Spitzer raised suspicion by asking the bank to take his name off the transactions.
No question about it. In fact, the bank was probably internally questioning long before he asked. Structuring transactions to avoid cash transactions from being reviewed gets those type of transactions looked into even further.
I used to do anti-money laundering. There is a rules engine that alerts based upon any number of factors. I am unsure of what triggered this alert but a lot of cash moving across several accounts would probably be a trigger. Once you flag, it moves to the next level, and then the next level, etc.
He got snagged by laws that were not designed to snag him. Alan is right in this case and it should have been discretionary.
AMEN!! And he also went to the POST OFFICE to buy MONEY ORDERS!!! What an IDIOT! Eliot the IDIOT!