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I am dubious as well (5.00 / 3) (#10)
by Jeralyn on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 07:34:25 PM EST
of the ABC report.

Maybe he withdrew amounts over $10k within a 24 hour period using an atm machine?

It does sound like someone dropped a dime on him, and I'm not sure I buy it was a bank employee.

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Sounds like Senator Bruno and Schrub dropped the (5.00 / 1) (#15)
by Harry Davis on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 07:42:13 PM EST
dime on Spitzer after Spitzer was caught tailing Bruno's activites.

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I've always assumed that (5.00 / 1) (#19)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 07:47:33 PM EST
"someone" is always looking at high-profile pols' bank accounts.

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"money transfers" (none / 0) (#13)
by Kathy on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 07:39:01 PM EST
surely not cash withdrawals?  ATM machines have limits on how much and how often you can access, anyway.  The governor going to a bank and cashing a check made to "cash"?

I assumed he was doing wire transfers, but I am just basing that on my interpretation of the wording.  

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From what I understood of the complaint (5.00 / 2) (#24)
by litigatormom on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 07:53:30 PM EST
he was avoiding wire transfers by sending cash through the mails.  ATMs usually limit you to $500 or $1000 in cash withdrawals per day.  So, I'm beginning to have a hard time understanding why a bank would be concerned by  cash withdrawals by Elliot Independently Wealthy Spitzer that necessarily had to be no more than 10% of the $10,000 limit. How could such withdrawals be "structuring"?

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Actually (none / 0) (#49)
by Andy08 on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 09:43:34 PM EST
you can increase these limits to much larger sums.
The dafault is 500 or 1000; but you can change that
to be --say- 3500 or more dependig on your account balance.


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