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unusual facts about front organization



American International Center

The American International Center LLC was a front organization established in 2001 by Michael Scanlon as part of his conspiracy with Jack Abramoff to receive and redistribute funds given by their clients for personal and political gain.


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CCHR

Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a Scientology front organization, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, which campaigns against psychiatrists and psychiatry

Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador

From August to December 1981 the FBI conducted a 3-month inquiry (something less than an investigation) into whether CISPES was merely a front organization for the Salvadoran rebel groups, thereby placing the organization in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

Jordan International Air Cargo

In March 2013, The New York Times reported that Jordan International Air Cargo was a front organization for the Royal Jordanian Air Force and responsible for covertly flying arms to Turkey to aid Syrian rebels in the Syrian civil war.

Rae Elson

When Bentley sought to remove herself from her position as Vice President of the U.S. Service and Shipping Corporation, a CPUSA and Comintern front organization for Soviet espionage activities, Joseph Katz selected Elson to replace Bentley.

San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority

The SGVTA was exposed as a criminal front organization in a well-covered hit-and-run case where two convicted criminals, Carl Freer and Stefan Eriksson, used its business cards to masquerade as police officers.

Wadih el-Hage

Dahduli was affiliated with the Illinois-based Islamic Association for Palestine, suspect at one time of being a Hamas front organization, and the commercial web-hosting service InfoCom Corporation which would later be raided by the US Joint Terrorism Task Force.