He departed the hotel in such haste that he forgot his cell phone. His mistake was to call the hotel and ask if he'd left it. That's apparently how they knew he was at JFK in time to grab him minutes before departure.
The Sofitel is owned by a French company, and in my experience, most big French company exec’s aren’t socialists and would love to see this guy swing. I would expect them to fully cooperate and I’m sure their security tapes will kill his story.
Most of the people appointed to IMF and World Bank are corrupt crooks nominated by socialist foreign governments.
The US staff and Professionals are held to a higher standard,,but then look at tax dodging Geithner..so even the US citizens are suspect.