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Indictment detail in $100 million Home Stake swindle case
A federal grand jury indicted Robert Oklahoma Leverths founder of Home Stake Production Co and 12 associates on 36 counts in a vast securities fraud. The scheme allegedly lured about 2,000 investors including entertainers and politicians with promises of oil profits while misusing funds. The 87 page indictment cites 85 overt acts in a conspiracy to defraud the government and investors, with only a fraction of money used for oil production.
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Los Angeles
Joe
Robert
Oklahoma
Leverths
Home Stake Production Co
Adam Smitt
Andy Withtame
Jack Bermy
Buddy Hackett
Liza Minnelli
Walter Matthau
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Walters
Bob Dylan
Robbie Gentry
John Goodell
New York
Jacob K. Javits
South Carolina
Ernest F. Hollings
Trippet
Califeenia
HomeStake
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
Securities and Exchange Commission