PIPE DREAM: Roger Lin allegedly told 134 members that their ‘citizenship cards’ allowed them to reside in the US and receive free government healthcare
Taipei Times
Date:\ May 22, 2019
By:L Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Taiwan Civil Government founder Roger Lin (林志昇) and his wife, Julian Lin (林梓安),
Taiwan Civil Government secretary-general Roger Lin, front center, and his wife, Julian Lin, back center, arrive at the Taoyuan District Prosecutors’ Office on May 11 last year.Photo: CNA
were yesterday indicted on additional charges of aggravated fraud and profiting on false pretenses, after 134 more people filed complaints against the couple and other executives of the organization.
Taoyuan prosecutors said that they had uncovered more evidence and took additional testimony from victims, after six top executives, including the Lins, were in July last year indicted on charges relating to money laundering, fraud, operating a criminal organization and illegal fundraising.
The six executives faced charges for allegedly defrauding Taiwan Civil Government members of about NT$770 million (US$24.48 million) by having them pay for political donations, seminars, “citizenship” identification cards and high-level membership fees for nonexistent government positions, among other schemes.
Roger Lin led the group, which “operated like a political Ponzi scheme,” prosecutors said, estimating that he and other leaders had made more than NT$1 billion since the organization was founded in 2008. [FULL STORY]
