May 26, 2009 by Matt Heckman.
As most of you know I was one of the few bloggers in cyber space to defend The Gosselins in the beginning. I still believe that they were mistreated, as they did not fit the template in the media for collecting welfare benefits, however in light of all the hard evidence that has been developing from their family to their ponzi scams at churches, I can not justify their behavior.
When you go into a house of God and lie about your financial status, and collect money from people in that church where most of these people live paycheck to paycheck, not only is that stealing, but it’s criminal fraud. Churches throughout the country are already struggling just to get by on day to day operations and their main sources of revenue are general donations, but most importantly offerings during the service. The Gosselins call this source of their income “love offerings”. The fraud continues as they also charge for autograph pictures at $20.00 a piece all under the banner “it’s for the children”.
Needless to say the children are far from crying poverty, as The Gosselins have reported to make over 3 million last year from their reality show alone, and not including all the freebies, trips, love offerings, etc.
I have got several opinions from criminal law experts in The Commonwealth where some of these people have spoke to some of the churches that complained they were defrauded by The Gosselins and they have all told me that there is more than enough evidence for PA Attorney General Tom Corbett to go forward with a case for fraud against The Gosselins, as well as for The U.S. Attorney General as The Gosselins have conducted this “love offering” scam on a nationwide scale as their methods are very similar to charity style Ponzi schemes.
Last but not least I contacted Tom Corbett’s office without giving my name of course asking the babe who answered the phone if The Gosselins were indeed conducting fraud. The babe on the phone to my amazement said that they have been receiving numerous calls a day asking about The Gosselin Family and their actions especially involving “love offerings”. She then forwarded me to another lady who is the unofficial PR whore for these calls, and all I got was “Mr. Corbet strongly believes that fraud on all levels must be dealt with, however in light of The Gosselins that is currently not an option that Mr. Corbett is considering at this time as it could be harmful to their 8 children.”
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7 comments:
"Harmful to the children"???
That's like the old "Don't prosecute me for murdering my parents because I'm an orphan" defense.
What a crock!
Wow! I hope someone finally goes after Kate. This is so sad for the children.
Perhaps Mr. and Mrs. Gosselin have already done the math...
$200/hr of psychotherapy x 8 kids
= $1600/hr x 2 hours per week (an average)
= $3200 x 52 weeks per year
= $166, 400 x 4 years (they years they've been living with the cameras and their parents' ever growing egos)
= $665, 500.
Perhaps they decided they could afford it?
What did Leno say the other night? Something like Kate was mad that pics of her kids were on the internet...she was hoping to sell the pictures. She is a loser. She may have fortune and fame, such as it is, but what else does she have?
I wait holding my breath.....hoping for charges.
More from Matt:
The Gosselin Ponzi Sceme!
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I feel exactly the same. I used to think that the Kate Gosselin was genuinely a good person. Until she started taking advantage of all the good people were doing for her. And now, look at what she and Jon are doing. They're cheating on each other? Those poor kids. If you ask me, they should have stopped filming last season.
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