[Steely Tom]

For reasons that have not been satisfactorily explained, these payments totaling $15,000 attracted the attention of bank employees who monitor accounts for signs of suspicious activity.

Maybe it had something to do with Spitzer asking the bank employee he was talking to when setting up one of the payments "is there any way to remove my name from this transaction."

[goldstategop]

I wonder how he was stupid enough to ask that and think that he could ever get away with it. As a lawyer, he knew the law and had even less of an excuse to flagrantly break it than lesser mortals. And as New York's Governor, he had a duty to see to the faithful execution of the laws of the state.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus