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CLINTON PAL EYEBALLED (InfoUSA CEO Vinod Gupta)
New York Post ^ | October 2, 2005 | TIM ARANGO

Posted on 10/02/2005 12:24:01 AM PDT by HAL9000

VINOD Gupta, a high- living CEO pal and fundraiser to the Clintons, is being accused of looting his company's coffers and using shareholder money to fund his lavish lifestyle.

Gupta, the CEO of InfoUSA, an Omaha, Neb.-based database company, is coming under fire from investors, including Cardinal Capital, the Greenwich, Conn.-based hedge fund whose last target was newspaper baron Conrad Black, for a variety of alleged offenses, including funneling InfoUSA funds through private companies he controls to pay for things such as jet travel, a fancy yacht and a skybox at University of Nebraska football games.

Gupta did not return a call placed to his office in Omaha.

Despite presiding over a company in a decidedly unsexy industry in an unsexy locale, Gupta moves in elite social circles. He was a guest of the Clintons at the White House, staying in the Lincoln Bedroom, donated $1 million to the Clinton library and helped Hillary Clinton raise money for her senate campaign.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: cardinalcapital; clinton; clintonistas; clintonlegacy; clintonlibrary; cnnpollster; gupta; hillary; indianamericans; infousa; lincolnbedroom; sec; vingupta; vinodgupta
Gupta has a vanity website at www.vingupta.com with a bunch of photos of him standing with the Clintons.

After this New York Post article, Hillary probably wishes she wasn't pictured standing next to Gupta on his home page.

1 posted on 10/02/2005 12:24:02 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Probably just more of the "culture of corruption, cronyism and incompetence" that Pelosi was speaking about....


2 posted on 10/02/2005 12:28:49 AM PDT by konaice
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To: HAL9000
After this New York Post article, Hillary probably wishes she wasn't pictured standing next to Gupta on his home page.

Or in that outfit *L*

3 posted on 10/02/2005 12:42:37 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: HAL9000
Excerpt from Slate Magazine, May 22, 1997 - The Kiddie-Cash Caper

The Gupta family of Omaha, Neb., is among the more generous sources of student cash. Vinod Gupta is the founder and CEO of American Business Information. Campaign gifts totaling $143,000 tied him at No. 135 on the Mother Jones list of top contributors. His sons, Jess (age 17), Benjamin (14), and Alexander (11), gave an additional $12,000. All this went to two campaigns--Clinton's and Nebraska Gov. Ben Nelson's--in which the senior Gupta had reached his maximum.

Jess, a student at Philips Exeter Academy, freely admits he had nothing to do with the donations. "Dad makes those donations in my name," he says. Vinod Gupta insists his son was misquoted.

In fact, all the money came from trust funds set up in the names of the children, according to their father. This is a common practice among the kiddie-cash set. Yet the FEC has ruled in the past that donations from a source over which the donor does not have sole control are illegal.


4 posted on 10/02/2005 2:04:20 AM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: HAL9000

Ah, the legacy!

Funny -- his site doesn't let a person right-click on anything -- hmmmm.....


5 posted on 10/02/2005 2:22:56 AM PDT by Watery Tart (Today's DNC talking phrase: "CLIMATE of CORRUPTION.".... .... Everyone MUST repeat this!!)
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To: HAL9000

Is Gupta a common name? I ask, cuz I wonder if Dimple a relative.


6 posted on 10/02/2005 2:30:20 AM PDT by GoLightly
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To: Watery Tart
Just turn off Java temporarily:


Saved locally ... just in case. ;-)
7 posted on 10/02/2005 2:30:58 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: Tunehead54
Just turn off Java temporarily:

BRILLIANT! </scottishbrogue> Thanks!! ;o)

8 posted on 10/02/2005 2:45:11 AM PDT by Watery Tart (Today's DNC talking phrase: "CULTURE of CORRUPTION.".... .... Everyone MUST repeat this!!)
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To: GoLightly

Gupta is Indian for Smith.


9 posted on 10/02/2005 4:26:57 AM PDT by SubMareener (Become a monthly donor! Free FreeRepublic.com from Quarterly FReepathons!)
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To: konaice
Imagine that ludicrous slander about the culture of corruption while we have Trafficant currently in prison.

Web Hubbel, ex con.

Who was the cabinet officer who lied to the FBI about cash payments to his mistress and was convicted.

Just about everyone attached to the grifters has seen the inside of prison or the inside of a coffin.

Pelosi and her parallel universe are never questioned by the compliant MSM.

10 posted on 10/02/2005 4:53:38 AM PDT by OldFriend (One Man With Courage Makes a Majority ~ Andrew Jackson)
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To: OldFriend
Those are crimes done for the "little people". Kinda like the "We will have to take away from you for the common good". But as long as they keep promising programs that the evil rich will have to pay for, they will continue to get elected. By the way how many of these so called protectors of the "little people" have net worth in the million of dollars or have their assets tied up off shore or in a trust to avoid paying taxes?
I am waiting for the day that my tagline will actually be used in a campaign. Sing it Merle:
11 posted on 10/02/2005 5:50:38 AM PDT by Burf (We'll all be drinkin that free Bubble Up and eatin that Rainbow Stew.)
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To: HAL9000

He like many of slick willie's ceo-buddies will be leaving the country FAST!

Notice how the press is virtually ignoring the numbers of FOB's being busted, taken to court, and found guilty of FRAUD and THEFT!

They may make mention but they NEVER connect the dots with the one main string ... william jefforason blyth clinton - impeached, convicted, disbarred criminal ex-prez. A typical lawyer.


12 posted on 10/02/2005 6:55:34 AM PDT by hombre_sincero (www.spadata.com)
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bookmarked


13 posted on 09/29/2006 6:14:47 PM PDT by AmeriBrit (By a miracle we lived through 'Eight Clinton Years of Living Hell'....NO MORE CLINTON'S...EVER!)
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To: OldFriend
Who was the cabinet officer who lied to the FBI about cash payments to his mistress and was convicted.

Q: How do you say "Bill Clinton" in Spanish?

A: Henry Cisneros.

14 posted on 09/29/2006 6:20:44 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: okie01

So how did this year old thread come back???????? LOL


15 posted on 09/30/2006 4:09:10 AM PDT by OldFriend (Should we wait for them to come and kill us again? President Karzai 9/26/06)
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To: OldFriend
Apparently, AmeriBrit was perusing the archives...
16 posted on 09/30/2006 9:29:17 AM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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