▁in cur red ▁by ▁the ▁named ▁public ▁officials ▁for ▁viol ations ▁of ▁their ▁o ath s ▁of ▁office . ▁They ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁corpor ate ▁credit ▁system ▁was ▁an ▁un const itution al ▁and ▁cor rupt ▁act ▁which ▁has ▁throughout ▁the ▁last ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁"... [ dep riv ed ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁Americans ] ▁of ▁their ▁property ▁until ▁[ the ir ] ▁poster ity ▁w akes ▁up ▁hom eless ... ", ▁a ▁par ap hr ased ▁quot ation ▁attributed ▁to ▁Thomas ▁Jefferson . ▁ ▁Bank ▁fra ud ▁ ▁The ▁Fre emen ▁were ▁known ▁to ▁produce ▁their ▁own ▁very ▁real istic ▁counter fe it ▁checks ▁and ▁money ▁orders , ▁sometimes ▁ordering ▁items ▁and ▁deliber ately ▁over pay ing ▁so ▁they ▁could ▁demand ▁ref und s . ▁The ▁president ▁of ▁one ▁bank ▁reported ▁that ▁over ▁an ▁ 1 8 - month ▁period ▁his ▁bank ▁received ▁two ▁to ▁five ▁compla ints ▁a ▁week ▁about ▁Fre emen ▁checks . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁members ▁wrote ▁a ▁fra ud ul ent ▁check ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁purchase ▁$ 1 . 4 ▁million ▁worth ▁of ▁fire ar ms , ▁am mun ition , ▁and ▁bullet proof ▁v ests . ▁ ▁St ando ff ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁forec los ure ▁proceed ings ▁were ▁initi ated ▁against ▁the ▁farm ▁that ▁contained ▁Just us ▁Township . ▁The ▁Fre emen ▁refused ▁to ▁be ▁ev icted ▁from ▁the ▁land . ▁They ▁had ▁also ▁conducted ▁their ▁own ▁mock ▁tri