Giuliani law firm sued by high profile Texan (Rudy's buddy makes $10 Million disappear offshore)

Politico ^ | Oct 9, 2007 | Ben Smith

[calcowgirl]

http://www.politico.com/static/PPM42_carusocomplaint.html
Caruso Complaint

http://www.amlcft.com/US%20Senate%20Correspondent%20Banking%20report.pdf
US Senate - Report on Correspondent Banking, February 2001

http://www.amlcft.com/US%20Senate%20Correspondent%20Banking%20case%20histories%201-7.pdf
US Senate - Report on Correspondent Banking Case Histories 1-7, February 2001

http://www.amlcft.com/US%20Senate%20Correspondent%20Banking%20case%20histories%208-10.pdf
US Senate - Report on Correspondent Banking Case Histories 8-10, February 2001

http://www.amlcft.com/US%20Senate%20Correspondent%20Banking%20Summary%20of%20Scandals%208%20cases.pdf
US Senate - Report on Correspondent Banking Summary of Scandals 8 Cases, February 2001

[calcowgirl]

Ping!

The magical Giuliani law firm.

[Perdogg]

Waggoner claims Caruso "may have also been romantically involved" with the investment adviser

Call the FBI on that one.

[mo]

Geez..only 10 million?!!Rudy’s got a lot to learn yet from the Clintons!!

[Saundra Duffy]

Maybe they won’t be able to pin this on Giuliani but he already has too much baggage anyway. He has a great presence, has done well in the debates, but can you imagine the family scandals if he were to live in the White House? Way worse than Clinton. Way worse than Carter’s clan. Giuliani’s ex wife and the disgruntled children would be a constant distraction. Sad but true.

[Just mythoughts]

FYI

[ikka]

I don’t quite follow, if the money was never invested, then where did it go? They don’t have a paper trail of what happened to the money after it went to the bank?

[Condor51]

[JimRed]

So, if someone at the Rose Law Firm misbehaves, we can use it to smear Her Who Must Be Stopped?

[Liz]

Prominent Texas Republican, J. Virgil Waggoner filed suit against Rudy Giuliani’s Texas law firm and Giuliani’s partner, Kenneth Caruso, alleging Caruso conspired to cover up the disappearance of $10 million Waggoner invested through a Caribbean bank, the British Trade & Commerce Bank.

The Commonwealth of Dominica revoked the bank’s license after a Senate report titled “Correspondent Banking: A Gateway for Money Laundering” was issued. The bank’s president, Rodolfo Requena, was subsequently convicted in federal court in Miami on money laundering charges and sentenced to 30 months in jail.

Money-laundering? OMG---how awful. Geez, I wonder if Waggoner was told about Rooty and his partners' other global interests (lots and lotsa places they could hide $10 million):

(1) Giuliani Capital Advisors, LLC (AKA Giuliani Partners LLC),

(2) Giuliani Group,

(3) Giuliani-Kerik (re-named Giuliani Security and Safety, after the departure of the tainted ex-Police Commissioner),

(4) Giuliani-Van Essen,

(5) Bracewell & Giuliani LLP law firm (based in Texas with global interests),

(6) Bracewell & Giuliani has two offices in Kazakhstan (a former Soviet state in Central Asia), and,

(7) Giuliani Security & Safety, Asia

DETAILS

Bracewell & Giuliani, Almaty, Kazakhstan (in Central Asia). Giuliani has two offices there---January closings totalled $1.625 Billion. NOTE WELL: ROOTY HELD A CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISER IN KAZAKHSTAN.

Bracewell & Giuliani's Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A., a Spanish transportation company (lobbied for Privatization of Toll Road in Texas)

Bracewell & Giuliani's Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A. (SAN.MC, STD.N) (a bank that traded with a blacklisted Iranian Bank)

Bracewell & Giuliani's company tied to Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez, who has called President Bush "the devil." Bracewell & Giuliani lobbies on behalf of Texas-based Citgo Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Venezuelan oil company controlled by Chávez.

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Bracewell & Giuliani Firm Advises Cintra in First Privatization of Toll Road in Texas

DALLAS (March 1, 2007) Bracewell & Giuliani LLP (Texas-based law firm with global connections) advised Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A., a Spanish transportation company, in its successful bid to develop State Highway 121 into a toll road through Collin and Denton counties.

The award to Cintra, approved by the Texas Transportation Commission, is the first privatization of a Texas toll road. Bracewell is acting as project counsel to Cintra with respect to the 50-year concession from the Texas Department of Transportation. Cintra will pay a $2.1 billion upfront and annual lease payments totaling $700 million. "Cintra was awarded this project because of its proven expertise and competitive proposal," said Thomas O. Moore, partner with Bracewell & Giuliani. "This is the largest transportation deal of 2007. This is one of only five deals in the country." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1803916/posts

Construction of Hway in Mexico

NASCO Map of Corridor

NASCO Members: United States: Texas Dept. of Transportation Iowa Department of Transportation State of Oklahoma Minnesota Dept. of Transportation Bell County, Texas Denton County, Texas Tarrant County, Texas Webb County, Texas Jackson County, Missouri City of Denton, Texas City of Ft. Worth, Texas City of Gainesville, Texas City of Kansas City, Missouri International Trade Institute of the Americas Free Trade Alliance San Antonio Port San Antonio United States - Mexico Chamber of Commerce Kansas City SmartPort The Ardmore Development Authority, City of Ardmore, Oklahoma Belton Economic Development Corporation The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization The Allen Group Hillwood - Alliance Texas The Ambassador Bridge Detroit/Windsor Crossing American Airlines Blackwood, Langworthy & Tyson, an established Kansas City law firm Cadre Technologies Franco Eleuteri & Associates EWI Risk Services, Inc. GrowthNet Trading, LLC International Bank of Commerce Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores PROTECT-US, Inc. Scrub Oak Technologies Strasburger & Price Law Firm Trans Am Group Yellow Roadway Corporation Worldwide The NAFTA Superhighway

AND NASCO member Lockheed Martin (the only Pentagon defense contractor listed).

[Just mythoughts]

This is Clintons league taking, how exactly and where exactly does one make 10 million dollars disappear? Who ended up with the money? Surely these people did not think this guy was just going to write off 10 million dollars? Tells me these people cannot get their hands on the US Treasury.

[Liz]

Waggoner claims Caruso "may have also been romantically involved" with the investment adviser....

Let's see. We got sex....we got lies........so where's the videotape?

[calcowgirl]

So, if someone at the Rose Law Firm misbehaves, we can use it to smear Her Who Must Be Stopped?

No, we should just ignore all corruption, especially if it involves people close to your favorite politician. We shouldn't even consider that when folks surround themselves with crooks that it might just reflect on what kind of administration they might bring in if elected president. And especially if they have an "R" next to their name and if they can "win." Then never, ever, ever look under the covers. After all, it's so much better if everyone just closes their eyes and votes like sheeple. /s

[mimaw]

Oh please get a grip. Rudy has not been accused of selling the country out like the Clintons, his kids haven’t been as outrageous as Reagans and even Judy isn’t as nuts as Roslyn. You want to attack him do it on substance.

[apocalypto]

Ouch!

[Liz]

.......where exactly does one make 10 million dollars disappear? Who ended up with the money? Surely these people did not think this guy was just going to write off 10 million dollars?..........

Several scenarios present themselves:

(1) No state and federal taxes were paid on the $10M; it was taken out of company assets without stockholders/investors knowing about it;

(2) Waggoner was laundering the $10M and didn't get his cut (or wanted more) so he started squealing;

(3) Waggoner knows something BIG and is using the measely $10M as a shield to save himself.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

That’s going to be one heck of a divorce settlement one of these days.