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"It's the numbers, stupid!
Numbers don't lie, People do.
Cipher the numbers, decipher the lies.
Here is one case of how Oklahoma's economic development initiative has been corrupted to steal $100's millions from the public. All going into the pockets of a privileged few.

Las test on Altus Ventures and QMA.

First, Altus Ventures and QMA worked the state for at least $75 million and likely much more (details below) to bring jobs to the city. While never coming close to the promised 300 jobs.

Recently QMA announced reaching an agreement with the city of Coffeyville KS to move it sheet metal work there. Sheet metal is virtually the entire manufacturing element of an aircraft fabrication facility. The remaining comes from outside vendors. This reduces QMA to an assembly facility.

Now QMA is hiring workers from Coffeyville KS, and paying living expenses to travel to and work in Altus.

QMA (Quartz Mountain Aerospace), who has yet to create revenue, is has gone before the City of Altus, claiming it is broke and asking for another million dollar loan. Threatening employees, some Kansas employees, will not be paid.


What happened to the $221 million Altus Ventures claimed to invest?
This scheme is being operated by a group with a history of financial lawsuits, that used a large donation to muscle their way into helping write this very law they were/are abusing to operate a program where public officials can enjoy hug re profits with no risk without violating the law. fleece the OK public. See See Suspicious Contributions
  Lawsuits where Altus Venture Principals were named as defendants in financial wrong doings. 
  Mountain Adventure Property Investments
Defendants include: FSB BankCorp and its affiliates
Oasis Development, LLC; Global Industrial, LLC; F. Don Anderson;
and
non affiliate Robinson & Sons, LLC an Oregon limited liability company, Randy

Note: FSB BankCorp and its affiliate, Altus Ventures along with its President Paul Doughty is involved
View  
 
  Oasis Involvement in Hayden Lake legitation View
  Lawsuit Recently filed in Denver CO. View
  EZ-Way - Lawsuit Defendants: Altus Ventures, LLC, Bill Grissom, Paul Doughty View  
  SIL-FLO - Lawsuit Defendants: Paul Doughty, Harold Doughty, Almer E. Ellison, and Rod Fancher. View  

$66.3 million is what the Oklahoma's economic development program awarded the Quartz Mountain Aerospace project for the 300 job created. $221,000 per job. $66.3 million should have created 5000 new jobs, not 300!
[Ref N104]

Note: The $66.3 million is in addition to the $9.5 million Quartz Mountain received from the City of Altus and yet even more from the State's Quality Jobs program. The Quality Jobs data is not available, but based on how the program is structured, the number of employees and years, it is reasonable to assume roughly $700,000 plus per temporary job. [Ref A137]. This is probably a stretch to assume each job lasted 3 years, but let's assume that scenario. At $35,000 per employee that puts the total pay received at a little over $100,000 per employee. Meaning if the state paid the entire salary there is still over $600,000 per employee unaccounted?

The investors were promised a return of $2 for every $1 invested in the $32 Million Quartz Mountain Aerospace venture. (Actually $3 for every one invested since they keep the investment, and the $2 is all incentive.) The state turned around and gave those investor $66.3 Million. With some flim-flam in between.

The investors have already been issued the entire $66.3 million in tax credits. All without a binding agreement that even one job has to be created.

Update June 1, 2007 - Quartz Mountain announced the layoff of 20 of its 104 employees. See more
  Additional explanation and supporting information. 
 View  External factors that help understand the articles.   
 View  Oklahoma flim-flam sham. How the tax credit scam works? 
 View  Dubious relation in Oklahoma's legislative branch with tax credit abuse promoter. 
  View  Calvey gets big donations from venture capitalists.
State Rep. Kevin Calvey, R, was Chairman of the House Revenue and Taxation Committee handling the tax credit legislation that these donors received $66.3 million through.
 
  View   Milk Can Plane Scam
After 50 years of failures, Oklahoma officials still fell for the milk can airplane scam, when Altus Ventures used a 1940's airplane designed to fly up to 6 milk cans to scam the state out of $66.3 million in tax credits.
 
 View  Current status. 
 View  More related news articles. 
 View  Tax abuse site map. 

FSB BankCorp is the holding company for a variety of investment related entities, including:

  • First State Bank of Altus
  • Altus Ventures, LLC
  • Altus Capital, LLC
  • Oasis Development, LLC
  • Global Industrial, LLC
  • Oklahoma Industrial Venture Management Co., LLC

Reference Articles
Reference Click to view         Article
A137 view    Altus aircraft maker cites FAA delays in layoffs
Production delays plague airplane company
June 1, 2007

Reference notes
N104

Oklahoma's program to create jobs!

$66.3 million should have created 5000 new jobs, not 300!

Oklahoma's Quality Jobs program goal is to pay employers 5% of new taxable payroll for 10 years, for new jobs with an average salary of $30,000. Allowing each company 3 years to ramp up to full employment. Oklahoma should have had 5000 jobs, not 300.


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