Fugitive Lunar Embassy Operator Remains Jailed In
Nevada
Lunar "realtor" sold
novelty moon property as a business, could be returned to Canada
soon.
LAS VEGAS (24 January) /Special to the
Lunar Journal/ — Fugitive Lisa Fulkerson's odyssey may land her
back in Chatham next week. The 33-year-old lunar realtor, who sold
novelty acreage on the moon as a business, could be returned to
Canada from Las Vegas shortly to face 10 Canadian charges,
including fraud and theft.
Chatham-Kent police continue to
investigate her business, known as the Moon Land Registry.
Fulkerson, who also operated an
Internet company and two gift shops, has been in a Las Vegas jail
since Jan. 9 after she was recognized by two Chatham residents who
saw her selling hand cream at a kiosk in the Desert Passage
shopping mall attached to the Aladdin Casino and Hotel.
Fulkerson waived extradition in the
days after her arrest and has been awaiting her return to Canada.
She was scheduled to make a court appearance in Las Vegas
yesterday for what was called a status hearing into her case.
But Gregory Damm, an assistant United
States attorney, said the hearing was rescheduled for Monday.
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"In between now and Monday she
should be transported," he said. He could not be specific on
when or how the U.S. Marshal's office will turn Fulkerson over to
Canadian authorities.
Steven Carpenter, public information
officer for the Las Vegas office of the U.S. Marshal, said
Fulkerson would be moved "very soon but I can't give you any
kind of date."
He would not be specific because of
"security concerns."
A warrant for Fulkerson's arrest was
issued Nov. 12 after she failed to attend a court hearing in
Chatham at which she was expected to plead guilty to theft and
fraud involving the Bank of Nova Scotia and more than $600,000
(CAD).
Instead of appearing, Fulkerson, her
husband Rod and two daughters vanished, leaving behind whispers
that millions of dollars involving up to 50 investors went with
them.
The Canadian warrant for Fulkerson,
named the 2001 entrepreneur of the year by the Chatham and
District Chamber of Commerce, hints at the larger investigation.
Obtained from the U.S. attorney's
office, it outlines how Fulkerson allegedly obtained money from
the bank in a kiting scheme, gave counterfeit bank documents to
antsy investors wanting repayment and how she was already in
Florida and in violation of her bail conditions before telling
police she intended to leave the province.
The investigation has been in full
swing even in Fulkerson's absence, with both the Chatham-Kent
police and the RCMP looking into her activities.
Chatham-Kent police officers headed
to Nevada this week, to the Reno area, about 800 kilometers from
Las Vegas, to conduct more investigation into the alleged frauds.
That is where the Lunar
Embassy, the parent company to Fulkerson's moon land
business, is located.
Dennis M. Hope, the company's owner,
indicated shortly after Fulkerson's discovery he expected to be
interviewed by Chatham-Kent police this week.
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SOURCES: Emediawire,
Toronto
Star, Novinite, London
Free Press (Canada)
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