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78. Prince Corp. heiress swindled out of $16 million

Thu Mar 24, 2016, 08:42 PM

Mar 2016

Probably unrelated but this Erik Prince story brought to mind this odd one from a few weeks back about his mom getting swindled...

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (WZZM) - A Holland financial advisor is being charged with bilking Elsa D. Prince-Broekhuizen out of more than $16 million, according to felony information filed today in federal court.

The widow of billionaire industrialist Edgar D. Prince and mother of former Michigan GOP chair Betsy DeVos was swindled over the span of 16 years, according to the six-page felony information filed in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids.

Robert Allen Haveman is charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Court documents say he obtained more than $16.2 million through wire fraud.

The money was siphoned from Prince-Broekhuizen and the Elsa S. Prince Living Trust, according to court documents...

Starting in Jan. 1999, Haveman transferred money into his own personal account, using it for personal expenses and investments, the federal information states. The government accuses him of cooking company books to hide the fraud.

More than $500,000 was also transferred from a private energy company in Billings, Montana into Haveman’s personal account at Huntington National Bank, court records show.

Prince-Broekhuizen was married to Prince Corp. founder Edgar Prince, who died in 1995. The couple had four children, including Betsy DeVos and former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince. Elsa Prince remarried in 2000.

http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/holland-zeeland/prince-corp-heiress-swindled-out-of-16-million/67963478

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Remember Blackwater? Erik Prince? [View all] JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 OP

Just Emailed to my Team JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #1

I hope that you will update up with their responses. avebury Mar 2016 #20

Oh I've been talking and typing at the same time JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #21

I have a long bio on the Prince and his parallels with UBL as a CIA contractor, here: leveymg Mar 2016 #54

Here's the kicker: HRC's State Dept. granted new contracts to Prince while he was being prosecuted leveymg Mar 2016 #55

T.M.T. Octafish Mar 2016 #61

If Wall Street can fake promise "compliance", then I suppose the MIC can, too, eh? MrMickeysMom Mar 2016 #92

You deserve a Pulitzer, leveymg. Octafish Mar 2016 #63

Blackwater was hardwired into Defense policy infrastructure - like Halliburton and KBR. blm Mar 2016 #79

Ditto on the thanks. leveymg Mar 2016 #82

I wonder: Was Robert Kagan hard-wired into the State Dept.? cprise Mar 2016 #97

Cole and Cahill deserve the Pulitzer. leveymg Mar 2016 #81

Obviously elljay Mar 2016 #23

You mean this Blackwater? Scuba Mar 2016 #2

Yep Scuba - and if you read the article JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #4

Holyshit!! From Condie to Hillary! Duppers Mar 2016 #58

Wouldn't that be premeditated murder? Octafish Mar 2016 #62

Yeah, and Prince and the family he married into are supposed to be so super-Christian. bulloney Mar 2016 #3

Stacey Capace Deluke - his third wife? JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #5

Isn't Prince married to someone from the Amway company? bulloney Mar 2016 #15

Yeppers! JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #17

West Michigan and the DeVoss Family. safeinOhio Mar 2016 #38

What a Blackwater sewer rat. Duppers Mar 2016 #59

In this home we say if someone tells you they are Christian malaise Mar 2016 #52

. ReRe Mar 2016 #90

As we have all learned malaise Mar 2016 #93

Wasn't/isn't Prince some type of Christian fundamentalist zealot? jalan48 Mar 2016 #6

Roman Catholic JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #7

Thanks for the info-I will check it out. jalan48 Mar 2016 #8

West Michigan, the home of the Dutch Reformed church. longship Mar 2016 #77

Just another friend of W's... Atman Mar 2016 #9

His relationship with Fed gov started in 1998 JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #16

Prince sold Blackwater to.....Monsanto! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #33

Monsanto owns JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #34

Makes 2 of us. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #43

Found these... Duppers Mar 2016 #69

Not exactly. Monsanto hired 'Total Intelligence'. progressoid Mar 2016 #50

dirty hands glinda Mar 2016 #84

And Disney and Barclays and Deutsche Bank and the Canadian military etc. progressoid Mar 2016 #85

There should be a word or two added chervilant Mar 2016 #99

K&R. Thanks for posting this? nt tblue37 Mar 2016 #10

I could just hug you for finding this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #11

Re Competition - it could be JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #12

Wouldn't rule out the sex slave involvement--big money in that.. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #13

Oh there's some juice about that JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #14

The guy is absolute SCUM. SoapBox Mar 2016 #18

No wonder Prince changed his name to that glyph for a while! KamaAina Mar 2016 #19

He's one db I'd love to see strung up. nt valerief Mar 2016 #22

K&R me b zola Mar 2016 #24

maybe in my lifetime i will see at least one of these SOBs rot in jail rurallib Mar 2016 #25

Prince's attorney says he's totally innocent gratuitous Mar 2016 #26

Who is she???? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #44

Victoria Toensing . . . gratuitous Mar 2016 #46

I can't wait to (fking hope) see him locked up lastone Mar 2016 #27

If we are very good and eat all our vegeatables dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #45

if Kissinger's too old/busy he'd make a great SoS! MisterP Mar 2016 #28

I just posted this on Facebook dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #29

Thanks - eta added JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #30

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #31

And remember the TARP bailout? forest444 Mar 2016 #32

Never heard that before! Octafish Mar 2016 #64

You're welcome, Octafish. forest444 Mar 2016 #67

Damn!! Duppers Mar 2016 #71

The trick is finding a "mainstream" source - and we've got one. forest444 Mar 2016 #72

Thank you, forest444! Duppers Mar 2016 #73

Sure thing, Duppers. forest444 Mar 2016 #74

Is it possible? I hope they have him. mountain grammy Mar 2016 #35

Ah yes Blackwater - from the "Where are they now?" file. Initech Mar 2016 #36

Wonderful. Duval Mar 2016 #37

Couldn't happen to a more deserving annabanana Mar 2016 #39

Can't they nail this guy for treason or some other equally punishable offense? Paper Roses Mar 2016 #40

Hope it sticks this time. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #41

I remember them and would love to see babylonsister Mar 2016 #42

The Black Prince himself: he put the "war criminal" in... Raster Mar 2016 #47

K&R Thanks for posting felix_numinous Mar 2016 #48

Great news malaise Mar 2016 #49

DU pointed out Erik Prince - CIA connections way before MSM bought a clue. Octafish Mar 2016 #66

I was here malaise Mar 2016 #76

Posted to for later 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #51

Thank you for the heads-up, JustAnotherGen! Octafish Mar 2016 #53

I remember when he was setting up his private army. suffragette Mar 2016 #100

Funny to see the intercept callling out someone for links to Chinese intelligence Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #56

I have a very hard time believing Aerows Mar 2016 #57

Pleasepleaseplease let him end up in prison! Rex Mar 2016 #60

seconded! n/t wildbilln864 Mar 2016 #65

Oh, no! if we can't trust mercenaries, who CAN we trust? tclambert Mar 2016 #68

This is serious. He should be convicted of Treason and EXECUTED, promptly nikto Mar 2016 #70

reagan set the bar pretty high by selling arms to iran out of the white house spanone Mar 2016 #75

Not to mention chemical weapons materials sold to Iraq. Ford_Prefect Mar 2016 #80

Prince Corp. heiress swindled out of $16 million MinM Mar 2016 #78

Do you know about the connections between HRC and Prince? grasswire Mar 2016 #83

He made some riveting remarks about Clinton which were pubished by Breitbart Samantha Mar 2016 #87

I'm talking about arms deals made while Hillary was SoS grasswire Mar 2016 #88

What do you know about Colombine? JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #89

The massacre... SoapBox Mar 2016 #86

K&R ReRe Mar 2016 #91

K&R! MrMickeysMom Mar 2016 #94

k&r...n/t BlueCollar Mar 2016 #95

Dare we hope that Obama's DoJ is on the side of justice? lostnfound Mar 2016 #96

A ton of good info. Rec, thanks, nt. Mc Mike Mar 2016 #98