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  • WSJ: The Sihpol Vindication - Spitzer belatedly cuts his losses.

    10/14/2005 6:00:41 AM PDT · by OESY · 6 replies · 592+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | October 14, 2005 | Editorial
    Some readers might think that Eliot Spitzer's decision this week to drop his attempt to retry former Bank of America broker Ted Sihpol for after hours mutual-fund trading is an act of prosecutorial compassion.... Mr. Spitzer is belatedly cutting his losses. Mr. Sihpol, remember, played a bit role in the "late trading" case surrounding hedge fund Canary Capital. A jury in June repudiated Mr. Spitzer's case by clearing Mr. Sihpol of 29 of 33 criminal counts, with just one juror holding out for a mistrial on the remaining four. Mr. Spitzer vowed to re-fight those counts -- that is, until...
  • NYP: SPITZER'S CHOICE -- Scapegoating the small fry

    04/28/2005 5:47:01 AM PDT · by OESY · 5 replies · 457+ views
    New York Post ^ | April 28, 2005 | BOB BARR
    To this former prosecutor and politician, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's prosecution of former Bank of America employee Ted Sihpol looks like pure — and ugly — politics. In his climb up the political ladder, Spitzer is marketing himself as the most aggressive consumer advocate since Ralph Nader. And for an attorney general in the Empire State, only one target can win you that rep: Wall Street.... The only problem, as Spitzer's team quickly discovered, is that top fund managers can field multimillion-dollar teams of legal superstars who can bury him in paper, tie the case up in court for...