Salt Lake Tribune wrote:In Tanner’s case, a federal indictment alleges he instructed Maria Melody Fuentes Cecil of Spanish Fork, Utah, how to file a "notice of expatriation" to declare herself a sovereign citizen in an attempt to exempt herself from various legal proceedings in state courts in Utah County. Each faces four counts of mail fraud.
This spring, Cecil sent certified letters to at least four judges and a commissioner demanding judgments be voided and property returned within three days or payment of either $3.2 billion or $804 billion.
Cecil should get some credit for separating herself from Tanner because
Cecil had separated herself from Tanner and had "abandoned" belief in the sovereign citizen movement, Preston (Cecil's lawyer) said. "She realizes she was getting bad advice."
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