There have been at times some underhanded buisness dealings within the congregations and also some being taken advantage of for money, thefts and other rotten dealings.
These should be reported to the police, but the WTS doesn't like anyone calling the police or taking a brother to court, I think it only fair that if proven beyond a doubt by others as to being riped of, after it has been delt and reported to police, they should be booted out, they would probably want to be.
A very close relative of mine and his wife were disfellowshiped on very dodgy material, he has always denied he had nothing to do with the crime, the elders barged into his home and harrassed accused belittled, scared the hell out of his kids, he threw the elders out and he was disfellowshiped they say for his attitude and standing by his wife which they believed was behind the crime. In the meantime he had a break down ended up in hospital for nearly six months, nearly lost his life, his kids never went back to a meeting, he wrote a letter to put his truth across that was ignored.
As it turned out the person that did what his wife and him was accused of was caught and taken to court the truth came out and both he and his wife were found to be innocent of any crime. Not one word of sorry by the elders nothing read at the meetings to vincicate his innocence, they never went to a meeting for nearly a year, took another year before they were reienstated, they are very shaky in the troof now, but his son wants nothing to do with the witnessess he says they are hypocrites and cowards. The wife fronted the elder that she says was on a witch hunt against her and hubby, he said he regretted all that happened, she said, I feel sorry for you, because you haven't begun to pay for what you did especially to my husband, he could have died.