Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/09
By: Chiu Chun-chin and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, July 9 (CNA) Six key members of a group advocating Taiwan’s self-
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determination called the Taiwan Civil Government have been indicted for fraud and illegal fundraising in the name of the organization, the Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office said Monday.
Prosecutors indicted the six suspects Monday for alleged involvement in fraud and violating the Organized Crime Prevention Act and Money Laundering Control Act.
They said the group’s founder and secretary-general Roger Lin (林志昇), 67, his wife Julian T.A. Lin (林梓安), 51 and four others in the group defrauded 315 people of about NT$770 million (US$25.8 million) through the organization by various means including asking for political donations.
Prosecutors said Lin also engaged in questionable business schemes.
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