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OSHKOSH - As Facebook announces
plans for going public with a stock offering, an Oshkosh
woman is charged with selling fake shares of the Internet
social networking company.
Marianne Oleson is charged
with 33 felony charges in Winnebago County Circuit Court.
Prosecutors say the 46-year-old woman claimed to own
Facebook stock and duped at least four people into buying
some shares. A criminal complaint says one man gave Oleson
$28,000 in cash and concrete work in exchange for stock
documents that appeared to be legitimate.
Authorities say Oleson
obtained the documents from a Florida company that owns
private Facebook stock by pretending she was interested in
purchasing $1 million worth of shares.
The Oshkosh Northwestern
(http://oshko.sh/z4LHYg ) says Oleson is also facing drug
charges. Police say they discovered a marijuana growing
operation while executing a search warrant at her home in
January.
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