Yes, they're all persecuted orthodox kosher jews now. Even though last year they were disciples of Jesus Christ. They're making trouble now in two neighboring cities, Green Bay and Appleton and were the top news story last night, which I'm sure thrills them:


[link to www.nbc26.com]

(Do watch the news video for comic relief!!!)


Family, friends and members of the Samantha Roy Institute of Science and Technology gathered at the Brown County Jail to protest alleged mistreatment of their leader, and CEO, Naomi Isaacson. "We have now escalated from starvation to torture," said Alan Eisenberg, SIST's attorney.

Isaacson was arrested Friday, just days after an FBI investigation into SIST came to light. Isaacson was sought on an unrelated bench warrant from Maryland. Her attorney says the warrant stems from a failure to appear in court in Baltimore. "She looks as pale as I've ever seen her," said Eisenberg. Naomi is a practicing Orthodox Jew. Her lawyer, along with about 50 others who showed up at the jail Sunday, say she is not being allowed to eat kosher food that her sister brought in for her. Most courts have ruled that if you are a practicing Jew with dietary restrictions, you are entitled to kosher food in jail. The Brown County Jail is not commenting on the case until Monday morning. But on Saturday, they did tell NBC26 she was being properly cared for. "This is not a publicity stunt. In my opinion, this life and freedom," said Eisenberg.

According to Shawano police, The Samanta Roy Institute of Science is at the center of an FBI investigation into alleged threats against city leaders, members of the City of Shawano, and members of the media. Eisenberg says he plans to file a formal complaint tomorrow against the Brown County Jail.

[link to www.wbay.com]

SIST C.E.O. Taken Into U.S. Marshals' Custody

Updated: Nov 17, 2008 01:07 PM CST





One of the leaders of a Shawano County religious group left the Brown County jail this morning.

U.S. Marshals took Naomi Isaacson into their custody around eight o'clock.

The U.S. Attorneys Office in Baltimore says Isaacson is being brought to Maryland, where she's wanted for a federal bench warrant for contempt of court.

Isaacson is the CEO of the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology, based near Shawano.

She was arrested Friday on the bench warrant, a day after appearing on Action 2 News and denying her organization was involved in alleged threats against 60 people.

Some Shawano officials say the FBI is investigating an implied threat from SIST against dozens of people, including city and county government official.

The U.S. Attorneys Office and Shawano County law enforcement say Isaacson's arrest is unrelated to the threat investigation.

Action 2 News also learned from Appleton police that four members of SIST were cited on Saturday for an ordinance violation. Police say the members illegally put flyers on cars in the parking lot of Northland Mall.

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Watch out Baltimore! You're next!!!

Their cult leader has changed his name and is now an orthodox jew with a false history masquerading as a neurosurgeon in Baltimore, Maryland, according to this news article:

[link to www.rickross.com]

Mayor claims Samanta Roy has other identity: Roy's attorney denies
SIST founder using another name in Maryland

Shawano Leader, Wisconsin/July 20, 2007
By Tim Ryan

Affidavits filed in a civil suit in Shawano County Circuit Court claim R. C. Samanta Roy, founder and president of the Shawano-based Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology, Inc. (SIST), is living under the name Avraham Cohen in Baltimore, Maryland.

Samanta Roy – whose institute and its subsidiaries have purchased or entered into land contracts on Shawano area properties at a cost of more than $7 million – has reportedly pledged half a million dollars to a Jewish private school in Baltimore, according to the court documents.

The revelation about Samanta Roy's alleged Baltimore identity is included in filings as part of Shawano Mayor Lorna Marquardt's libel and defamation suit against SIST, two of its subsidiaries, and SIST representative, Kalmar G. Gronvall.

A motion hearing in the case is scheduled for this afternoon, at which point the affidavits are expected to be introduced.

One of the exhibits offered into evidence with the affidavits is an online article from the Baltimore school's web site regarding Dr. Avraham Cohen's pledge of $500,000 to the Yeshivat Rambam school.

The article, which states that Cohen is a neurosurgeon, includes a photo of Cohen with two young girls that are identified as his daughters.

Another affidavit, signed by Tony Zielinski of Shawano, identifies the man in the photo as Samanta Roy. Zielinski, who is a member of a city commission, said he knows Samanta Roy through his involvement with the city.

"I have known him for some time and recognize him in the picture," Zielinski is quoted as stating in the affidavit.

Rebecca Gietman, the attorney representing the defendants, said the claims made in the affidavits are not true.

"No, Dr. Roy is not living in Maryland as a neurosurgeon," she said. "That allegation is completely false."

Asked where Samanta Roy is located, Gietman said, "he has a residence in Shawano."

Gietman said the man identified as Cohen in one of the photos looks slightly like Samanta Roy. But she said there are "significant differences" between the two in another photo, showing Cohen with a member of the school staff.

The article on the Yeshivat Rambam web site describes Cohen as a neurosurgeon and successful businessman who grew up in the Jewish community in India.

According to the article, "Dr. Cohen's family was in the import export business, trading products with the merchants on the islands of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. He went into medicine and then went into the hospital business."

Cohen is quoted in the Yeshivat Rambam article praising the Baltimore school.

"Now I belong to a Jewish school and a Jewish community, Yeshivat Rambam," he is quoted as saying, adding the school's teaching stems from the Torah.

"I am so glad and feel so secure that my daughters will grow up here at Yeshivat Rambam and will become great women academically and mothers of Yisrael who will preserve our culture, our dignity, and our excellence."

The school's web site no longer has a link to the article. The Shawano Leader was able to obtain an archived copy of it, however. The article, headlined "A Shining Example," praises Cohen for his pledged donation to the school.

The Shawano Leader contacted the Yeshivat Rambam school for a comment about the information in the affidavits. A spokesperson for the school said she would relay the message to school president Seth Rotenberg. A short time later the spokesperson called back to say Rotenberg had no comment.

The photo of Avraham Cohen in the article was identified by at least four local businessmen as Samanta Roy, according to Marquardt's attorney, James Chereskin.

Chereskin said it was not necessary to have all of them sign affidavits as, "it would have been overkill."

Gietman said the allegation, along with being false, is also irrelevant to the lawsuit.

"Dr. Samanta Roy is not a defendant in that lawsuit," she said. "Even if that were true, it would be completely irrelevant, but it's absolutely not true."

Gietman was asked if Samanta Roy could be contacted for a comment and said that Samanta Roy speaks through her.

A message was left for Naomi Isaacson, who is listed as the registered agent for SIST and its subsidiaries. The call was not returned by deadline.

Gronvall, contacted Thursday, declined comment on the advice of his attorney.

In responding to the suit, SIST has attempted to distance itself from Gronvall and materials he has ostensibly printed accusing Marquardt of racism. SIST maintains Gronvall is no longer a member of its board and, in producing materials focusing on Marquardt, acted on his own, according to a court filing from SIST's attorney.

At the same time, SIST is also maintaining Marquardt is a public figure and Gronvall's published material is protected as free speech.

Samanta Roy arrived in the Shawano area in the mid 1970s, when he was known as Rama Behera and led the Disciples of the Lord Jesus.

Court records show he changed his name to R. C. Samanta Roy in 1990. In the early 1990s he established the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology.

SIST and its subsidiaries run several businesses in the area, including the USA International Raceway, three gas stations, two hotels, a fudge shop, and the Spirit of the Northwoods in downtown Shawano. Several other businesses lease property owned by SIST or its subsidiaries.

SIST representatives have said the businesses are intended to fund an international boarding school in the Shawano area. Tax documents indicate SIST already operates a school in India.

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So, their cult is funneling as much of our local monies as possible out of Shawano County to fund mysterious schools in India and now in Baltimore while never building their promised international school here. Meanwhile, they don't even pay their local taxes on their local business properties and force the local lessees to pony up the money:

Family Dollar pays landlord SIST's tax
Shawano Leader/August 2, 2006

Family Dollar has taken care of the property tax bill due on the building it leases from the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology, allowing the store to go back to selling soda and opening its storefront amusement rides.

A check for $204,262.34 that city officials say bounced twice led to the pulling of beer and liquor, cigarette, soda, and amusement licenses at six properties owned by SIST and its subsidiaries.

The Family Dollar Store, 229 E. Green Bay St., which leases from Midwest Properties, lost its soda and amusement licenses when the city took its action on July 14.

City clerk Marlene Brath said Family Dollar came in on Tuesday to pay Midwest’s property tax on that building of $4,166.08, and interest on the delinquent tax of $291.63.

Another business that leases from Midwest Properties, El Mariachi Cantina and Grill, 635 S. Main St., and one that leases from SIST, the Hunan Chinese Restaurant, 145 S. Main St., paid property taxes on behalf of their landlords on July 14 and did not lose their licenses.

Property taxes remain delinquent for the Best Western Village Haus, 201 N. Airport Dr., which lost a Class ‘B’ beer and liquor license, and licenses for cigarettes, soda and amusements; The AmericInn, 1330 E. Green Bay St., which lost soda and amusement licenses; and three gas stations owned by Midwest Oil of Shawano, LLC —1381 E. Green Bay St., which had Class ‘A’ beer, cigarette and soda licenses; 1206 E. Green Bay St., cigarette and soda; and 716 S. Main St., Class ‘A’ beer, cigarette and soda.

[link to www.rickross.com]

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Watch your backs Minnesotans too! They're also affiliated there:

Midwest Oil ordered to pay $140,000 in Minnesota gas price case
Leader Reporter/March 3, 2006
By Tim Ryan
Midwest Oil of Minnesota has been ordered by the Minnesota Department of Commerce to pay a $140,000 civil penalty for charging too little for gasoline at three stations in the state.

The subsidiary of the Samanta Roy Institute for Science and Technology (SIST) was accused of violating the Unlawful Gasoline Sales Act, enacted in 2001, which prohibits retailers in the state from offering gasoline for sale at a price below cost.

“The record indicates 293 instances of below cost pricing and at least two failures to respond to the Department’s requests for information,” stated a memorandum from Department of Commerce deputy commissioner Kevin Murphy.

“Respondent’s violations are willful, continuing, and egregious and warrant a substantial penalty,” Murphy wrote.

A state administrative law judge recommended on Oct. 26 that the Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce take disciplinary action against Midwest Oil. That was followed by a period mandated to be at least 90 days during which the commissioner reviews the record and hears from both parties in the case.

The order was issued on Feb. 23. Midwest Oil has 30 days to contest the fine by requesting a hearing.

According to the order, the company’s own documentation showed 293 instances of selling gasoline below cost at its Budget Mart in Albert Lea, the Anoka Exxon and at Oakdale Exxon.

In addition to assessing the $140,000 fine, the order denied a motion filed in November by Midwest Oil for a new hearing before an administrative law judge.

“It is clear that Respondent had numerous opportunities to be heard,” Murphy wrote, “but fired its attorney on the eve of the hearing, then abandoned the hearing and failed to participate.”

Murphy wrote that the record of the case included “repeated delaying tactics by Respondent, including unsuccessful motions in Ramsey County District Court for a stay and a temporary restraining order.”

Midwest offered new evidence and arguments in a Nov. 28 letter, according to the memo, but it was too late to be included in the record, which was closed out on Oct. 25.

“The record in this case also indicates that Respondent Midwest Oil failed to respond to the Commerce Department’s request for information in March 2005, and failed to respond to the department’s administrative subpoena in April 2005,” both violations of state statutes, the memo stated.

In its Nov. 28 letter, according to the memo, Midwest argued that selling gasoline below cost was not sufficient to prove a violation.

“Rather, to constitute a violation of that provision, it is necessary that a sale below cost be coupled with the purpose or effect of injuring competitors and destroying competition,” the memo quotes the letter as stating.

However, Murphy wrote, two cases cited by Midwest in making the argument took place some 40 years before the Minnesota law in question was enacted.

“(T)he record indicates that respondent’s below-cost gasoline sales have damaged competitors in Anoka and Oakdale, causing the loss of as much as one third of their monthly sales,” Murphy wrote. “The record further indicates that because Respondent’s prices were so much lower than other retailers could legally charge, some customers concluded incorrectly that other retailers had been overcharging for gasoline.”

Minnesota’s gas price law is intended to prevent large oil companies from selling cheap gas in an effort to drive smaller competitors out of business. The state uses a formula based on wholesale prices, fees and taxes to determine the minimum price.

Midwest Oil of Shawano, LLC, which is also a subsidiary of SIST, won a victory over its gas prices in Wisconsin last year.

The 3rd District Court of Appeals in December ruled that Midwest Oil’s Mobil gas station was wrongly ordered to pay $2,000 to each of six competitors, plus attorney fees, after being accused of violating the state’s so-called minimum markup law.

The ruling overturned a decision by Shawano County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Grover, who found that Midwest Oil violated the law by failing to conduct a price survey of its competition every 24 hours.

Messages left for Isaacson and SIST attorney Rebekah Brown were not returned Wednesday afternoon.

[link to www.rickross.com]