Flava Life probed by feds for fraud
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelat...m?blog_id=7535
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The owner of a Miami-based company that produces gay adult videos and lifestyle magazines is the target of a federal investigation for allegedly defrauding public schools out of millions in a scheme involving a nonprofit student organization.
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Phillip Bleicher, who founded the Student Leadership Network, allegedly cashed bogus checks after persuading school officials to sign up for his program, which was promoted as offering conferences and leadership programs for student council members,
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Bleicher is also the publisher of Flava Life, a travel and entertainment magazine for gay black men and Latinos. He also owns Cocostore.com, which produces gay black and Latino porn videos.
and this gem
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Paid more to bareback?
Meanwhile, Bleicher is also facing allegations that his adult video business paid models more to engage in unsafe sex after his operations were shut down by the health department in Chicago. Chris Brown, assistant commissioner for the Chicago Department of Health, told the Chicago Free Press that he had received reports that Bleicher's models were being paid more to engage in unsafe sex.
Bleicher denied those allegations, but he confirmed his video business in Chicago was shut down.
