CALPERNIA POSTED The brothels that were shut down in NY (Emperor and Lap Dance) were laundering monies through nonprofits (ACORN affiliates). One owner was a certified IRS agent and the other a lawyer specializing in bankrupcy.
REFERENCE Mark Brener, the 62-year-old alleged mastermind of the Emperors Club (patronized by disgraced ex-Gov Eliot Spitzer), was certified by the IRS to represent taxpayers in disputes, and assured his customers that he’d never get caught because he always paid his taxes. Brener once worked for the Israeli national tax-collection agency.
REFERENCE The beginning of Spitzer’s end can be traced to three banking transfers that left his personal account at the North Fork Bank in New York spring and summer 2007. These payments totaling $15,000 attracted the attention of bank employees who monitor accounts for signs of suspicious activity. (NOTE: After 911, money-laundering laws were significantly tightened, requiring banks to file so-called “suspicious activity reports” whenever there is evidence that clients might be trying to sidestep routine regulations).
Spitzer’s money transfers to a company called QAT International Inc – later revealed to be a front for Brener's Emperors Club brothel– were reportedly considered by the bank to be an attempt to avoid another law that requires all transactions over $10,000 to be reported to the US Treasury.
Breaking down payments with intent to avoid US Treasury reporting requirements is an offense known as “structuring.”
Then-Gov Spitzer’s administration has also been connected to sophisticated "Destroyer Programs" that erase computer hard drives.
As of 3/13/08:
NYS Department of State
Division of Corporations
Entity Information
Selected Entity Status Information Current Entity Name: QAT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Initial DOS Filing Date: NOVEMBER 21, 2006
County: NEW YORK
Jurisdiction: NEW YORK
Entity Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION
Current Entity Status: ACTIVE
Selected Entity Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity)
QAT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
45 JOHN STREET SUITE 711
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10038
Registered Agent
SPIEGEL & UTRERA, P.A., P.C.
45 JOHN STREET SUITE 711
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10038
NOTE: New York State does not issue organizational identification numbers.
BUT, as of 7/8/08:
Just when things started heating up with Spitzergate, the New York State Department of State database changed!
Entity Information
——————————————————————————————Selected Entity Name: LUXURY SPECIALIST, INC.
Selected Entity Status Information Current Entity Name: LUXURY SPECIALIST, INC.
Initial DOS Filing Date: OCTOBER 17, 2003
County: PUTNAM
Jurisdiction: NEW YORK
Entity Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION
Current Entity Status: ACTIVE
Selected Entity Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity)
LUXURY SPECIALIST, INC.
45 JOHN STREET, SUITE 711
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10038
Registered Agent
SPIEGEL & UTRERA, P.A., P.C.
45 JOHN STREET, SUITE 711
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10038
NOTE: New York State does not issue organizational identification numbers.
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Luxury Specialist, Inc and Co-Arc South St., LLC
NYS Department of State
Division of Corporations
Entity Information
——————————————————————————————Selected Entity Name: LUXURY SPECIALIST, INC.
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