ABC NEWS: Limbaugh may have violated state money laundering laws. . .

[wndycty]

ABC NEWS broke it last hour.

Money Matters
Authorities Eye Whether Rush Limbaugh Laundered Money Used to Pay for Drugs

By Brian Ross

Nov. 18 — Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh may have violated state money-laundering laws in the way he handled the money he used to buy the prescription drugs to which he was addicted, law enforcement officials in Florida and New York told ABCNEWS.

A conviction on such charges in Florida would be a first-degree felony, punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

Limbaugh returned to the airwaves this week after five weeks of rehabilitation for his admitted addiction to prescription painkillers.
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Authorities say they became aware two years ago, during an investigation of New York bank US Trust, that Limbaugh had taken between 30 and 40 cash withdrawals from his account in amounts just under $10,000.

Banks must file a report to the government if someone withdraws more than $10,000 at once.

Limbaugh's lawyers confirm that as part of US Trust's service, a bank employee personally delivered cash to Limbaugh at his New York studio in amounts of $9,900 or so.
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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/US/rush_limbaugh_031118-1.html

[mzmolly]

1. OHHHHHHHH GOODY!!!

:toast: Poetic Justice if I ever did see it!!!

[roughsatori]

6. It's American Justice. That means that he will go free as a rich person

Poetic justice is a rare occurrence in American capitalist jurisprudence.

[mzmolly]

14. Well I mean being 'outed' ... career ruined ... life of misery ...

You know? I never think our 'justice' system is really 'justice' at all. But, there are other kinds of justice. :shrug: ;)

[Ilsa]

2. What a schmuck.

He thought that making dozens of $9,900 withdrawals would keep him under radar? He doesn't really know much about banking, then does he?

It's the hypocrisy.

[MountainLaurel]

13. Actually

He thought he was being smart -- that amount technically shouldn't create red flags. Any activity of more than $10K automatically requires that the bank complete a suspicious activities report and send it to the financial crimes branch of the Treasury Dept. Though now it's probably part of Tom Ridge's domain.

So, any fraud manager worth a damn would notice that many transactions just below the SAR-triggering limit.

Dumbass hyprocrite. If news could make you orgasm, this would be worth at least two bouts of writhing.

[kentuck]

3. Rush is not out of the woods yet....

These are some pretty serious charges... Does the RICO act apply here?

[Cat Atomic]

4. I won't delude myself into believing that a rich, white Republican

could EVER go to jail for these crimes, but it's still fun to think about deconstructing Rush. A nice 30 year stretch would do him good. Well- maybe not- but it'd do ME good.

[Mountainman]

5. Maybe Bush can pardon him just before he leaves office in 2005!

[salinen]

8. rush sent to jail

never happen. remember what state he lives in? but the remote thought of rush behind bars makes me smile.

[Mountainman]

7. dupe

[dusty64]

11. Imagine if he were poor

or a minority, any bets how long he already would be rotting in jail. It has become blatantly obvious that our system is broken. Rich people rarely EVER go to jail. Didn't someone with LOTS of money shoot and dismember someone and go free last week, I hear they were also a suspect in two other disappearances. Some even go on to be rewarded. Joe Scarborough had a young woman found dead under VERY strange circumstances in his OFFICE while the Condit media blitz was occuring, it doesn't hurt to have that magic (r) next to your name these days either.

[AmericanDem]

9. Cheney is already making sure...

nothing happens to his good friend. Expect NO action to be taken. Cheney is good to friends like that.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. yep, poetic justice

But we'll have to wait for the judbge to find him guilty

by the way, due to this he can looose all he has as well

From trailer trash to trailer trash so it seems

[indepat]

12. 30 years? I bet he doesn't get 30 minutes much less 30

days.

[Catherine Vincent]

15. SHAME ON YOU DEMS FOR LAUGHING AT RUSH! WHERE IS YOUR PITY?

Never mind. Fuck Rush. LOL!

[wndycty]

16. LOL

:kick:

[proud patriot]

18. ROFLMAO

couldn't happen to nicer more loving
compassionate caring human being

[Fridays Child]

17. But did he sell hookahs on the Internet?

:eyes:

[dmr]

19. Isn't money laundering included in the Patriot Act?

Rush is a terrorist - off to Gitmo you go!

[Must_B_Free]

20. FINE the Bastard!

That ought to teach him.

Nice hard fine like $10,000 - he'll really feel that.

Then we can forget about the 40,000 pills...