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Escape routes and all, tax evaders’ compound sold at auction

Escape routes and all, tax evaders’ compound sold at auction

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire properties at the center of an armed standoff with federal agents, including a compound that featured escape routes and once was believed to be booby-trapped, were sold at auction Thursday. New Hampshire businessman James Hollander bought both properties belonging to convicted tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown during a federal auction that attracted seven bidders and lasted only about 15 minutes. He paid $205,000 for the 100-acre compound and $415,000 for El

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire properties at the center of an armed standoff with federal agents, including a compound that featured escape routes and once was believed to be booby-trapped, were sold at auction Thursday. New Hampshire businessman James Hollander bought both properties belonging to convicted tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown during a federal auction that attracted seven bidders and lasted only about 15 minutes. He paid $205,000 for the 100-acre compound and $415,000 for El…