N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer tied to prostitution ring.

[777 fixer]

(OOOPS,..Scratch......"IMBECILE")...............Thats reserved "EXCLUSIVELY" for.....EL-CHIMPO !!!!!!!!

Imbecile applies to Spitzer as well. Only an imbecile would think he would not get caught.

 

[jimntx]

Imbecile applies to Spitzer as well. Only an imbecile would think he would not get caught.

Particularly since the manner in which he was caught is the exact same manner in which he caught the Wall Street criminals--cell phone messages and emails.

 

[777 fixer]

Particularly since the manner in which he was caught is the exact same manner in which he caught the Wall Street criminals--cell phone messages and emails.

Can't help but see the irony in that.

 

[Veritas]

Particularly since the manner in which he was caught is the exact same manner in which he caught the Wall Street criminals--cell phone messages and emails.

Actually, it started with a review of his banking transactions.
LA Times - Bank transactions put focus on Spitzer

The investigation that allegedly caught New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer paying a call girl for sex was triggered by an elaborate financial surveillance system that was expanded after the Sept. 11 attacks to snare terrorists, drug traffickers, international organized-crime figures and white-collar criminals, federal law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

The federal Bank Secrecy Act requires financial institutions to report suspicious transactions to the Treasury Department. Those transactions are then reviewed and, in some cases, passed on to criminal investigators if they suggest potential illegal activity. That is what happened in the case of Spitzer, according to federal law enforcement authorities, who said it was the alleged transactions themselves -- and not the governor or the high-priced prostitution ring now linked to him -- that prompted the investigation.

Spitzer drew the attention of bank officials when he split one financial transaction of at least $10,000 into three smaller ones to evade reporting requirements. Citing unnamed law enforcement sources, the newspaper reported that Spitzer then tried unsuccessfully to take his name off the three transactions.

On Tuesday, authorities said it is the transactions themselves that could get Spitzer into legal trouble, especially if authorities determine that he was trying to "structure" them to avoid reporting requirements or disguise the true nature of the payments.

According to the federal law enforcement official, Spitzer's bank reported his suspicious transactions, as required under the Bank Secrecy Act, by electronically filing at least one Suspicious Activity Report, or SAR. One financial crimes expert, former senior FBI official Dennis Lormel, said that SARs have been required for many more financial transactions since the Sept. 11 attacks and that bank compliance officers "have come down really hard" on financial institutions.

The SARs are forwarded by the Internal Revenue Service to a Treasury Department agency known as FinCEN, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

SARs usually contain the names of the senders and receivers of financial transactions and information from bank officials about why they believe the transactions were suspicious, said Lormel, who is now senior vice president for anti-money laundering for Virginia-based Corporate Risk International.

It is illegal to disclose publicly that a SAR has been filed, but the information is widely disseminated to federal and even state law enforcement agencies, Lormel said.

In Spitzer's case, agents from the IRS' criminal investigation division, and later the FBI public corruption squad, began to unravel the threads of the financial transactions. They linked cash payments first to accounts tied to suspicious front companies and then, ultimately, to the Emperors' Club call-girl ring, according to the federal law enforcement official and a second person familiar with the probe.

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

Imbecile applies to Spitzer as well. Only an imbecile would think he would not get caught.

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Well "fixer", sure...E S's actions ere IMBECILIC. And your right on his arrogance of "thinking" he'd never get caught.

Soooo, I guess that ALL IMBECILE's think along those lines.

El-CHIMPO, :wacko: :wacko: who personifies the "Word", Never thought he'd get CAUGHT...."cooking the books" on a War that has cost THOUSANDS their LIVES/LIMBS !, and I DON'T ever want to THINK, about the DEAD Iraqi Children, OF INNOCENT Fathers, brothers, uncles or ANY family, who's only CRIME was being Born on Iraqi soil !

In my entire 62+ years, I have NEVER witnessed ANYONE, ..MORE of an IMBECILE, that the one residing at "1600" !

 

[777 fixer]

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Well "fixer", sure...E S's actions ere IMBECILIC. And your right on his arrogance of "thinking" he'd never get caught.

Soooo, I guess that ALL IMBECILE's think along those lines.

El-CHIMPO, :wacko: :wacko: who personifies the "Word", Never thought he'd get CAUGHT...."cooking the books" on a War that has cost THOUSANDS their LIVES/LIMBS !, and I DON'T ever want to THINK, about the DEAD Iraqi Children, OF INNOCENT Fathers, brothers, uncles or ANY family, who's only CRIME was being Born on Iraqi soil !

In my entire 62+ years, I have NEVER witnessed ANYONE, ..MORE of an IMBECILE, that the one residing at "1600" !

I think LBJ and Nixon have him beat.

 

[Gilding the Lily]

Spitzer RESIGNS!

He is deeply sorry

 

[whatkindoffreshhell]

Spitzer RESIGNS!

He is deeply sorry

Were Eliot Spitzer and Bill Cowher separated at birth?

 

[jimntx]

Thanks for that question. It's been driving me nuts trying to figure out who Spitzer looks like.

 

[Gilding the Lily]

The fun definitely isn't over:

"The feds' sensational criminal complaint listing 10 'clients' allegedly includes a top New York judge and even a former law-enforcement official and longtime pal of the disgraced governor, two sources said."

 

[jimntx]

It never ceases to amaze me how politicians as a group seem to consider themselves not subject to the laws they themselves pass. There was a case here in Texas of a judge who tried to get a police officer fired after he arrested the judge on a drunk driving charge. The judge blew something like a .021--almost 3 times the legal limit of .008.

 

[delldude]

Hey guys...this is going higher,further and faster than any old GOP toe tap gig.......I think we hit the record here....
Thank your national media.....where are all the party hacks condemning this guy?

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

I think LBJ and Nixon have him beat.

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Well "fixer" you make a compelling point about LBJ, and EL-CHIMPO, since they are BOTH from TEX-A$$,................But I respectfully disagree with you because ............This DOPEY BUFFOON is in a class...ALL..BY....HIMSELF !!!!!!!!

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

Hey guys...this is going higher,further and faster than any old GOP toe tap gig.......I think we hit the record here....
Thank your national media.....where are all the party hacks condemning this guy?

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"point taken"...DELL !

Time for Mike Bloomberg to run for governor.

 

[USAir757]

Well "fixer" you make a compelling point about LBJ, and EL-CHIMPO, since they are BOTH from TEX-A$$,................

Not along the thread, but can you PLEASE tell me WHY you call him "El-Chimpo"??? I don't get it!