Scientology in Norway

Cover headline: "THE CULT OF GREED... also in Norway"
(Yes, "Sekt" is literally "sect", but it's used as "cult" is in English, with the same negative connotations)

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Keeps their member list secret.

Refuses to turn over their financial statements to Kapital. (Kapital argues that Scientology should legally file their financial statements to the official registry at Brønnøysund because their - at least previously - millions of gross income. They might also be looking at lots of tax avoision here.)

Has no authorized auditor (revisor) now and the company they used had a reputation for sloppy work.

May be neglecting their obligation to for financial records.

Are performing high cost business consulting, tax free.

Are not paying VAT on personality tests.

Large amounts are quickly sent to Denmark and the USA to get them out of reach of court seizure - the case of Magne Berge is used as an example. He won a settlement and getting the money out of Scientology was quite a hassle.

Almost no external control.

Not a single person in the Oslo Co$ board of directors would be eligible for a loan. They can't even get a cell phone subscription unless they pre-pay it. (Personal note: The corporate sort-out and orgs having boards are just shams anyway, since the Sea Org and David Miscavige decides everything anyway.)

Central persons in the leadership run businesses within the business, sit in each others business boards, and let business lapse.

Cultivate celebrities, and entice young people with luxury.

Names named (now that Kapital has named them we can too):

First the four board members:

Niels Syvander Baardseth, the leader of the Oslo org: Has some old debts which he failed to pay and has at least two cases of violent crime on his record - but this was before he became a scientologist.

Tom Erik Landberg: Is listed as the board chairman for Oslo in the BRREG, but this turns out to be incorrect old information according to Fosse. Landberg has a foreign corporation in the form of a NUF (Norskregistrert utenlandsk foretak) called "Aberio Ltd." registered in England. Landberg and Fosse are board members in the organization "Si nei til stoff si ja til livet" ("Say no to drugs yes to life").

Elin M. Samstad: Is married. Has no significant personal (declared) income of her own.

Niels Baardseth: Is married. Has no significant personal (declared) income of his own.

Now for the other people:

Dan-Viggo Bergtun: A "top" public scientologist in Norway. Bankruptcy artist. Has many personal properties though. Wife also scientologist. Big donor. Responsible for the fraudulent story saying the then Norwegian minister of defense was going to distribute Way to Happiness to soldiers and other lies. (It's the same kind of thing as the Way to Happiness douchebaggery in their videos now - 7 Elven, Red Cross etc.)

Bergtun also was the guy who was supposed to buy the Norwegian Fail Boat (pictured, run aground) from Thomas Øye, famous Norwegian shady character. (See NOKAS fatal robbery and the armed robbery of Munch paintings "The Scream" and "Madonna".)

Arne Skaret: Probably not scientologist, but auditor in the extremely sloppy auditing firm Sentrum Revisjon

Paal Fuglevaag: Another public scientologist. Also audited by Sentrum Revisjon. Board member in The Watt Group and Watt Engros, also audited by Sentrum Revisjon. Owes taxes, but he's going to pay them.

Mårten Runow: Runs U-MAN.

Klar Kurs: Company run by scientologists Rasmus Lossius and Trond Samstad (husband of Oslo Co$ board member Elin M. Samstad). They deliver communication and leadership courses (personal note: and probably personal e-meter blackmail services ).

Matthias Fosse: Spokesperson for the Oslo org. Has a part-time normal job in a normal business. Is hurt that Kapital spoke to anybody but him for the story, and calls their investigation "religious persecution".

Glory Marcabia. Taxes will be paid.

Source: http://forums.whyweprotest.net/291-scientology-discussion/vikingfags-should-we-investigate-13964/2/

PS: Isn't it ironic that a Scientology org can't get themselves an auditor ?