Where in Washington, D.C. is Reverend Moon?: Robbing Peter to pay Pruden

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10/04/2006

Robbing Peter to pay Pruden

The latest little old lady of Tokyo pressured into underwriting the Washington Times, from Japan Today:

TOKYO — The Tokyo District Court ordered the Unification Church on Tuesday to pay about 280 million yen [U.S. $2,374,335] in damages to a woman who said she was swindled of a large amount of money under the religious group's fraudulent sales campaign.

Judge Masazumi Hashimoto ruled that the church, founded in South Korea, illegally made the plaintiff feel insecure and frightened her and forced her to donate money and purchase expensive goods. The church threatened the plaintiff by saying her "family line will fail" or she would "fall into hell," the judge said, declaring such acts illegal.

More on the "spiritual sales" under the Japan tag.

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