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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - When American multimillionaire Wilson C. Lucom died in 2006, he left most of his fortune to a new foundation dedicated to feeding Panama's poor children _ not to his politically-connected Panamanian widow, nor to her children.

Read  "Bequest to feed Panama children spawns legal fight, By CURT ANDERSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer":
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ABC NEWS Article

Court Awards $50M to Widow Over Poor Kids - Rich Versus Poor: An American Millionaire's Will Resolved in Panama. read online

Lucom Public Documents

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Update on Lucom Case

Documents Related to Florida Case

The following documents provides a history of a portion of the Lucom case in Florida whereby Richard Lehman, in spite of his appointment as Executor in Panama, was found to have spent funds incorrectly when he paid funds from an Lucom Estate account to third parties to defend the Will of Wilson C. Lucom in Florida and Panama and other places.

This finding was based principally upon what the Florida Judge called “irrefutable evidence” that Richard Lehman was never properly appointed Executor of the Lucom Estate in Panama. Therefore he had abused The Florida Court by claiming the right to be an Executor in Florida that was based upon his Panama position.

Within months after the decision in Florida was arrived at, several Panama rulings were issued by the Panama Appellate Court that proved under Panama law that Lehman was appointed the Executor of the Lucom Estate since July 5, 2006 and had continued to remain the Executor through the present time. These rulings declared the Panama court ruling against Lehman (Order No. 952), that was considered to be “irrefutable evidence” of Lehman’s wrong doing) was illegal and unconstitutional.

Lehman has appealed the Florida judgment and will shortly be requesting a new trial based upon the new Panama court rulings. The following is a summary of Panamanian legal abuse of Lehman as Executor and the Panamanian cases involving the illegal and unconstitutional Panamanian Order that was the basis for the Florida judgment and stopped Lehman from acting as the Executor in Panama for four years.

Documents:

1. Summary - download pdf

2. Appeal to Florida Court - download pdf

3. Panama Court Documents with Explanation - download pdf

Corruption in Panama and Human Rights Abuse of Richard Lehman

Dear Senator Martinez:

I am writing you regarding a serious foreign relation matter regarding the Republic of Panama and the corruption of its legal system and regular and organized abuse of US Citizens and their Civil and human rights.

I am one of many Colorado businessmen (and a number of CO Corporations and LLC’s) who have been actively doing business in Panama for the past 3 years. During that time, I have witnessed first-hand the extend of the corruption of the Panama legal system, and the systematic robbing of US and Canadian investors (both professionals and retiree’s) by cabals of Panamanian attorney’s, prosecutors, law enforcement officials and other government officials - all the way to the Supreme Court.

The most public example of this is in the case of a US Citizen, Richard Lehman, a Florida attorney who has been for 2 1/2 years attempting to prevent one of the Panamanian oligarchy’s from stealing the large estate of Wilson Lucom, a past advisor to the US Secretary of State. The Panamanian government/authorities have relentlessly abused the civil and human rights of Mr. Lehman as he tried to protect the Lucom state, which has been valued at between $50M and $150M—the majority of which Mr. Lucom left in his Will for the poor children of Panama. . .READ this entire letter to local state senator

You can see the full litany of false charges, false arrests, assaults on the Civil and Human Rights of this US citizen in the documents filed with the Organization of American States, at:
http://www.lehmantaxlaw.com/RSL_/62667387_1.PDF
http://www.lehmantaxlaw.com/RSL_/62667382_1.PDF

Attorney Richard Lehman Sues Panama for Human Rights Abuses in $50 Million Food Aid Case

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Richard Lehman, a Florida attorney who was falsely charged with murder and over a dozen other crimes in Panama for his efforts to defend a $50 million food aid donation, recently filed a human rights lawsuit against the country with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Organization of American States).

“Panama continues to foster an atmosphere of corruption in the legal system which has caused it to be in violation of several human rights treaties,” said Lehman, a tax attorney and executor of the estate of Wilson Lucom, an American expatriate who died in Panama in 2006. “Not only have my human rights been violated, but the largest private donation ever made in Panama’s history is now at risk of vanishing completely.”

Lehman has spent the last two and a half years – and over $2 million of his own money – defending Lucom’s legally sanctioned will in Panama, which gave a $50 million donation to prevent childhood malnutrition. Since 2006, this money has been blocked by an influential family (which produced two former presidents), and corrupt government actions.

As executor of the estate, Lehman has been the target of numerous illegal actions because he is the last remaining obstacle to the family’s claim on the entire Lucom fortune. These include:

• Falsely arrested without charges on Feb. 6th and held under armed guard for 15 hours in an airport police detention center. (This arrest ignored the Panama Supreme Court’s weeks-old ruling that cleared Lehman of all charges in the case.)
• Falsely charged with murder, extortion and 12 other crimes.
• Five illegal arrest warrants issued against him.
• Illegally listed on Interpol’s “Red Notice Alert” using expired legal documents issued from a private law firm.
• Blocked from re-entering Panama to defend the case for over a year and a half.

A new national charity (Fundacion de Apoyo a Los Ninos Pobres de Panama) has been established to distribute Lucom’s donation – if it is released by the courts. The money is badly needed in Panama. According to UNICEF, it's one of two Central American countries to experience a rise in childhood malnutrition. One in five children is affected, and hundreds die each year.

Learn more at www.lucomchildren.com