He called up his business account only to find that it had been completely drained.

"All my money was gone," Penner later related to the Oregonian newspaper. He was shocked, but not completely surprised, by this development: "I raced to the bank, kind of having an idea what had happened."

The criminals who had siphoned away Penner's earnings were employed by the Oregon State Department of Revenue, who were enforcing a $400,000 punitive damage award against the bar owner for a supposed act of discrimination based on sexual orientation. His alleged victims were the "Rose City T-Girls," a "diverse, informal social group" catering to males who "identify" as females. That award was imposed by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry (BOLI), a Soviet-style administrative body whose self-appointed mission is appears to be the annihilation of small businesses.