Maybe there was more to this story than we were told:
07/31/09 01:31 PM
BOCA RATON, Fla. — “The U.S. Secret Service says a man is being held in the West African nation of Ghana after attempting to extort money from U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler.
The Florida Democrat called authorities several weeks ago after he was contacted by a suspect who had Social Security numbers for him and his wife. Wexler told authorities the man attempted to extort money from him and threatened to turn over the personal information to identity thieves.
Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan says the man was arrested July 15 in Ghana and remained in custody Friday.
Since the man’s arrest, several attempts have been made to open credit accounts with Wexler’s personal information. Wexler’s attorney says the investigation is ongoing and his office says he doesn’t know how the man got his information.”
Hmmmmmmm........
Good....i wish identity theft on him too.
You don't suppose the moron was stupid enough to answer one of those African scam e-mails...
Dear kindest Christian Sir:
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Obumanga Bigamuta, estranged son of the late Cowabunga Bigamuta, deposed ruler of Nairobi. I need your help to recover my father's fortune.....
I work for a hospital and I'm able to access info like that on every single patient. I'm sure it's the same way with banks, etc. And his aides and assistants in Congress could also easily find out that info.
I wonder what they really had on him....I bet it's a doozy!
Mrs. Prince of Space
Good memory, thanks!
He supposedly had some sleazy oil deals in one of the
????-istans neighboring Afghnistan that used to be under the USSR. Kurdistan?
http://www.kurdistan.org/Current-Updates/wexler.html
This is who they arrested: Eric Kwame Agbosu of Ghana. There is a Facebook listing for this same name.
very interesting.
I wonder if during this investigation which dived into Wexlers finances, something really bad got discovered by the authorities and can’t be buried.
Nobody just retires like this, especially a democrat, unless something very nasty is about to be made public.
Ghana. Again.
ruh roh....yeah he’s running for the hills...
Here’s my theory: Some hooker stole his wallet while he was “relaxing.”
The news story says both he and his wife had their SS #’s stolen, but they just threw the wife angle in there to make it look less incriminating for him.
Hmmmmmmm........
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Speaking of Ghana:
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed narcotics and terrorism charges on Friday against three West Africans they identified as associates of Al Qaeda and a related terrorist group. While the United States Drug Enforcement Administration has long maintained that Al Qaeda has been involved in drug trafficking, officials at the agency said the case represented the first time such charges had been brought against people linked with the group.
The three men — identified as Oumar Issa, Harouna Touré and Idriss Abelrahman — were arrested on Wednesday in Ghana and flown to the United States on Thursday night, law enforcement officials said. They were charged with narcotics terrorism conspiracy, the officials said, as well as conspiracy to provide material support to terrorist groups — Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
The case grew out of sting operation, officials said. Two Drug Enforcement Administration informants posing as members of FARC, the Colombian terrorist group, approached the men, seeking their help to move large quantities of cocaine from West Africa, through North Africa and the desert and into Spain, the officials said.
The three men, who identified themselves to the informants as either associates of Al Qaeda, or of a related group, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, told the informants that they had provided similar transportation and security services to members of Al Qaeda, the officials said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...------U.S. Charges 3 (West Africans) in Drug Case With Helping Al Qaeda New York Times ^ | December 18, 2009 | William K. Rashbaum
AUGUST 14, 2005 : (REPORT : UN SEC GEN KOFI ANNAN’S BROTHER KOBINA ANNAN, WHO IS ALSO GHANA’S AMBASSADOR TO MOROCCO, IS CONNECTED TO AFRICAN BUSINESSMAN MICHAEL WILSON, WHO IS AT THE CENTER OF THE UN OIL FOR FOOD SCANDAL) LONDON — The $21.3 billion United Nations oil-for-food scandal has now widened to include the brother of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Kobina Annan, the Ghanaian ambassador to Morocco, is said by investigators to be “connected” to an African businessman at the center of the scandal. The probe into Kobina’s dealings are at an early stage and he has not been interviewed.
However, investigators are understood to suspect that Michael Wilson, an African businessman, and Kobina had a business relationship at the time of the scandal.
A source close to the investigation said: “We believe Kobina Annan may be involved with Michael Wilson and Kojo Annan. We know there is a connection between Kobina and Wilson.”
Kobina is the second member of Annan’s family — after Annan’s son Kojo — to be drawn into the scandal, which has led to the resignation of several senior U.N. officials.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...————ANOTHER ANNAN IN U.N. OIL SCANDAL
NY Post ^ | Aug 14, 2005 | Anon