As a result, several centres have closed down.

Constant threats of infringement of Trademarks and Copyrights have been issued by this Board to the Osho meditation centres and disciples round the world. Since Osho left his body in 1990, Osho disciples in India and abroad have protested at the way the Osho Trusts and Foundations have been managed. Recently, a group of Osho disciples from Pune have been demanding probe into the affairs of the trusts controlled indirectly by the same suspended directors from the Zurich Foundation. This decision by a Swiss government authority follows a string of such complaints and litigations against this Swiss Foundation. This order can be appealed by OIF, Zurich within 30 days however all suspensory rights have been revoked. Thus all financial transactions of OIF have been stopped unless instructed by the Federal Supervisory Board for Foundations (ESA). The ESA noticed the exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights by OIF and misappropriation and transfer of funds from the foundation to private companies. The ESA upheld the complaint stating that OIF Board Members are guilty of serious breaches of the aims of the Foundation, particularly continued misappropriation of Foundation assets, the full extent of which cannot yet be fully estimated. He petitioned that the OIF Board officeholders should be dismissed and suitable new board members should be sought and instated. He complained to the Federal Supervisory Board for Foundations (ESA) on 20 May, 2014. The order was issued after an appeal by a former member of the Foundation Board of OIF, Robert Doetsch (Ramateertha of Osho Lotus Commune, Cologne, Germany). The Board’s President, Michael O’Byrne (Anand Jayesh), the Vice President, John Andrews (Prem Amrito) and three board members: D’Arcy O’ Byrne (Yogendra), Klaus Steeg (Pramod) and Rudolf Kocher, of OIF, Zurich were removed from their positions and functions. Moreover, they cannot transfer any funds as ordered by the Federal Supervisory Board for Foundations, Switzerland, on 02 June 2014. These four are indirectly controlling the Pune Osho Meditation Resort through their appointees. All four members of the Board of Osho International Foundation (OIF), Zurich, have been provisionally suspended.

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