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News and Opinion

Is Bill Guan the "fall guy" for "cult leader" Master Li and Falun Gong?

Weidong “Bill” Guan, former finance executive at "The Epoch Times" pleaded guilty to running a million fraudulent scheme, which funneled illicit funds to the right-wing "cult" newspaper, founded by Falun Gong affiliates in 2000. Guan's criminal conviction for money-laundering will culminate in his sentencing on October 9th. But who... More

Recent Additions

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• N.J. psychic accused of conning grieving widow out of $78K to cleanse dead husbands soul
• Dad can forbid child from attending church with mother, Maine high court rules
• Shincheonji, Unification Church Leaders Indicted in Corruption Probe
• Unification Church Leader Hak Ja Han Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison in 1st Trial Over Alleged Collusion with Yoon Suk-yeol Government
• A multi-level marketing company fined 450 million VND for a series of violations
• Mormon church expands US land empire with massive housing and city projects
• What Drives Conspiracy Theories and the Psychology Behind It
• Children in a faith-healing sect keep dying. Idaho laws let it happen
• Sect leader who featured in Netflix documentary handed another 24 years in prison

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