http://cronicaglobal.elespanol.com/vida/testigos-jehova-agujero-empresarial-galicia_69908_102.html
(my own translation… yours may be better)
The Jehovah’s Witnesses leadership (in northern Spain) requested
that a local material supplier (owned by rank-and file JWs) not divulge that a million
euros are unaccounted for. The cult leadership requested peace from the
congregation so as to put pressure on the material company’s owners (who are
JWs) and thereby avoid any possible litigation.
This case affects a well-known construction supply company
with its headquarters in a large northern city. The company, founded in 1975,
belongs to a family that have been Jehovah’s Witnesses since birth.
When one of the company’s inheritors died in 2014, one of
the daughters inherited his portion of the company. The remaining liquid assets
remained in the hands of his closest people.
“ONE MILLION EUROS”
When his daughter received her share of the company’s stock,
she discovered a notable gap in what she thought was a profitable company, as
is evident from the documents has been able to supply this periodical.
Per these supplied documents, which are also in the hands of
several congregations of Witnesses in the northern region, the shareholder had
discovered a suspicious sale of an industrial warehouse and misappropriation of
funds.
Coincidentally, a new company with a similar name emerged
with a redirected web page and identical phone number. With this scheme, the
parallel company would have then siphoned the money from the original one, its
materials and its clients.
The plaintiff calculates that the damages caused by the
alleged corrupt administration total one million euros which amounts to 400,000
euros in deviated liquid assets and 600,000 euros in materials that were
transferred to the newly formed company.
THE WITNESSES SUGGEST KEEPING THIS QUIET
Since she was a Jehovah Witnesses, the plaintiff sought internal
justice within her own doomsday cult. Her first complaint in 2014, which she
has provided to this periodical, suggested that company stakeholders committed fraud,
unfair competition and irregular administration.
The response from the central headquarters (bethel) in
Ajalvir (Madrid) was very clear. “We encourage you to apply Biblical principles
in all of your decisions and not be guided by your emotions.” says the
response.
SECOND COMPLAINT
Not satisfied with this response, the affected persons took
a further step. They faxed a certified letter to the Witnesses (in bethel) in
which they insisted that outright fraud had taken place. Also, they requested
the formation of a committee to investigate what happened.
(letter from bethel is pictured in article under this
paragraph but not here)
Once again, the leadership of this cult responded imploring
the family to avoid secular litigation. “Is money and our rights more important
than peace and unity within the congregation?”, asks one passage of this letter
from headquarters.
“We’re sure – continues the letter – that, as Christians,
you desire to handle things as Jehovah would and try to be guided by our
counsel and other advice.”
PRESSURES
In the remaining documentation, the cheated stakeholders
emphasized the pressures they received.
Per how these documents read, the businesswoman rebukes the administrative
wing of internal justice of her denomination for being so relentless with her
even after all the money she handed over to her family when they needed her.
As is concluded from the latest communication with Ajalvir
(bethel), the businesswoman has now appealed to the legal department of the
world headquarters in the US in an attempt to reopen this investigation.
