Studio (which I'd rather call: Randy's little Theta Area with Reel-2-Reel recorders plus much other electronic stuff)
• Theta Engineering (Brad Peeters, WISE 1997 list), an electronics engineering company.
  Based in Costa Mesa, CA
• Theta Information Systems, Inc (Michael J. Simmons, but WISE 1997 and 1999 lists have the company with Jennifer Simmons as contact; $100,000 donation to the IAS by the family). Michael is also listed with Process Focus Software, Inc.
  based in Tampa, FL
• The Affinity Exchange (Marcia Powell, WISE 1997 & 1999 list), a dating service
  based in Los Angeles, CA
• The Software Works! (Bill Kilpatrick, WISE 1997 & 1999 list)
  based in Glendale, CA
• Thunderstar Networks (Andy Hoare, he previously owned webgate.net, and had the e-mail address andy@webgate.net; this page has the old e-mail address): note the wild anti-psychiatry accusations.
  Based in Port McNicoll, Ontario, Canada
• Thunderway Publishing (Larry Gentry, was also director of technical services at Earthlink).
• Time For A Quick One, Inc (Lori and Tom Jacoby), this is not a commercial "2D" but a courier. It advertises its WISE membership online.
  Based in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
• Tock Autoscheibenservice (Günther Spohn), they do windshield repair.
  based in Vienna, Austria
• TradeNet (Bill Cooper, WISE 1997 list) sold wonder products like "The Laundry Ball" through an MLM scheme. The content of the ball: body thetans! It's a confidential process, said Steve Wydro. "Sacred laundry scriptures", obviously. After this scam got under investigation in 1997 (Utah University found out that the ball contains just colored water!), they switched to a "new" product called the SuperGlobe, and had to pay $190,000 to Oregon's Department of Justice and $10,000 to Utah. In April 1999 they agreed to pay $155,000 to the states of New York, Arizona, Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma and the FTC, but admitted no wrongdoing. Their website vanished in 1998. Here some more sites with critical information:
  • What were they laundering?
  • Robert T. Carroll says: Too Good to Be True
  • FTC v. Tradenet, L.W. Cooper, Alberto Guerrero, Erwin Annau - Stipulated final judgement
  • Oregon DoJ v. Tradenet, L.W. Cooper, Erwin Annau, ATG - Assurance of voluntary compliance
  Martin Ottmann posted some internal information about Tradenet: there is a WISE connection.
  TradeNet is based in Clearwater, FL
• Trainor Business Forms and Printing (Lawrence Trainor)
  Based in Des Plaines, IL
• Triangle Development Company, LLC. (Ben Kugler, WISE 1999, 2001, 2004 directories for Distribution Video & Audio, Ron Pollack (formerly at Bulldog Capital Management), Jessica Hollingsworth, Gil Winter, WISE 1999 directory, Thomas Coates, WISE 2004 directory): they're developing and postulating and destroying. (Of course, the project went nowhere, and the "developers" sold the land to scientology, and the company was dissolved in 2009). Ben Kugler is the ex of Nan Herst Bowers, who was harassed by Scientology around 1993 because it suspected she had revealed to the press that Tom Cruise is a scientologist. Son Ryan Kugler attempted suicide at 10 at a Scientology school according to FACTNet.
  based in Clearwater, FL
• TroycoUSA [TM] International (Troy St.Troix, WISE 1999 list); also The United Survival Action[TM] Clubs: The membership team composed of client-members, staff members and field staff members (!) organized for the purposes of improving every members survival, along the lines of everyone being in business for themselves, but not by themselves. (LOL!)
  They attempt to do web design, and are based in Clearwater, FL
• Truth Books (Guyciano La Brus), books by L. Ron Hubbard
  based in Sherman Oaks, CA
• U-Man (Mårten Runow): a company using Scientology's personality test for job-placement (more details). No, they don't tell about Scientology on their page. And yes, you must be paranoid if you think that your business will be infiltrated with Scientologists applicants if you hire U-Man. Mårten Runow is also the CEO of Performia International (more details). Another common link: this picture from the performia website with the U-Test.
• U-Man Belgium (WISE 2001 Directory with Roger Van Loocke as contact)
• UpTrend AG (Thomas Elmiger; WISE 1999, 2001 directory). Read his complaint to the swiss press council.
  Based in Kappel Am Albis, Switzerland
• Uptrends Management Software, Inc (Patrick Lusey, WISE 1999, 2001 directory)
  based in Sacramento, CA
• View 360 Productions (Marty Kassowitz, see AOL profile of MartyKMoos and his home page)
  They make VR design and are based in Los Angeles, CA
• Van-Garde Imagery (Dan Swanson, WISE 1991 list; Darlene Swanson):
  The Scientogy reference is so huge that you might easily miss it (although current and former Scientologists will find it immediately on the home page). Daniel G. Swanson did design two e-meters long ago, see more on the Scientology Patents page.
  They are based in Belleair, FL.
• Visiosonic (Joe Vangieri and Laura Betterly (WISE 1999, 2001 list)) allows you to be a DJ with your MP3 files. The company got financing from Scientologists Kenneth Gerbino, Matthew L. Feshbach and Andy Savas. Note also that their product is named SpaceOpera™, which is a word from the Scientology glossary.
  based in Clearwater, FL
• Vitals Voedingssupplementen B.V. (Gerard Alserda, here are the courseshe has done) sells vitamins. Gerard's wife Els Alserda "teaches" at the Scientology Lafayette "school". According to Scientology critic Jeta, OSA posterboy Karel Jeelof does the bookkeeping of Vitals.
  Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Warner Sisters is a wannabe movie company (WISE 1999 list). The main talent of Cass is to be the grand-daugther of one of the Warner Bros (she is currently married to Stan Gerson, WISE 1999 list, see also his success story; he was involved with IPC Commercial Real Estate but apparently no more). Cass is obviously not successful with her film company: she also spammed the net to sell cosmetics. In her bio Cass says she compiled a book on marriage and the raising of children published by Bridge Publications: I believe that this is Scientology's "2nd dynamic book", which deals with the mentioned topics. I have that book and she is listed as "Cass Pool", which is one of her many past names. She is also known as Cass Sperling and Cass Warner Sperling.
• WellSpring Records (Jon Batson and Larry Williams)
  You can listen to the "Third Party Rag", it is about "those" who "secretly" promote conflict, and "they" are the cause of much "upset" and "ill will". Yeah, sure.
  based in Santa Clarita, CA.
• Whole Track Multimedia (Ric Wilhelm, alias Ric Alien): web design.
  Based in North Hollywood, CA
• Wireless WebConnect (listed as Business Tel in the WISE 1999 directory; CEO is Deac Finn alias Gerald T. Finn, former head of Scientology's Boston Guardian Office, involved in covert data collection which involved sending a plant into the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office; in his biography on wwc.com, he spoke of "social reform organisations" instead of mentioning Scientology). More details here and here. WWC apperently ceased to operate in February 2002.
  based in Clearwater, FL
• Design Strategies, Inc, formerly Len Williams Design (Len Williams, 1999, 2001 WISE directory), a graphic design and marketing company.
  Originally based in Glendale, CA, now (May 2004) based in - where else? - in Clearwater, FL.
• Video Tech Services, Inc (Wayne Vokey, WISE 1999 directory)
  based in Seattle, WA
• Vincenzo Comm Design, Inc (Vincenzo Sciullio)
  based in Monthreal, Canada
• Whitman Hall (Ken Whitman, WISE 1999 and 2001 directory): advertising and marketing
  based in Los Angeles, CA
• Wiseman & Burke "The Wealth Builders" (Bruce Wiseman, $5,000 donation to the IAS; Kevin J. Burke, $5,000 donation to the IAS, WISE 1991 CEO's Circle list, WISE 1997 list, WISE 1999 list "serving WISE members for 15 years). In his profile, Burke says he was a Controller for a national drug rehabilitation corporation for many years. Any reason not to tell the name? Could it be NARCONON?
  According to Jana Moreillon, he was also a "minuteman" to handle dissidents.
  Also surprising is that the US president of CCHR is also named Bruce Wiseman. He is the author of PSYCHIATRY: The Ultimate Betrayal. Both people are mentioned to be former chairman of the Department of History at John F. Kennedy University (CCHR bio, Wiseman & Burke bio). If it is the same Scientologist, then I wonder what qualifies an investment advisor to be a critic of psychiatry? Bruce Wiseman is also thanked for his contribution in the Second Dynamics Book, a compilation of L. Ron Hubbard works dealing with family, sex, children, etc.
  They were also the managers of Scientologist Geoffrey Lewis in 1985, according to the history of Celestial Navigations. Bruce Wiseman was also Treasurer of the National Foundation for Women Legislators (more here, visited in March 2004) at least until 2007. This group made an attempt to get federal money for Second Chance, a Scientology drug rehabilitation front in New Mexico (it failed when the connection to Scientology became known). As of December 2010, Bruce Wiseman is still involved in the Policy Committee Education, Training and Workplace: among their initiatives is "Investigating the correlation between the use of anti-depressants amongst adolescents and teenagers and the increasing number of school shootings that have occurred over the last decade", a typical scientology propaganda allegation. Bruce Wiseman is no longer treasurer. Bruce Wiseman is also using Paul Weyrich's American Legislative Exchange Council for his purposes.
  They are based in Glendale, CA.
• Words in a Row Website Marketing (Jere Matlock - who reunited with first love Marie Gale, also on this page <g>)
• Words & Pictures East Coast, LLC (Pam Blehert and Dean Blehert)
  Based in Reston, Virginia
• Writers' Script Network, also here (Jerrol LeBaron, $5000 donation to the IAS, Norma LeBaron)
  based in Glendale, CA

Mike Gormez has a list of articles about Scientology recruitment at the workplace and runs Stop-WISE.biz

Mike Krotz maintains a list of private investigators for Scientology

Article: Managing to recruit: religious conversion in the workplace

Miscellaneous support for Scientology

• Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca
• Alexander Cockburn
• Dr. Stephen C. Feinstein, Chairman and Professor of History at the history department faculty of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, gave Scientology propaganda an academic aroma with a report entitled"Art as Propaganda Against Jews and Scientologists in Germany". The study was translated in German and distributed in Germany within a few days, so I could read it.
  1. The input for this study came only from carefully selected press material, court cases and Scientology allegations instead of a general press overview and court documents (for example, he completely ignores essential higher court cases, and focuses on a single lower court case);
  2. He uses the logic that if a nazi paper uses an octopus as symbol, then everyone else who uses the symbol shall be compared to nazis;
  3. The study was not peer-reviewed.
      
• Jeffrey K. Hadden †, Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, made a few extra bucks as cult apologist for Scientology. His overview of Scientology was rather good but it was made by a staff member, not by himself. He was listed as "expert" by Freedom Magazine – that should be evidence enough. I even made a parody page. He was also featured as Heber Jentzsch's sock puppet on CNN. He was also the author of the infamous memo on neutralizing the anti-cult movement. He claimed that there is no such thing as mind control, but said the following (excerpt of a long text) after his memo was leaked to the internet:

   

  Prof. Jeffrey Hadden † on 18.10.1998

  I have experienced the pain of having my own mind temporarily warped by those who preached hate against those who believe differently than they.

• Massimo Introvigne and CESNUR
• CNN had a long record of supporting scientology much more than any other TV station:
  • They aired scientology ads
  • They gave employement to scientologist and ambulance chaser Greta van Susteren
  • The cancellation of an appearance of Richard Behar after scientology lost its $460,000,000 lawsuit against TIME
  • The cancellation of an exposé about the Scientology front Applied Scholastics (according to Graham Berry, this was done with the help of Greta van Susteren)
  • At a "debate" with Heber Jentzsch, his "counterpart" was Jeffrey Hadden, who forgot to mention that he is on scientology's payroll
  CNN has improved. On August 11, 2005 the show Anderson Cooper 360° (watch the video, read the transcript) did interview two ex-Scientologists. And in 2010, the show made a 5 part series on the violence inside the organisation: Scientology - a history of violence.
• Entertainment Tonight regularly gives time to "celebrity" scientologists to recruit for scientology. ET is produced by Paramount. The current ET executive producer is Linda Bell Blue.
• Friends of the United Nations is regularly used to support scientology, probably because the name suggests that it has something to do with the UN, although it is basically nothing more than a U.N. fanclub. Search the name Irving Sarnoff in a search engine and you'll find a lot connected to the cult.
• Bert Fields, Scientollywood attorney, who claimed to have had the idea for the open letter to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, in which scientollywood-linked people complained.
  
• The IRS made a deal with Scientology in 1993 (no longer secret since 30.12.1997 !). They gave them tax exemption without telling why, although they had won against Scientology in Hernandez v. Commissioner, 490 U.S 680 (1989) and in Church of Spiritual Technology v. U.S., US ClsCt. No. 581-88T, 6/29/92 (1992). The turn-around came after David Miscavige paid an unannounced visit to Fred T. Goldberg Jr., the commissioner of the IRS in 1991. Goldberg then created a "special committee" to negotiate a settlement with Scientology outside normal agency procedures! (on the right: Scientology postcard © 1997 CSI, item# 4178C)
  The non-profit group tax analystssued on the FOIA act, and the litigation record revealed the existence of that secret "negotiations committee", chaired by Howard M. Schoenfeld. As a result of these negotiations:

   

  (Schoenfeld Deposition, pp. 100 - 101, ll. 12 - 13.)

  The Exempt Organizations Technical Division was instructed not to review the exemption applications filed by the Church of Scientology and its affiliates for compliance with IRC 501(c)(3).

  According to the New York Times, tax analysts Donna Moore and Terrell M. Berkovsky wrote memoranda specifying that they had been instructed [by Schoenfeld] not to address issues like whether the church was engaged in too much commercial activity or whether its activities provided undue private benefit to its leaders. (on the right: Scientology ad © 1997 CSI, item# 4181E)

  The IRS wasn't satisfied to grant Scientology their much-wanted tax exemption, as part of the deal it even sent letters around the word proselytising for Scientology (a scan is also available). The letter shown wasn't even sent to the finance minister, but to the minister who watches cults! Read the story from Scientology's Nr. 1:

   

  Issue 32 of Scientology News, titled "The War Is Over!" (from Jeff)

  And in order to fully correct the false reports littering government files around the world, the IRS will attach to each of these letters [announcing the tax exempt ruling] a printed Fact Sheet on SCIENTOLOGY that explains what SCIENTOLOGY really is, who LRH is, and what all of our organizations are. "It is very complete and very accurate," Mr. Miscavige continued. "Now, how do I know? We wrote it! And the IRS will be sending it out to every government in the world!"

  Deeply hidden in the agreement is a clause that it is a breach if the US Government provides similar tax benefits for fixed donations to any other Religion. That makes Scientology a "privileged church", like the anglican church in the UK:

   

  Excerpt of secret agreement between Scientology and the IRS

  ... the following actions will be considered to be a material breach  by the Service:  (...) b. the issuance of a Regulation, Revenue Ruling or other pronouncement of general applicability providing that fixed donations to a religious organization other than a church of Scientology are fully deductible unless the Service has issued previously or issues contemporaneously a similar pronouncement that provides for consistent and uniform principles for determining the deductibility of fixed donations for all churches including the Church of Scientology

• The L.A.P.D. accepted $25,000 from Scientology. It is also often seen together with scientology; one example is the Hollywood Police Activities League (PAL), read an article in scientology's propaganda paper, or see Hollywood police captain Michael Downing accepting $15,000 from Greg LaClaire of the Scientology Celebrity Centre, or supporting The Way to Happiness, or presenting an "award" to Susan Watson, the President of the Scientology Celebrity Centre. Even more amazing is that until February 2001, the LAPD was controlled by Scientology's attorney Gerald L. Chaleff, who headed the police commission. Gerald Chaleff's employer is the lawfirm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. On December 10th of the same year, Chaleff joined the City Attorney's Office to "help trim city liabilities and lead a new risk management effort". In other words: Scientology is sitting on both sides of law enforcement.
• Robert F. Lewis, partner at Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois and Bisgaard, made a secret settlement with Scientology behind the back of Dr. Uwe Geertz' attorney Graham E. Berry after he had won against them. The deal included the promise never to litigate against Scientology again, and to transfer all client files to a secret storage facility to which only Scientology and Bob Lewis had access. When Ford Greene, Dr. Geertz' new attorney, requested access to the files to his custody, Lewis refused. Ultimately Dr. Geertz obtained a court order requiring that Bob Lewis turn over the files. (Source: 4th decl. of Graham Berry in RTC vs. FACTNet, available on request)
• J. Gordon Melton, cult apologist who visited Japan with co-apologist Barry Fisher to investigate the "religious persecution" against AUM, regularly supports Scientology. His "academic credential" and his "institute for the study of the american religion" are basically the act of running a huge library at the university of Santa Barbara, and compiling reference materials. His hobby: vampires. Look at him:
  • admiring Elvira's bOObs
  • admiring Elvira's legs
  I would of course also look there - but I would avoid getting caught on camera!
• Dr. Gabriele Yonan, a cult apologist from Berlin, has already supported scientology several times. She is sometimes presented as "professor from the FU Berlin" - but this is untrue. She is not a professor at the FU Berlin, and the University has successfully applied for a restraining order forbidding her to repeat this claim. Her comment in a talk show: it's "not her fault". Another activity besides supporting an evil cult: writing to and about the Unabomber: she wrote a somewhat scurrilous essay on him (no longer online).
• Scientology maintains its own list of academic sock puppets, who make "expert testimonies" that ignore the reality of Scientology in favour of the PR image. Two particularly blatant examples of hatemongering are Bryan Wilson and Lonnie Kliever, who both claim that people who speak against their former "religion" are "apostates" and should not be trusted, because they "have a motive". In another paper, of course not published on scientology's server, Bryan Wilson claims that Scientology may still be called a religion even if the religious appearance was added only to use favorable laws.
  The "new" (Scientology-run) Cult Awareness Network kept a list of cult apologists. You won't be surprised that they are mostly the same.

Helpful pages for the web sleuth

• Whois Data Problem Reporting System: to complain about bogus registrations
• Check who owns a domain ("whois")
  • Checkdomain.com
  • Geektools
  • IKS Jena
• SEC EDGAR search form to see who is involved in a company
• SEC 10K Wizard
• FEC individual contributor search form, to see which candidates were supported by Scientologists (search for "Cooley")
• Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, to find out about Scientologist owned Companies in and near Clearwater
• California Business Search
• Pinellas County Property Database Search to find out where Clearwater Scientologists own real estate
• Search WhoWhere? for people having Scientology as their personal interest or their personal profile.
• Client lists of Scientologists:
  • Julie Snyder
  • CityCenter Co.
  • Words in a Row
  • Rigney Graphics Clients