How OK officials' can legally receive $2,000 in tax credits for each $1 invested, all in secrecy!
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Oklahoma tax credit abusers caught in Colorado land scam.

The financial shell games
About venture capital funding.
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Venture capital (also known as VC or Venture) is a type of private equity capital typically provided to early-stage, high-potential, growth companies where the rewards are years out and carry a high risk.

Venture capital is a special kind of funding to create a foundation for building the businesses that will replace today's diminishing industry and jobs. Oklahoma's venture tax credit program was intended to incentivize that venture capital funding needed by rewarding investors tax credits worth 20 to 30% of their at risk investment.

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"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." -- Frederic Bastiat, 1801-1850
Why did OTC hide Weyerhaeuser used $54 million in tax credits for 2007?
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Weyerhaeuser's $54 million in tax credits was the largest single use ever reported for one year; but according to Weyerhaeuser's own reports, it could not have qualified for more than $3.2 million, under the program reportedly used. It should come as no surprise OTC would withhold and/or reporting the use of $54 million in tax credits, it should not have authorized.

Weyerhaeuser's $54 million was only part of the more than $235 million, in 2007 tax credits, OTC failed to report.

Fraudocalypse - one case reveals all. Fraud, official involvement, concealment, failure to act.
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Deja vu 2006, all over again. When tax credit fraud was first exposed in early 2006, state officials were quick to claim unidentified tax attorneys had discovered a loophole that made receiving $2 in tax credits for each $1 invested "not illegal". That was the lame justification for not investigating or making any effort to recover ill-gotten public funds.

2010: State officials are again, ignoring new evidence of the same tax credit fraud, officials' were allowed to cover up, in 2006. We now know what was occurring in 2006. Altus Ventures was using counterfeit loans, and not a loophole, as state officials claimed, to inflated the amounts invested to receive $2 in tax credits for each $1 invested. We now know that lawmakers' 2006 claim, an amendment closed a loophole that would prevent further abuses, did no such thing, rather more than double the amount of fraud.

Porkocalypse - a program state lawmakers created to earn their own 200% instant profits!
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Oklahoma officials are finding it harder to ignore the mounting evidence of more than $500 million fraudulently obtained public funds. Fraud operates using tax credit programs that allow state officials to benefit personally, by skimming investments intended for, and needed by businesses, causing those businesses to fail and lose jobs, for lack of funds.

Now facing evidence that will expose their own involvement state official first tried ignoring; and are now dismissing evidence, as not credible; the hallmark of the guilty.

City funds used to pay construction contractor diverted to obtain tax credits.
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A city's payments out of a TIF (tax increment Fund) to a construction contractor where channeled through a Capco to obtain tax credits. In an attempt to disguise the act, the tax credits were mislabeled, as "Metro Credits," a nonexistent credit. A scheme similar to the recently report Tax-exempt state agency supplying investments funds for others to receive tax credits?

Who receives $31 million tax credits, when only $5.4 million goes to investments?
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A fraud pulled off by investing $9 million, then added a $81 million Bureau of Indian Affairs loan. Then claimed the total $90 million was invested and received, $27 million, or 30% state tax credits. Then claimed another 39% in federal New Markets Tax Credits bringing the total amount of tax credtis received to $31 million in tax credits.

$45 million fraudulent out of state tax credit claims, involving OTC!
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The evidence. OTC letter LR-07-170, authorizing $13,845,000 in tax credits for an unqualified $45,400,000 investment claim in Lindmark Outdoor Advertising states:

"The holders of                  Fund common shares which will contribute $6,150,000 to the Fund will earn the entire 30% rural Venture capital formation credit of $13,845,000 ('Credits')."

Oklahoma Tax Commission allows using nursing homes in tax credit fraud!
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Oklahoma Tax Commission allows using nursing homes in tax credit fraud !

Economic development tax credits were given for a financial shell game where a nursing home owner(s) buy their own nursing a home from themselves. A scheme that, amounted to no more than a financial paper game, creating no new economic growth or jobs, while allowing some hidden identities to reap unearned tax credits. Oklahoma law allows state officials, including those creating the law, authorizing the shell games and turning their backs to be among those hidden identities.

Tax credit fraud details found in recently uncovered Foxborough prospectus!
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A new Foxborough prospectus reveals Foxborough teamed with Specialty Real Estate Service to solicit Oklahoma City's parking authority to sell Specialty Real Estate Service a parking garage that would provide the collateral needed to borrow 90% of the money that was claimed to have been invested in the garage. The Oklahoma Tax Commission then gave Foxborough tax credits amounting to 20% of the total of investor's investment plus the loan, so Foxborough could return the investor's $2 in tax credit for each $1 they invested.

How OK officials' can legally receive $2,000 in tax credits for each $1 invested, all in secrecy!
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According to Oklahoma officials there is "nothing illegal involved" in a program that uses public funds to pay 200,000% profits on an investment, all paid in tax credits. 200,000% profits for investments before the investment receives a dime, and regardless if the investment fails. And, every known investment has failed and the investors keep the profits, in this example 200,000% profits.

"Nothing illegal involved", but secret! Yes, lawmakers insured the identities of those benefiting and the cost of the program would forever be held in secrecy. The justification was investors would be reluctant to participate if they were not guaranteed their identities and the amounts they received in public funds would never be known.

The fact lawmakers would no want the public to know they were reaping these huge unearned benefits at the public expense.That is the only part that makes sense. The fact lawmakers would not want the public to know they were reaping these huge unearned benefits at the public expense. The public just might not buy into that, there is nothing illegal occurring stuff.

What, why, who and how!
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This site is exposing wide public corruption and fraud involving Oklahoma state officials and numerous con artist posing as investment firms. The fraud operates through a tax credit investment incentive program where all information is held in totally secrecy. Through three years of research key documents have been obtain that show $100s Million in false claims are being filed unchallenged by state officials.

The primary objective has always been and still is to expose fraud in state government. Fraud on a massive scale in both the amountsand number of state officials involved. Involvement at the highest level: Governor, lawmakers and state agency heads.

The scheme and the involvement by state officials could be seen from the start, and remains the same. We now have narrowed down most of those involved by office or agency. The list of private individuals and amounts stolen is still growing.

Two key tax credit fraud players received $642 million in fake loan documents!
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Recently closed First State Bank Altus, issued Altus Venture and Affinity Ventures $642 million in fake loans during late 2005! Altus Venture and Affinity Ventures are both key players in tax credit fraud!

$68 in tax credits for each $1 invested? What does this tell you?
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The most astounding message that comes from this is how pitifully naive and gullible my fellow Oklahoma citizens.

State officials saw nothing illegal? Just a loophole they said! Nothing more than just a loophole? And, we bit hook, line and sinker!!!

Ardmore's phantom MG auto plant. Scissortail received $9.5 million in tax credits!
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Remember that phantom MG auto plant, that Oklahoma Global Motors was going to put in Ardmore? Scissortail received $9.5 million in tax credits by claiming they had invested $31.5 million in Oklahoma Global Motors!

Oklahoma bank operating $1.4 Billion fake loan scheme!
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We all know there are suppliers of false identification, passports, titles and the like. How many were aware there is far more money in fake loan documents. We are talking big fake loan documents! Potentially $1.4 Billion?

State officials provide cover while those behind Altus bank failure flee!
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State officials are covering Paul Doughty and Don Anderson's, the involvement in scams and frauds starting with another bank failure in 1982. In between state officials turned their backs while these two where defrauding the state of $126 million in tax credits and misusing the bank to scam Colorado property owners out of $25 million.

Westheimer Aviation, Scissortail and Foxborough
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Corporate jet bought for personal use with tax credits gained from another phantom investment?

Scissortail received $6.6 million in tax credits by claiming to have invested $22 million in Westheimer Aviation. The only Westheimer Aviation activity or asset that could be found was the purchase of a corporate jet. FAA records show the plane's certificate (title) was issued January 25, 2007, the same month the $6.6 million in tax credits became the equivalent of cash. All information uncovered suggests this is for private use only.

It is long past time to aim, the finger of blame at the Oklahoma Tax Commission's game!
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Large campaign donation by the biggest known tax credit abuser's and his role in writing the law.
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