Sovrun Marshall E. Home busted

[Unidyne]

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.c ... lace_t.php

Marshall E. Home, a self-styled 'sovereign citizen' in Arizona and former Tucson mayoral candidate, has been arrested on two federal charges of making false claims related to a "business" he ran that purported to save homes from foreclosure.

The complaint alleges that Home also tried to place the U.S. in bankruptcy in March, and falsely claimed he had a claim of $3 billion against the federal government.

To quote a press release from the US Attorney:

Home filed or caused to be filed 173 false claims against the United States in the Bankruptcy Court relating to individuals participating in the "Mortgage Rescue Service." Many of these false bankruptcy claims involve loans guaranteed by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The criminal complaint alleges that these claims totaled over $2.5 trillion dollars. The specific charges in the two counts of the criminal complaint involve claims of $2.5 billion and $50 million.

Further in the article:

This is not Home's first brush with the courts. He had been campaigning for mayor of Tucson -- first as an independent, then as a Democrat -- but dropped out in June after a court case challenging his residency. In that particular case he argued: "I reside within my body. That is my definition of residency."

He faces 5 years in the slammer, $250,000 fine, or both.

[Kestrel]

See this thread for more.

[silversopp]

A Democrat sovrun? That's about as rare as two grand slams in the same ballgame.

[Pottapaug1938]

A Democrat sovrun? That's about as rare as two grand slams in the same ballgame.

Well, keep in mind that 1) the Democratic Party is a "pretty big tent", and 2) people like Lyndon LaRouche have called themselves Democrats in the past (although almost no one in the party accepted them as such).

[Dezcad]

That's about as rare as two grand slams in the same ballgame.

It is with pride that I state that in the last 30 years, 2 out of the 6 players who have hit two grand slams in one ballgame were Red Sox players.

[grixit]

As one who actually spoke with Marshall Home a few times a cab assure you that there was nothing in his positions that suggested the Democratic Party. So i was rather surprised to read that. I can only surmise that it was an opportunistic filing. Actually his positions were like those most sovereigns, superficially libertarian.

[Gregg]

It is with pride that I state that in the last 30 years, 2 out of the 6 players who have hit two grand slams in one ballgame were Red Sox players.

Was one of the others Johnny Bench by chance, against the Phillies? He used to totally own Steve Carleton, I am pretty sure he hit 3 dingers in a game against him at least twice.

I can only surmise that it was an opportunistic filing.

I'm thinking maybe no one in the Democratic Primary is ppart of that story....

[Judge Roy Bean]

Superseding indictment:

http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/PR_09082 ... erick.html