Report on the "Rama" Computer Cult

9. ORGANIZATION AND FINANCE

It appears that there are three levels of membership.

1. The inner-inner circle probably consists of a small group with diversified professional talents who are involved in management of the substantial sums that Lenz is collecting.
2. "Senior" members, those with five or more years of membership.
3. Newer members. Also those who have been expelled from the group but who are trying to regain admission and who are sympathetic to Lenz and contribute to his revenue.

We have been unable to find the physical location of any office or staff for any supporting activity of any Lenz organization. All of the addresses given in any communication or publication are mail drops. The address in the World Trade Center for his National Personal and Professional Development Seminars is a mail drop. So is the address on Gayley Avenue in Los Angeles which was used earlier. The only physical address of anyone connected with Lenz we have been able to find is the office address of his personal accountant, Roger Makemson, who has played a role in most of the shell corporations Lenz has formed over the past ten years.

Prior to the initial publicity created by the airing of "A Current Affair" on television Lenz charged only $100 per month for his sessions. After that he raised it to $1,000 per month, saying that he wanted to have enough to protect him from lawsuits and that he needed $3,000,000 per year to spread his teaching. In 1989 he raised the monthly fee to $2,500. Then, in 1990 it was increased to $4,000. It is now believed to be at least $5,000 per month for the inner inner group. Senior members are permitted to have dinner with him once a month paying $1,000 each for the privilege. The newer members may be left with as little as $10,000 to live on; those who cannot come up with the proper tuition are asked to leave. It is considered rude not to give him money on his birthday. It is believed the group bought him a Bentley for his birthday this month.

Last year Lenz told his members he was tired of hearing about their good intentions and how hard they worked and wanted them to show they were serious by coming up with $250,00 by March 21, 1991. He wanted all of them to set up computer companies and all to become millionaires by using their occult powers. He wanted them to start taking occultism seriously. Our records show that quite a number of members did incorporate businesses at that time. He expects 120 to come up with $250,000 and has another group designation for those who come up with a lesser $50,000 by then. If they don't come up with the money, when they die they will go to hell. Payments must be by untraceable cashier checks or cash in large denominations. Small bills, i.e. $100, have bad vibrations; personal checks are unacceptable.

Assuming 250 steady followers contributing a minimum of $2,500 per month this would amount to $7,500,000 per year. There is no way of telling how many members are contributing $5,000 per month, but at least some of them are. In addition, some members make one-time contributions of quite a bit more. One person who had been out of the group for nearly a year was found to have contributed two separate $5,000 checks in a six month period. On this basis the total income could easily be as much as $10,000,000 a year. The biggest mystery of the entire cult is where the money is going since, other than the house, there is no external evidence of it.

If this is so then the National Personal Development Seminars Inc. is no more than a massive extortion operation, extorting money from the "members" through psychic rather than physical threats, although to them the threat of physical harm must be nearly as powerful.

Some financial details concerning the purchase of his first house in Stony Brook have been obtained. The house was purchased in February, 1987 with four cashier's checks dated that day and totalling $247,500. Two of these checks were from the Shawmut Needham Bank, Needham, Massachusetts - one for $90,000 and one for $10,000 with numbers 85274 and 85275. A cashier's check for $47,500 , number 2027042 was issued by the First National Bank of Boston and a check for $100,000 was issued by the Boston Federal Savings Bank, check number 34144. Copies of the checks are available. According to persons present at the closing the checks were presented by four different women on behalf of Lenz.

He is currently shopping for a larger, more expensive home in the same area. Some substantial amount was funneled to Lenz from 1984 to 1987 through the Foundation for Enlightenment and through the Kukulan Foundation. The details on this incident, and the death of Jack Kukulan, are contained in the appendices as a separate report.

As mentioned earlier, Lenz has no identifiable office premises for his fairly extensive operations. Nor is there is phone with a receptionist who can connect you with any responsible person in the organization. Like his followers, he uses mail drops and answering services. You can reach Lenz, or get a message to him, through the following addresses and phone numbers.

• Northstar Consulting Services, Inc. - 5 River Road, Suit 103, Wilton, CT 06897 (212) 714-8229 - This is the address and phone number for Lisa Lewinson, Lenz publicist.
• Advanced Systems, Inc. 82 Wall Street Suite 1105, New York, New York 10005 - Phone (212) 629-1825 - This is a mail drop and an answering service, but they will pass a message to Lenz.
• Infinity Plus Consulting - No address. The phone number is (212)-472-1237 Another answering service. Also 212-517-1625
• National Personal and Professional Development Seminars - 1 World Trade Center Suite 7967, New York, New York 10048. Mail drop only. Mail will be forwarded to Lenz.
• Distributed Technologies - No address. Phone 212-713-5016. This is a firm operater by Nell Senter. Senter is an attorney who is a follower and who does occasional legal work for Lenz.
• Jonathon Lubell - Morrison, Cohn, Singer and Weinstein - 750 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022 Phone (212) 735-8659 and (212) 735-8706. Lubell does considerable legal work for Lenz.

There is evidence that, in addition to the banks mentioned about in connection with the purchase of the Stony Brook house, Lenz maintains accounts under several names with the Security Pacific Bank.

There is some information that indicates that some of his bills are being paid through the accounting firm of Ernst and Whinney. Roger Makemson of Tarzana, CA. who appears to be his personal accountant, is an associate of long standing who has participated in the formation of several Lenz entities is Roger Makemson, Tarzana, CA.

He has credit cards with American Express, with an outstanding balance of some $30,000 as of October, 1990, and Pacific Bank Master Charge with a $30,000 limit.