January 19, 2018
About two dozen investigators from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office raided the offices of Newsweek and its parent company, IBT Media, on Thursday.
IBT Media was co-founded by Jonathan Davis and Etienne Uzac. The IRS placed a $1.2 million federal tax lien against Uzac in December 2017.
The agents were said to be photographing servers in the offices, but not downloading any files at the offices at 7 Hanover Square, according to sources.
They appeared to be photographing the serial numbers on the machines, said a source.
In the past, IBT has been linked to a Christian church founded by Korean-American evangelist David Jang and Olivet University, a university in California that Jang’s followers founded.
The IRS had not responded to a call by press time. The Manhattan DA declined to comment.
Dana Mathewson states:
Perhaps the IRS is still operating in "weaponized" mode? Or it could just be a case of back taxes. However, Christians appear to be in the crosshairs.
This from Tim:
The company I worked for got sued for twenty thousand dollars because they had purchased a used copier and it had "proprietary" software already installed when they purchased it, making it a copyright violation. They hired a lawyer and won, but it cost them. I wonder if taking the photos of these machines wasn't something comparable. This from Dana:
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