Re: They caught him...

["Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

I guess Dr. Axelrod is on the lam! Maybe we don't need to worry about him suing 
people of stupid things anymore.

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tony 
  To: gsas-member@thekrib.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:52 PM
  Subject: Re: They caught him...


  Wow he really did decide to "go for it."
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: <carrera206@comcast.net>
  To: <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
  Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:57 PM
  Subject: They caught him...


  > FYI
  >
  > Alfred
  >
  > -- --------
  >
  > Wednesday, June 16, 2004 · Last updated 3:01 p.m. PT
  >
  > Wanted millionaire arrested in Germany
  >
  > By JEFFREY GOLD
  > ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
  >
  > NEWARK, N.J. -- A fugitive millionaire wanted on tax fraud charges in New
  > Jersey was arrested at an airport in Germany, federal prosecutors said
  > Wednesday.
  >
  > Herbert Axelrod, 76, fled the United States soon after being indicted in
  > April on charges that he conspired to defraud the Internal Revenue Service
  > by helping a former executive of his pet-book publishing company hide
  > $700,000 in a Swiss bank account.
  >
  > He also has drawn attention for rare musical instruments he valued at $100
  > million and donated or sold at a discount.
  >
  > Michael Himmel, a lawyer who has represented Axelrod, said Wednesday that
  he
  > had not yet spoken to Axelrod and declined to comment. The U.S. Attorney's
  > Office in New Jersey said it notified German authorities that it would
  seek
  > to have Axelrod sent back to the United States.
  >
  > Axelrod operated TFH Publications, which specializes in books on animals
  and
  > pets, and whose products include the Nylabone line of dog toys.
  >
  > The tax-fraud charges are unrelated to an FBI review of an $18 million
  deal
  > last year in which Axelrod sold the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra 30 rare
  > string instruments the philanthropist had valued at $50 million.
  >
  > Authorities reportedly are trying to determine whether Axelrod inflated
  the
  > instruments' value to make himself eligible for a large tax write-off, and
  > are said to be looking into his 1998 donation of four Stradivarius musical
  > instruments - also valued at $50 million by Axelrod - to the Smithsonian
  > Institution.
  >
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