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Man accused of fraud represents himself

Updated: Thursday, 05 Nov 2009, 7:50 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 19 Jun 2008, 8:26 PM EDT

CHESAPEAKE, Va. - The man accused of bilking thousands of dollars from consumers is now representing himself in court. 

Court papers from Financing Alternatives George Christian are handwritten and he now claims he's disabled, but doesn't say what the disabililty is.
 
He also tells the court he doesn't have enough information to answer many of the state's allegations because he doesn't have enough information to confirm or deny allegations against him because he wasn't running the shop.
 
He's also representing himself against state charges of Fraud.
 
Christian states he did not "participate in the day to day operations of the company."
 
A company accused of taking $18-hundred each from 1,765 customers, then failing to deliver the computers.
 
In the handwritten document he asks the court to strike "scandalous" matters from its complaint against him, including that Christian directed that $250,000 be wired from an FAI bank account to a casino hotel located outside the United States.
 
State Attorney General Bob McDonnell has alleged Christian took out $7.8-million from FAI, in part to finance his gambling activities while consumers failed to get paid for computers.
 
Christian also wants the court to remove from the state's complaint that consumers would pay FAI three times the cost they would pay if they purchased the computer directly from the manufacturer.
 
All of this comes at a time when the state claims Christian has started Green Frog Funding.
Similar in operation as Financing Alternatives; no credit check, and only a checking account needed.
 
Next Wednesday the court will decide whether to continue the injunction to freeze Christian's assets.

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