1986
U.S. CHARGES AIDES TO LaROUCHE WITH CREDIT-CARD FRAUD SCHEME
By PHILIP SHENON and SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
...The indictment, returned in Federal District Court in Boston, charged the 10 individuals, two corporations and three campaign committees tied to Mr. LaRouche with involvement in a scheme that raised more than $1 million through fraudulent credit-card billings. Prosecutors said the account numbers were obtained when people bought subcriptions to publications controlled by Mr. LaRouche or offered contributions to his political organizations...
...According to the indictment, followers of Mr. LaRouche defrauded more than 1,000 people by making unauthorized charges to their credit cards.
Justice Department officials said that today’s developments would seriously harm, possibly cripple, Mr. LaRouche’s fund-raising efforts, which often involve one-on-one appeals at the nation’s airports...
...Mr. LaRouche, who has lived most recently in a secluded 172-acre complex in Leesburg, did not issue a separate statement today...
I bought his magazine on Fusion Energy and just loved it. I loaned all of them to a friend interested in the series on the Golden Mean. His wife, not knowing what they were, threw them away
I met his people in the air port in Atlanta. I bought and still have a bumper sticker “A LITTLE NOOKIE NEVER HURT ANYBODY”
One of his women called me to give money and I really enjoyed putting her on.