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[richard haase]

thanks ian
i was wondering if adela was currently in prison
was looking for her to raise money
one thing you can say about adela is she raises money
but you have to watch her
like a truffle pig
but i was just wondering about her
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian" <ialterman at nyc.rr.com>
To: "Civic" <mb-civic at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 7:01 PM
Subject: [Mb-civic] !


> Did anyone else catch this?  Michael?
>
> Peace.
>
> -----------
>
> Return Engagement Behind Prison Bars
> The New York Times
> November 28, 2004
>
> It has been a long second act.  In the 1960's and 70's, Adela Holzer was
> well known on Broadway as a producer and an investor in shows that
included
> the hit rock musical "Hair."  Then, in 1979, she was found to have started
a
> second career; she was convicted of defrauding investors of nearly
$100,000
> in bogus schemes not involving the theater, and she served two years in
> prison. In 1990, she pleaded guilty to stealing more than $400,000 in
> another investment swindle and served four more years. Two years ago, she
> was convicted of bilking illegal immigrants of more than $200,000 in yet
> another scheme, in which she falsely
> promised them documents that would give them legal status.  These days,
Ms.
> Holzer, 75, is serving 9 to 18 years for that crime at the Albion
> Correctional Facility in western New York, where she works in the prison
> library, said a spokeswoman for the state prison system.
>
>
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/nyregion/28folo.html?ex=1102686283&ei=1&en=b2f127e13e1dcdda
>
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