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Eliot Spitzer's bank turned him in to the IRS
Newsday.com ^
| 3-11-08
| ROBERT E. KESSLER
Posted on 03/11/2008 12:35:04 PM PDT by JOAT
Gov. Eliot Spitzer ended up as the subject of an investigation into a prostitution ring because his bank branch in Manhattan turned him in to the Internal Revenue Service as someone who might be engaged in suspicious currency transactions, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; US: New York
KEYWORDS: banking; client9; irs; prostitution; spitzer; spitzmas; superdelegate9
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The bank then, as is required by law, filed an SAR, or Suspicious Activity Report, with the Internal Revenue Service, reporting the transfer of the money that exceeded $10,000, but had been broken down into smaller amounts, the sources said.As attorney general you'd think he wouldn't be so naive and stupid.
IRC, patriot act 2 dropped this dollar amount to 5K anyway.
What a stupid schmuck.
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:35:05 PM PDT
by
JOAT
To: JOAT
Hooray bank employee/management! Hooray IRS! America’s finest!
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:37:19 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: JOAT
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:37:54 PM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
(Everytime McCain reaches out to conservatives, conservatives get poked in the eye.)
To: JOAT
Man, someone had a large set of nads at that bank! Can you imagine turning in the Governor of NY?
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:38:03 PM PDT
by
tsmith130
To: JOAT
Spitzer sucks.
But banks are turning you in for the way your gonna handle you own money. Silly. Why not drop it to $1000. This is getting crazy.
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:38:05 PM PDT
by
BGHater
($2300 is the limit of your Free Speech.)
To: JOAT
Yep. He structured the cash transfers to avoid the reporting requirements. The Governor of New York - didn't know what the law said? He was really dumb.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:38:05 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: JOAT
You’d think the libs would howl over 5,000$ to a hooker would be an outrageous amount; money better served being taken from him and thrown down the entitlement hole.
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:39:21 PM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(" Nobody likes weepy meat." -- Mayor Quimby)
To: JOAT
To: JOAT
When trading with prostitootsies...
You can't be too careful.
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:39:43 PM PDT
by
billorites
(Freepo ergo sum)
To: JOAT
As attorney general you'd think he wouldn't be so naive and stupid. Supreme arrogance makes people like Spitzer think the rules don't apply to them.
"I have to abide by that rule?! Do you know who I am?!"
To: JOAT
I always thought those regulations were bad government, but if they took out Spitzer, I stand corrected.
To: tsmith130
Man, someone had a large set of nads at that bank! Can you imagine turning in the Governor of NY?Yeah, I'd bet the person gets a thorough anal exam by the IRS soon.
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:40:22 PM PDT
by
JOAT
To: JOAT
If Wall St. bankers weren't such a bunch of old softies, I'd wonder whether this was payback for Spitzer’s campaigns against them.
To: goldstategop
Former federal prosecutor and state attorney general? Yeah, I’d say he knew /exactly/ what the law was, as he’s prosecuted cases based on similar laws.
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:40:28 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Party for rent - conservative opinions not required.)
To: tsmith130
They are required to do so by law.
To: JOAT
“according to sources familiar with the investigation.”
I doubt it.
More likely he got caught up in an investigation of the ring.
He was “Client # 9” not “Client # 1”
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:41:18 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: BGHater
But banks are turning you in for the way your gonna handle you own money.But, but, it's for your safety...
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:41:36 PM PDT
by
JOAT
To: JOAT
Sounds like if he didn’t make the call, they wouldn’t have cared.
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:42:06 PM PDT
by
The_Republican
(You know why Chelsea Clinton is so Ugly? Because Janet Reno is her Father! LOL! - Mac is Back!)
To: AmericaUnited
Exactly. As Attorney General and as Governor he thought the law didn't apply to him and he could do whatever he wanted. Pride is the deadliest of all human sins.
"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
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:42:09 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: JOAT
They ratted yuz out. They ratted yuz all out...
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posted on
03/11/2008 12:42:20 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Nice job, Hillary. Now go home and get your shine box.)
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