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Re: [privacy] Big Brother is watching
From: "Larry Seltzer" <Larry () larryseltzer com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:54:10 -0400
No, he didn't pay with wire transfers. That much was in the affadavit that talked about Client-9. He sent in envelopes of cash. The feds found out who Client-9 was because the agency gave him up. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com -----Original Message----- From: Richard M. Smith [mailto:rms () computerbytesman com] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:32 AM To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org Subject: Re: [privacy] Big Brother is watching Actually, everything was done with wire transfers. The prostitution ring set up a front consulting company to collect the money. Here's their Web site: http://www.qatgroup.com Their domain registration information seems to be up to date and accurate: http://whois.domaintools.com/qatgroup.com Clearly Spitzer was self-destructive. Sooner or later, the ring would start extorting money from him or one of his "dates" would go public for the media attention. The Feds simply got to him first. There is at least one other person that I can think of whom else's business it is: Spitzer's wife. Richard -----Original Message----- From: Larry Seltzer [mailto:Larry () larryseltzer com] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:11 AM To: Richard M. Smith; privacy () whitestar linuxbox org Subject: RE: [privacy] Big Brother is watching It sounded to me like he was getting cash out of ATMs in order not to use their usual method of payment, a wire transfer. I guess taking a few grand out of ATMs might be suspicious, especially if you do it frequently. Is it anyone else's business? That's another question. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com -----Original Message----- From: Richard M. Smith [mailto:rms () computerbytesman com] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:43 AM To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org Subject: [privacy] Big Brother is watching Revelations Began in Routine Tax Inquiry http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/nyregion/11inquire.html?_r=1&hp&oref=s logi n The rendezvous that established Gov. Eliot Spitzer's involvement with high-priced prostitutes occurred last month in one of Washington's grandest hotels, but the criminal investigation that discovered the tryst began last year in a nondescript office building opposite a Dunkin' Donuts on Long Island, according to law enforcement officials. There, in the Hauppauge offices of the Internal Revenue Service, investigators conducting a routine examination of suspicious financial transactions reported to them by banks found several unusual movements of cash involving the governor of New York, several officials said. The investigators working out of the three-story office building, which faces Veterans Highway, typically review such reports, the officials said. But this was not typical: transactions by a governor who appeared to be trying to conceal the source, destination or purpose of the movement of thousands of dollars in cash, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. ... _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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