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America
\n Online is prepared to take a backhoe to a Medfield couple’s yard in
\n a search for as much as $500,000
\n in hidden gold and platinum bars it believes may have been buried there
\n by their neo-Nazi son who made millions off of Internet spam scams. <\/p>\n
AOL, the giant Internet provider, said it’s only trying to collect ill-gotten
\nassets from Davis Wolfgang Hawke, a former Westwood High School graduate-turned-neo-Nazi
\ncyber con artist. <\/p>\n
AOL is determined to recover a $13 million settlement that it was awarded last
\nyear by a federal court in a civil lawsuit against Hawke and his spammer cohorts.
\nAOL said it believes there may be gold and platinum bars on Hawkes’ parents’
\nMedfield property or on his grandparents’ property in Westwood. <\/p>\n
"We have reason to believe (gold) is hidden" in Massachusetts, said
\n AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham, emphasizing AOL plans to give recovered
\n assets back to its scammed subscribers. <\/p>\n
Hawke, 28, has disappeared since a federal court last year in Virginia
\n awarded AOL a $13 settlement against Hawke and his spam partner, Braden
\n M. Bourneval, a 21-year-old New Hampshire chess champion who settled
\n with AOL. <\/p>\n
Published reports have said Hawke may have purchased as much as $500,000 in gold
\nbars from the millions he raised. AOL wouldn’t confirm that number, but Graham
\nsaid it does have receipts proving Hawke routinely purchased gold and platinum.<\/p>\n
from the Boston Herald<\/a><\/p>\n Imagine that – two bloggable stories in one day America Online is prepared to take a backhoe to a Medfield couple’s yard in a search for as much as $500,000 in hidden gold and platinum bars it believes may have been buried there by their neo-Nazi son who made … Continue reading
\n from the Herald. This one has it all – AOL, Spam scams, gold bullion,
\n buried treasure and neo-Nazis – almost. All that’s missing
\n is a sex angle. Maybe we’ll find him holed up in a Bangkok
\n brothel…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"