Eliot Spitzer's bank turned him in to the IRS

Newsday.com ^ | 3-11-08 | ROBERT E. KESSLER

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Gov. Eliot Spitzer ended up as the subject of an investigation into a prostitution ring because his bank branch in Manhattan turned him in to the Internal Revenue Service as someone who might be engaged in suspicious currency transactions, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

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My comments earlier about those who think this is “patriotic”...

[Fiona MacKnight]

When you put a non-frazzled picture of her side by side with one of Dina, I think Silda has the edge.

Silda Wall Spitzer, the mother of three teenage daughters, is fifty years old, and a Harvard Law School graduate.

She was formerly a corporate lawyer, first at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and then in-house counsel for Chase Manhattan Bank.