Article: Tax-protesting CEO is on the lam; Authorities are seeking Robert Beale, an MIT-educated engineer and owner of a Maple Grove computer firm, who skipped his own trial.(NEWS)

Byline: Randy Furst; Staff Writer

Employees of Comtrol, a small computer products company in Maple Grove, had an unusual meeting in the firm's cafeteria Tuesday.

The CEO and company founder, Robert B. Beale, 63, was on the lam, an arrest warrant issued for his failure to appear in federal court for his trial Monday. On Tuesday, his son Bradford Beale, a company vice president, apologized to employees for what happened.

Over roughly seven years, Robert Beale has waged a legal war with the Internal Revenue Service and Minnesota Revenue Department, filing rambling explanations in court, citing God, the Constitution and obscure legal decisions. He ...

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