Every action of scientology towards it's critics, is by design, extortionate conduct to intimidate witnesses into silence.

"One day someone will claim what we are doing is illegal, when that
day comes let it be the Orgs that decide what is illegal" (c) L. Ron Hubbard

A federal appellate court ultimately ruled that organizations could be held liable for racketeering through extortionate conduct. See Jund v Town of Hempstead, 941 F2d 1271 (2nd Cir. 1991)

Scientology being at it's core no more than a complete fraud....

"An individual processed with the aid of the E-meter was said to reach the intended goal of "clear" and was led to believe there was reliable scientific proof that once cleared many, indeed most illnesses would automatically be cured. Auditing was guaranteed to be successful. All this was and is false -- in short, a fraud. " Federal District Judge Gesell 333 F. Supp. 357; 1971 U.S. Dist

Scientology has internal policies, FAIR GAME, written directives, plans, projects and programmes designed to intimidate into silence anyone who notices that he has been defrauded.

Section 1961 Fed Criminal Code
(1) Racketeering activity means (A) any act or threat involving murder, kidnaping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion...

Section 1513 retaliation against a witness, victim or an informant

(a) Whoever knowing engages in any conduct and thereby causes bodily injury to another person or damages the tangible property of another person or threatens to do so, with intent to retaliate against any person for -

(1) the attendance of a witness or party at an official proceeding, or any testimony given or any record, document, or other object produced by a witness in an official proceeding....

Shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned for not more than ten years.

and (b) There is extraterritorial Federal Jurisdiction over an offense under this section.

{ the bastards can't run and can't hide, not even on their freewinds with Panamanian registry}

Section 1515 Definitions for certain provisions

(a) As used in sections 1512 ans 1513 of this title and section-
  (1) The term 'official proceeding' means:

   (A) A proceeding before a judge or court of the United States
, a united states magistrate,a bankruptcy judge, A Judge of the united states tax court, a special trial judge of the Tax Court, a Judge of the united states claims court, or a federal grand jury.

 name a case!

   (B) A proceeding before Congress; or

   (C) a proceeding before a federal Government agency authorized by law.

 Massimo at CSCE!

 (2) The term "physical force" means physical action against another and includes confinement

 the RPF [ their slave camps ] and Lisa McPherson!

 (3) The term "misleading conduct" means -

 (A) knowing making false statements

 (B) Intentionally omitting information from a statement and thereby causing a portion of such statement to be misleading, or intentionally concealing a material fact. and thereby creating a false impression

(C) with intent to mislead, knowingly submitting or inviting reliance on a sample, specimen, map, photograph, boundary mark, or other object that is misleading in a material respect

(D) knowingly using a trick, scheme, or device with intent to mislead.

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(5) by bodily injury means:
(A) a cut, abrasion, bruise, burn or disfigurement
(B) physical pain
(C) illness
(D) impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ,or mental faculity; or
(E) any other injury to the body, no matter how temporary.

Emotional distress induced impairment of any kind, such as Litigation Stress.. would be included, also

includes but not limited to their E-Meter, their Narconon Purif sauna program

See CW Detective Sergeant Ray Emmon's recammendation and outline for a RICO here

Have any doubts? keep reading this website.. if you believe any part of their lies, then, alas, you have become a party to this scheme. Read any of the sites listed HERE if you doubt just my word on it. Also see my summaries of how the scam works in Art of Deception  available in GERMAN and FRENCHand Art of Deception II see charts at the end.

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Another angle... thank you to ethercat, incident list here

US code, Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 13, Sec. 241.

Conspiracy Against Rights

If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or
intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth,
Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any
right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of
the United States, or because of his having so exercised the
same; or

If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the
premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free
exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured -

They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed
in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping
or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to
commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or
for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.