Fox Business News expert and CEO Ryan Tate and his father Richard have been indicted by the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office on eight felony charges and one misdemeanor count for their shady Tate Publishing company. The charges include a misdemeanor embezzlement, three felony attempted extortion by threat and each for felony racketeering.

The company was started more than 20 years ago, according to The Tulsa World and worked with thousands to publish their books and music. Suddenly, however, Tate Publishing was being sued by printing services for millions. They abruptly closed in Jan. 2017 and lost additional suits brought by Xerox and Lighting Source when Tate failed to comply with subpoenas.

The attorney general’s office received over 800 requests to investigate the publishing company for complaints by people who felt they were scammed by the company.

“A review of bank records shows that monies derived from the sale of publishing or music production services were deposited into business checking accounts and then transferred to Ryan Tate and Christy Tate and/or Richard Tate and Rita Tate’s personal checking accounts,” Agent Elizabeth Fullbright said during a press conference.

“Bank records also show that the $50 processing fee checks from authors, made payable to Tate Publishing, were deposited directly into both Tate Publishing checking accounts and the personal bank account of Richard and Rita Tate. Richard and Rita Tate’s account appears to be used for personal transactions, including dining and entertainment at casinos in Oklahoma,” she revealed.

The situation got even worse when snarky political blog The Lost Ogle released a past audio recording of company President Ryan Tate

“The righteous will prevail. I’ve spent a lot of time this weekend in tears with my family,” Tate told workers. “Good people are going to lose their jobs. It’s not fair, it’s not right, but that’s the reality of the situation. Any good organization — Jesus himself is the perfect mix of mercy, grace and justice. And I’ve probably failed you that I’ve been a little too lenient and a little too on the side of mercy and grace and not enough justice.”

He went on to say that he’s looked the other way and let a lot of things go.

“I tried to be nice. I trusted you. Good God!” Tate exclaimed. He then accused them of being on Facebook or watching Netflix while at work. “I trust you. But all I get is bellyaching, moaning, groaning, the grass is greener on the other side. How stupid do you have to be, in this day in age, in this economy to even play with fire like that?”

If convicted the elder Tate will likely die in prison while his son “plays with fire” behind bars for quite a while. Additional charges might be added as the investigation continues as they sift through the hundreds of complaints. The attorney general’s office isn’t clear on how much money was “wrongfully obtained” by the Tates.

Below you can listen to the older audio recording of Tate berating his employees before crying and telling them they’ll be called into his office one-by-one to be fired.

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Decent people need not apply to become an “expert” on Fox news; apparently, it takes a fake, a phony, a fraud, a sexual predator or a criminal to achieve this.

Take, for instance, CEO Ryan Tate of Oklahoma-based Tate Publishing and Enterprises, who was once a popular financial expert for Fox business.

That was then.

This is now. Not only is Ryan a crook, he’s known to be one of the worst bosses ever, earning himself a reputation for berating, belittling and firing his employees in front of everyone.

But now, he and his father Richard Tate join the continuing list of “bad hombres” at Fox, having been indicted on eight separate counts of racketeering, embezzlement and extortion charges by Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter this week.

The latest twist in the saga of this crafty Tate duo is that after Ryan wrote a letter advising some of Tate’s clients the firm was reopening, Hunter arrested them on 8 counts of embezzlement, extortion and racketeering.

The Tates have worked with tens of thousands of clients to publish their books and music for more than two decades. But earlier this year, Richard told their local newspaper The Oklahoman that the company was going through some tough economic times in 2013. Just a few years later Tate Publishing was sued by printing services providers for millions of dollars. And in January 2017, the company closed its doors. And months later, Xerox and Lightning Source won their cases against Tate Publishing.

Agent Elizabeth Fullbright, who works in the AG’s Consumer Protection Unit, said she had been investigating consumer complaints against the Tate company, and an associated firm, Tate Music Group, since June 2015.

“A review of bank records shows that monies derived from the sale of publishing or music production services were deposited into business checking accounts and then transferred to Ryan Tate and Christy Tate and/or Richard Tate and Rita Tate’s personal checking accounts,” Fullbright stated.

“Bank records also show that the $50 processing fee checks from authors, made payable to Tate Publishing, were deposited directly into both Tate Publishing checking accounts and the personal bank account of Richard and Rita Tate. Richard and Rita Tate’s account appears to be used for personal transactions, including dining and entertainment at casinos in Oklahoma.”

The files charged against the Tate’s on Thursday were based on past interactions between the company, or its affiliated operation, and one client.

Hunter said it’s likely more charges against the two men will come, and perhaps additional defendants added to the case.

“That had something to do with us approaching this in the expeditious manner that we did. We don’t need any more victims,” Hunter said. “We are very focused on this. There now have been more than 800 complaints, and we are going to look into each one of them.”

Hunter said the unit still doesn’t know how much money the Tates might have wrongfully obtained.

Author Heather D. Nelson, who has a lifetime contract with Tate Publishing, was relieved. “It is incredibly encouraging to see the attorney general taking us seriously,” Nelson said. But also said nobody really knows how much money the Tates have or what they owe.

“As much as I am excited to see that the attorney general making is process and moving forward, because of how slowly this process has gone, I don’t know that I am that hopeful we will get much,” she said. “It is encouraging to know that at the very least, the Tates are not going to do this to someone else.”

Ordered to surrender their passports, Richard and Ryan Tate are working to get released on a $100,000 bond.

What is it with Fox? The never-ending list of bogus experts they’ve hired and fired for criminal behavior include former Fox Media VP Brian Lewis, who got the boot for mishandling financial irregularities, and phony CIA agent and terrorism/Benghazi-expert Wayne Shelby Simmons and fake Swedish security expert, Nils Bildt. Canned for inappropriate office behavior are The Five‘s Bob Beckel for illegal drug use and Fox White Correspondent Ed Henry for an extra-marital affair.

Further, totally false claims and comments got Judge Andrew Napolitano and Dick Morris previously axed and, more recently, the growing list of sexual allegations and lawsuits at the network got former Fox CEO Roger Ailes and combative host Bill O’Reilly ousted. Fox just forced out its new co-President Bill Shine, a close ally of Ailes, too.

Gisela Allen, UK Independence Party’s (UKIP) candidate for Garscadden/Scotstounhill, is under fire for a series of proposals she later  insisted were personal beliefs, not party policy.
She was responding by phone to questions  about why she was running for Glasgow City Council and admitted at the end of the interview, “I was well advised to be quiet”.

During the interview, she made several controversial statements.

“I want the death penalty to be re-enacted. It doesn’t necessarily have to be hanging,” Allen said. “You could have the guillotine. I think the public is entitled to protection.”

“The main purpose of the law is to protect the public. If I could get the guillotine, lethal injection or firing squad I would gladly have it. I would also castrate violent criminals. You castrate bulls, horses, dogs – it takes the aggression away. Moreover, these violent criminals can’t have any more children themselves. And I am all for the cat o’ nine tails. You like violence? Well let’s see how you like to be on the receiving end.”
“I don’t want increased child care,” she said. “Women with small children should stay at home and look after their own children. Nurseries (day care centers)  shouldn’t get support.

Despite her age she is in favour of euthanising the elderly and the sick. She said: “The NHS spends a fortune on prolonging the lives of, for instance, cancer sufferers. Settle the whole nonsense. Kidney transplants, heart transplants – come off it.”

Allen also suggested feee bus passes should be eliminated and the retirement age should be raised to 70.

“The whole school system needs to be overhauled. She continued: “We are heading for World War III. The educational system all over Europe is collapsing and the greatest danger to the world as it stands is China and India.”

Every class should have a classroom and not get moved around. No sex education in school and I don’t want any LGBT community — it’s private life, none of anyone’s business. She said: “I am not anti-gay – but how can you call that a community? Sex life is everybody’s private affair. You do not come out and declare openly. Do you think I am going all over the city and saying my idea of a sexually-attractive creature is a gorilla? When I go to a zoo and I see a gorilla my hormones go absolutely crazy. I find a gorilla very attractive.” But she doesn’t talk about it so why should gay, lesbian or bisexual people talk about their sex life?

Allen came to Scotland from Switzerland in 1961 as an exchange student where she met her Jamaican husband, who was in the RAF. They had four children and ran a bed and breakfast.

When her husband died Allen began volunteering at Glasgow Zoo and insists this experience has made her a “good public speaker” who is able to connect with an audience.
Bill Kidd, Scottish National Party parliament member for Glasgow Anniesland, said the comments proved UKIP was out of step with the country.
“It is one thing to be an opinionated individual, that’s what democracy is about,” he said, “but Ms Allen with these outlandish statements has become a manifestation of all that makes her party so very unrepresentative of the constituents in Garscadden/Scotstounhill, or for that matter in Glasgow and Scotland.

When a former Alabama governor started sending suggestive texts to a member of his staff, he probably didn’t expect them to sync onto the state-issued iPad he had given his wife.

On Monday, Robert Bentley, 74, resigned from his role as Alabama’s governor after an ethics report concluded he used state resources to conceal an affair with his adviser, Rebekah Caldwell Mason.

But the scandal truly began in 2013, when Bentley’s wife Dianne became suspicious of the budding relationship.

In March 2014, Dianne Bentley placed a recorder inside her purse and discovered that her husband called Mason and declared his love for her – a minute after his wife left the room.

Bentley’s efforts to dispose of the recordings led to many of the misuse of funds accusations he would later plead guilty to.

On the night of his re-election in the 2014 gubernatorial race, Bentley was allegedly convinced that his opponent had a copy of the recording and told Alabama Law Enforcement Secretary Spencer Collier to travel to Greenville to retrieve it.

His wife’s chief of staff Heather Hannah also claimed that Bentley told her she would “never work in the state of Alabama again” if she told anyone about the affair, the 130-page ethics report outlines.

After repeatedly finding her husband’s inappropriate text messages, Dianne Bentley filed for divorce from her husband of 50 years in 2015.

Some of the text messages Bentley sent Mason include:

“You look beautiful and feel so soft.”
“Bless our hearts. And other parts.”
“I love you, Rebekah 😍😍 ”

Bentley fired Collier by the time the administration began investigating his misuse of state funds in 2016. A day after he was let go, Collier finally confirmed the existence of the affair to the press.

The governor’s wife then released pages and pages of phone conversations and text messages to the ethics committee to help the investigation.

Bentley denied doing anything illegal or improper up until his resignation on Monday.

“I have decided that it is time for me to step down as Alabama’s governor,” Bentley said at a press conference Monday evening. “The time has come for me to look for new ways to serve the people of our great state.”

State lawmakers were in the middle of deciding whether to impeach him when Bentley agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanors, repay the misused funds, and never hold public office again.