Robert Beale (entrepreneur)
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Robert Beale is a Minnesota
entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of Comtrol, fugitive, tax protestor and convicted felon who was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for tax evasion.
Beale was the Minnesota campaign manager for televangelist Pat Robertson
during Robertson's failed run for president in 1988. Beale also reported that he was once a major contributor and board member of Living Word Christian Center, a Brooklyn Park
church which would later come under the scrutiny of the IRS as well. He is also a former shareholder and board of directors member of WorldNetDaily
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Beale's problems with the IRS began in the 1990s over a dispute involving a computer software firm Beale founded called Artist Graphics.
Beale was also later charged with threatening the life of the federal judge who prosecuted him and was given 11 additional months of prison time. Beale served briefly as his own attorney at his trial.
Beale is the father of political columnist Theodore Beale
(Vox Day).
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of Comtrol, fugitive, tax protestor and convicted felon who was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for tax evasion.
Beale was the Minnesota campaign manager for televangelist Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson
Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson is a media mogul, television evangelist, ex-Baptist minister and businessman who is politically aligned with the Christian Right in the United States....
during Robertson's failed run for president in 1988. Beale also reported that he was once a major contributor and board member of Living Word Christian Center, a Brooklyn Park
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
According to the 2010 census, there were 75,781 people residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 52% White, 24% African American, 1% Native American, 15% Asian, 42 residents identifying themselves as Pacific Islander, 4% from other races, and 4% from two or more races...
church which would later come under the scrutiny of the IRS as well. He is also a former shareholder and board of directors member of WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily is an American web site that publishes news and associated content from a U.S. conservative perspective. It was founded in May 1997 by Joseph Farah with the stated intent of "exposing wrongdoing, corruption and abuse of power" and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.-History:In...
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Beale's problems with the IRS began in the 1990s over a dispute involving a computer software firm Beale founded called Artist Graphics.
Beale was also later charged with threatening the life of the federal judge who prosecuted him and was given 11 additional months of prison time. Beale served briefly as his own attorney at his trial.
Beale is the father of political columnist Theodore Beale
Theodore Beale
Theodore Beale, born c.1968, is an American writer, sometimes using the pseudonym Vox Day. He has also designed computer games and been a musician.-Biography:Beale graduated from Bucknell University in 1990...
(Vox Day).