Hari Jiwan Singh Khalsa
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Hari Jiwan Singh Khalsa is an American Sikh who is Chief of Protocol for the American Sikh group called Sikh Dharma.
Early years
[edit]Khalsa (born Stephen Oxenhandler[1]) was born September 29, 1942, in St. Louis, Missouri, to a well-to-do real estate development family. He was raised in a reformed Jewish community with whom he spent his youth between St. Louis and Palm Springs, California.[2]
Career
[edit]In connection with one enterprise, Sweet Song Corporation, Khalsa and his associates were sued by the FTC for falsely representing the value of gemstone investments, and were subsequently barred from engaging in any business related to collectibles investments.[3] In 2000, Harijiwan spent 18 months in federal prison for his involvement in the telemarketing scam.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "FTC v. Sweet Song Corporation". 18 August 1998. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ Meyer, Nancy (March 1984). "Meet the Sikhs". Los Angeles Magazine: 174–180.
- ^ "Last Defendant Named in a Gemstone Telemarketing Case Banned from Telemarketing Activities" (Press release). Federal Trade Commission. 1 February 2000. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011.
- ^ "FTC vs. Sweet Song Corporation, et al. - Stipulated.... (August 1998)".
https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/1998/08/final_or.010.htm