If anyone saw the news clip on CNBC speaking with Ken Langone, it would appear that Spitzer was being followed. Don't know if it was just Langone crowing about Spitzer's downfall, you have to believe with all the enemies Spitzer has made while climbing up the political ladder there were bound to be people with very deep pockets who would do whatever they had to do to bring this scumbag down. Bottom line i'm glad this self-righteous scumbag was taken down. Wish it had happened to Rudy years ago too.
Saw that too, boy did Langone ever make it obvious that he had something to do with it. Sounds like the rich dudes that Spitzer had gone after basically just had PI's follow him 24/7 looking for him to do as much as litter, and turns out he had been doing all that. Spitzer should have had the common sense to know tons of people have it in for him, he deserves everything he gets. I want someone to interview Langone further, that interview was so obvious but the reporter didn't latch onto it.
Seems perfectly normal to me. If you are an elected official with access to pac and govt money and you are withdrawing larger amounts of cash out of your accounts over a period of time I would expect for someone to hold you accountable to make sure there is no wrong doing going on.
AFAIK Spitzer is not the only "victim" of this law. It is the first high profile case though. No one talks about the many law-abiding citizens who have been getting the shaft from the government because of this law. Some guys got a visit from Homeland Security for paying their credit card in full, others got a visit from the IRS for legitimally withdrawing large amounts of cash, and so on... If your banker thinks your financial transactions are suspicious thats enough for seriously messing your life. There are other solutions for public funds malfeasance, without harming private citizens.
I find that hard to believe. Why would homeland security pay a visit when all they had to do was check the fed check clearing system and see the copy of the check to the cc company and where it went ? IRS will check your bank transactions and compare them to you returns and will only hassle you if they do not match up. I know a ex irs agent personally and his job was to conduct field investigations on people who said they made little money yet what they owned said otherwise. Regardless, what is the big deal ? If you are legit then you should have nothing to hide if they come asking questions.
They also seize your assets until you prove your innocence, so answering questions is the least of your worries. Sorry don't have the time to dig the articles. They also froze some nuns bank account, because they were not "properly identified". An account that had been open for 20 years.