"Black Widows" and Religious Fraud
September 29, 2003
By Toby Westerman
Copyright 2003 International News Analysis Today
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A new phase in the struggle against an international criminal network of religious fraud and abuse has begun. In the United States, this new phase is heralded by an unanswered summons thrown to the ground , the use of a voice changing machine, and an attempt at intimidation by means of a Satanic symbol.
The Satanic symbol, a mutilated dead animal, was placed on the property of Phillip J. Kronzer, who has waged a nearly decade-long war in defense of the general public against an array of individuals seeking to use true religious fervor for illicit personal gain.
Kronzer has established the Kronzer Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to uncovering religious-based fraud, money laundering, and cult abuse.
In an exclusive interview with International News Analysis Today, Kronzer
states that despite this latest attempt at intimidation he remains focused and undeterred.
Kronzer's efforts against fraud and cult abuse have already produced results. To date his successes include exposing false "seer" Teresa Lopez, and providing significant aid to cult abuse victims through assistance to Wellspring.
Kronzer's most recent action is the filing of a Racketeering, Influence, and Corrupt Organization (RICO) lawsuit in Florida against several individuals and organizations he believes are both closely tied to religious-based fraud and also responsible for attempting to destroy him personally.
Kronzer's RICO suit has the potential to affect not only the flow of millions of dollars, but also to touch the lives of thousands, if not millions of people. Since many of those named in the suit are directly or indirectly connected to a Medjugorje cult, the effects of Kronzer's legal efforts, if successful, will have international repercussions.
The purported apparitions and messages of Medjugorje have yet to be approved by the Catholic Church, nevertheless, devotees to the cult are primarily Catholic. Unlike other, approved religious devotions, the Medjugorje cult has brought personal disaster to many of its followers. Kronzer is among those who have encountered personal tragedy, when his wife, Ardie, left him at the urging of influential Medjugorje devotees.
Kronzer has informed INA Today that, although the suit is in its earliest stages, reaction to it has been swift, and in at least one case, explosive.
When served with the RICO summons, one individual named in the suit angrily threw the notice to the ground in the presence of the process server, who is an officer of the court. This intemperate act could be considered contempt of court, and, unless the individual answers the complaint, the Florida court will issue a ruling in Kronzer's favor.
Others named in the suit have reportedly already fallen into misfortune.
At least two of those included in the Florida RICO have had arrest warrants issued against them in Europe, in one, possibly two nations, Kronzer told INA Today.
One form of harassment recently used against Kronzer was an attempt to implicate him with threatening calls to law enforcement personnel.
Local and FBI law enforcement officials have interviewed Kronzer in response to phone threats made against certain individuals and police. The voice issuing the threats was assumed to be Kronzer's.
Kronzer's own sources provide evidence that a new, but readily available, technology has been used against him - the "morphing machine." Using ten minutes of taped conversation and recent digital technology, the morphing machine can change one person's voice to sound very similar to that of another's.
Although the human ear can be deceived by the voice-changing technology, a sophisticated laboratory analysis can differentiate between the real and imitated voice.
The numerous investigations Kronzer has launched in his campaign against religious-based fraud has exposed the activities of a number of shady characters, and a murky world of con artists and confidence men. One of the most sinister is that of the "Black Widows."
Kronzer disclosed to INA Today of the existence in the Silicon Valley of a ring of women who have made a comfortable living seeking out to destroy vulnerable, married men.
According to his information, once a "Black Widow" targets a particular married man, through the use of her charms she will break up the man's marriage and ruin him financially.
Profits from this activity come not only from money or other assets which the "Black Widow" may acquire from her target, but also from what could be called a "finder's fee." The "Black Widow" provides referrals to cooperating divorce lawyers and real estate agents, who will earn substantial fees as they divide and dispose of the target's assets.
The financial disaster encountered by the broken family turns a considerable profit for the professionals involved, from the lawyer who files the divorce papers to the real estate agent who earns commissions from the sale of the family home.
Kronzer also claims that the "Black Widows" are united by more than skill at breaking marriages. Their contempt for men may be expressed by a lesbian and an occult union. Kronzer told INA Today, "These people have formed their own coven."
INA Today will continue to follow the progress of Kronzer's Florida RICO suit, and continue to report on other developments directed against cult abuse and religious-based fraud.
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