GIVE ME MY MONEY!!
Posted on 01/26/2010 11:46:36 AM PST by MarkAccord
Recordnet.com reports Kiefer Sutherland, better known as Jack Bauer on the Fox TV show “24”, is victim to a cattle salesman who is now on trial for embezzlement and forgery.
While starring in several cowboy movies, the actor developed an interest in cattle ranching. He currently owns a ranch in Montana and participates in rodeo contests.
Sutherland was approached by Michael Wayne Carr, a cattle manager and competitive steer roping promoter, who told him about an opportunity to buy cattle in Mexico and sell them for a huge profit to preselected buyers in the US. Sutherland gave Carr $869,000 to purchase the cattle, but there is no evidence to show they were ever purchased.
The arraignment for Carr is scheduled for February 8, if he’s found guilty on all 12 felony charges he could serve up to 18 years in state prison. Charges include five counts of grand theft with “great taking enhancements,” three counts of forgery, two counts of obtaining money by false pretenses and one count each of embezzlement and falsifying corporate books.
Carr is accused of using the same scam on a couple in New Mexico for $177,000 and selling cattle he leased from a man in Colorado.
(Excerpt) Read more at cattlenetwork.com ...
Ah, yes. The old “buy cattle in Mexico, and sell them at big profit in the United States’ scam. Didn’t I see something like that on an old episode of Bonanza?
As one who has been the victim of a scam (albeit on a much smaller scale, by a factor of about 1000), my sympathies...
In the old days......hanging was the rule of the day. Prison doesn’t do them any good. They will serve about 1/3 of the sentance and hit the road running. In the old west, they never had a chance to return.
Cut to Sutherland holding a pair of jumper-cables and shouting, “WHERE IS THE MONEY?!”
TELL ME WHERE YOU PUT THE MONEY. WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!
GIVE ME MY MONEY!!
So I herd... I say he has a legitimate beef.
Kudos to the liberal Kiefer for at least giving free commerce a try.
I’m sorry he lost the money.
I guess “24” will need to last for “24 Years”!
Cattle rustling progressive style? Just a switcheroo of the books type ponzi deal?
-PJ
If Jack Bauer did it his way, the show would be called 12.
Sounds like a lot of bull.
Oh well. He can cover the loss with one more episode of Twenty4.
Even today, if you hanged ‘em they could still vote for Democrats!
Will he blame his poor judgment on alcohol?
I didn’t think anybody could steer Jack Bauer wrong like that, but he fell for a load of bull.
There was a movie about it starring Lee Marvin and Paul Newman.
Or...Who do you work for?
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