Dennis Lee Arrested according to post in Keelynet

> See below. > > Found on sci.skeptic, http://groups.google.com/groups?group=sci.skeptic > > Promoter of "free electricity" scheme arrested in Louisville, Kentucky > http://www.law.state.ky.us/news/2001rel/026%5F9oct01.htm > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > CONTACT: Jennifer Dean (502) 696-5637 > > FRANKFORT, KY (October 9, 2001) Attorney General Ben Chandler > announced today the arrest of Dennis Lee, an individual doing business > under the name of "United Community Services of America" and promoting > a "free electricity" scheme in a seminar held in Louisville, Kentucky, > for violating state consumer protection laws. Mr. Lee also does > business as "Better World Technologies" and "International Tesla > Electric Company". > > Mr. Lee has been staging sales demonstrations across the United States in > an effort to sell business opportunities. Consumers were offered an > opportunity to purchase a dealership for selling machines that could > generate electricity for personal household use and resale to the public. > Several experts that have reviewed Mr. Lee dismissed them as unsupported > by sound science. Kentucky law prohibits the sale of business > opportunities without registering with the Attorney General's Office and > posting a $75,000 bond. According to Attorney General Chandler, "My > office contacted Mr. Lee prior to his arrival in Kentucky and advised him > of the requirements of Kentucky laws governing the offering of business > opportunities and he failed to comply." > > The arrest citation charges Dennis Lee with one count of failing to > register a business opportunity, one count of failing to include the > business opportunity registration number in advertisements, and one > count of making earnings claims, all in violation of the Business > Opportunity Act. Each violation is a Class C felony punishable by up > to 10 years in prison. A full cash bond of $50,000.00 was imposed > upon Lee as a condition of any release from jail. A pre-trial hearing > has been scheduled for October 18, 2001. > > The states of Vermont, Maine, Washington, Oregon, New Mexico, and > Alaska have also filed legal actions against Lee to prevent the > promotion of this free electricity scheme. > > ((((((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb@eskimo.com http://www.amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits science projects, tesla, weird science > Seattle, WA 206-789-0775 freenrg-L taoshum-L vortex-L webhead-L ------------------------ For those reading this who want to know some history of Lees schemes, check out; http://www.syc.org/e/dennis.html -- Jerry W. Decker - KeelyNet discussion list archive http://www.escribe.com/science/keelynet Order Out of Chaos - main site http://www.keelynet.com