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Updated report to appropriate authorities - evidence of tax credit and bank frauds. (cont)
2.2 Scissortail Capital, Scissortail Venture Capital, Sidney Clarke
Scissortail was a second suspected fraudulent 2006 tax credit filing claiming $89.5 million was invested in Oklahoma Global Motors; Ardmore Biodiesel; Double B Energy Services; Westheimer Aviation; and Commuter Air Technologies. $27 million in tax credits
No evidence could be found to show three of the companies Oklahoma Global Motors; Ardmore Biodiesel; Double B Energy Services; were ever active businesses; at least within maximum 24 month period required to qualify for tax credits.
| Claimed Investment | Amount Claimed | Tax credits | ||
| Oklahoma Global Motors | $31,510,000 | $9,453,000 | ||
| Ardmore Biodiesel | $21,038,346 | $6,311,503 | ||
| ?Double B Energy Services | $3,862,030 | $1,158,609 |
Commuter Air Technologies ($11.4 million), jobs, were located in Arizona, making it ineligible; at least within maximum 24 month period required to qualify for tax credits.
Westheimer Aviation ($21.8 million), was nothing more than a PO Box in Shawnee, OK, registered to Josh Brim. Shawnee was a location that would qualify for 30% rural tax credits. January 2007, the first month the tax credits were useable and could be sold for cash, Josh Brim purchased a personal (not certified for commercial use) 1991 Beech 400A, corporate turbo-jet. Going for $1.5 to $2 million, at that time. There is no evidence of what happened with the remaining $4.5 to $5 million, or any business activity conducted by Westheimer Aviation. Brim is a key figure in Foxborough, involved in various other fraudulent tax credit programs.
| Claimed Investment | Amount Claimed | Tax credits | ||
| Commuter Air Technologies | $11.4 million | $3,417,000.00 | ||
| Westheimer Aviation | $21,793,624 | $6,538,087 |