Links to Gollin G-Man Impersonation

[Herbert Spencer]

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?f...ID=2566117

Thanks for that, Martin.  I'm pretty sure that incident would have been included in the "True or False" discussion if a link had been available.  Impersonating a federal official is a felony that carries a three year sentence (18 U.S.C. § 912).  

§ 912. Officer or employee of the United States

Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, paper, document, or thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

We would want to take care in making such an allegation without verifiable information, even though we all remember him doing it.  On the other hand, now that we have factual verification, allege away!  Based on the statements of the pastor (which I have no reason to doubt) in my opinion Gollin would be found guilty if tried before an impartial jury.  Martha Stewart did time for less.  Hell, Dixie is doing time for less.

In other news on the Gollin crime front, I notice he removed the illegal SSN's from his website.  He had been in violation of Illinois law, as noted here.  Do you think he had to pay the $50,000 fine, or did the Illinois AG let him off with a courtesy warning because he's a "federal agent"?

And in a related criminal matter, anyone who has received an internet death threat from George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin) also can file a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center.