Wife accuses former Republican senator of bank fraud
Washington Examiner,
by
Daniel Jativa
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
4/14/2019 6:29:48 AM
The wife of former New York Republican Sen. Alfonse D´Amato said she has gone to federal authorities, alleging that her husband committed bank fraud and that he forged her signature on checks from a secret bank account for millions of dollars spanning seven years. Katuria D’Amato, who has been in several rounds of legal battles with her husband over the last few weeks, said in an interview with Law&Crime that she found out about the account when the U.K.-based bank HSBC sent a letter to her home about the account opened in her name.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
John C 4/14/2019 7:25:07 AM (No. 33463)
How did he get the millions.
Strange that the word republican is in the title while malfeasant by democrats would be in paragraph 8
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
mobyclik 4/14/2019 7:28:12 AM (No. 33465)
That´s not strange #1, that´s business as usual.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
judy 4/14/2019 8:04:01 AM (No. 33467)
He withdrew 40 million over 7 years from an account issued in her name! Wow! These people live big! I find this amazing she found out after receiving a letter in the mail. I receive a bank statement monthly. Maybe foreign counties don´t send bank statements?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jar 4/14/2019 8:13:12 AM (No. 33456)
You can request of the bank that no mails be sent. Wonder why d´Amato didn´t do so. Easy to see where the money came from. Lots of opportunities on Long Island. In fact, one of the reasons d´Amato was defeated by Schumer was due to charges of graft regarding a North Hempstead plant (I forget what kind of plant). D´Amato should have stuck with wife #1.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/14/2019 8:42:00 AM (No. 33453)
It´s time to accept the fact that Republicans are just as bad as Democrats, the party means nothing. New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and California have one thing in common, you don´t reach a position like this by being honest. I could provide a detailed list of names but you get the point.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 4/14/2019 8:50:26 AM (No. 33464)
Serving in Congress more than one term morally ruins a person if they aren´t already ruined. "Put not your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save." Ps 146:3
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
MeiDei 4/14/2019 8:59:36 AM (No. 33452)
Very disappointing news. I have friends who knew him well, considered him as a regular guy in thew neighborhood, no airs, did his own shopping; they voted for him and they´re union democrats - go figure. After more thought, their assessment was from the late 90´s, must call for an update- didn´t know of a 2nd wife.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 4/14/2019 9:07:15 AM (No. 33444)
Quoting that remarkable philosopher Bugs Bunny, ´´I suppose you know, this means WAR.´´
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
lakerman1 4/14/2019 9:32:44 AM (No. 33466)
There are some questions she will have to answer.
First, did she approve of opening the account?
Second, where did the money come from?
Third, did she file a joint income tax return with Al?
Fourth, did she ever allow him to sign her name to anything?
(there are certain spousal privileges that might come into play here.)
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
chumley 4/14/2019 9:49:52 AM (No. 33469)
A crooked politician? I refuse to believe it. Oh how the senate must be reeling under this shame brought upon them.
Like another poster said, business as usual. But don´t forget to send them your money at re-election time.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 4/14/2019 9:51:30 AM (No. 33471)
Alfonse must be fooling around and Katuria taking care of business now.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
RU4us 4/14/2019 10:04:00 AM (No. 33445)
Watch a tape of Al´s questioning hillary clinton. He passes on every low hanging pitch she threw at him. Not that the money came from the clintons. They have never spent a cent of their own money.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/14/2019 10:14:54 AM (No. 33461)
The couple, who have been married for 15 years, are going through a complicated and contentious divorce.
And he isn’t just a “former senator” but a “Republican former senator”. We didn’t have to read a zillion paragraphs to dig that out, did we...
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
starboard 4/14/2019 10:18:40 AM (No. 33457)
There´s an interesting story here. Many women don´t know the kind of business transactions their husband does. However this one is suspicious. Why didn´t Al put the money in an offshore account?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
PageTurner 4/14/2019 11:01:27 AM (No. 33447)
...When love congeals it soon reveals
The faint aroma of performing seals...
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/14/2019 11:09:14 AM (No. 33448)
This could get "complicated" for the former senator. Foreign bank accounts have to be reported on tax returns, as do the earnings from those accounts. Questions could arise as to how the senator came to have $40M, probably all inadvertent.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 4/14/2019 11:11:37 AM (No. 33473)
My guess, wife was a willing ally and accomplice in whatever was going on until the divorce. Corrupt people doing corrupt things. Imagine that. Yet we keep voting them in to office, but it doesn´t help we have no real alternatives. Both parties are equally bad. At least D´Amato was eventually voted out.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
MickTurn 4/14/2019 11:29:19 AM (No. 33474)
Politician = Fraud...any questions?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 4/14/2019 12:05:37 PM (No. 33442)
Hmmm. Isn´t this the same bank that the Clintons used when they first set up their Foundation during the last part of Bubba´s presidecy? Seems to me I remember how Comey had a seat on their board, simply to watch over the Clinton interests.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
rushie 4/14/2019 12:06:02 PM (No. 33472)
Maybe he knows others he can name to get a softer sentence.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
jhpeters2 4/14/2019 12:21:17 PM (No. 33468)
Good old Alphonse was a placeholder - no real ideas, no real ideals, nothing to assure people who voted for him that he was working in their best interests. Hedge Funds and higher ranked government jobs are money makers. In the 60´s it was chemicals and exploiting the pollution thereof, in the 70´s it was oil and the exploiting of leases, in the 80´s it was savings and loans and the graft paid to local and state officials, in the 90´s it was government funded points of light - special interest donations, in the 00´s it was war. Always a way to make money when you work for the government.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/14/2019 12:23:37 PM (No. 33450)
We have a friend who hasn’t a clue about her husband’s business and he takes care of all the family business as well - bill-paying, banking, etc. She just signs whatever he puts in front of her.
I was raised by parents who shared everything including the responsibility of family finances. I could not live any other way.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
KanCreeper 4/14/2019 12:28:06 PM (No. 33454)
Da FORMER Missus D´Amato was OK in Da Boat..´Til she was thrown overboard! Was not ole Alfonse considered to be "Da Boss/Deal Maker´" of Da Noo Yawk Republican Party, Til Chuckles Schoomer beat him by 10 points? Politics sure creates Strange Bed Fellows!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
john56 4/14/2019 12:39:56 PM (No. 33460)
As I was once told, if the choice is between a crooked Republican and a crooked Democrat, always vote for the crooked Republican.
There´s a much better chance the crooked Republican will get caught. The crooked Democrat will just get more graft, bribes, "sweetheart deals" and corrputed.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 4/14/2019 1:11:29 PM (No. 33446)
You know what is sad about all of this? People who read the Bible and REALLY understand it, know what is going on in society. The farther we get away from God, the farther we get away from the teachings of the Bible, and from that we get farther and farther away from "the Way, the Truth, and the Life".
For both of these individuals, the truth could slap them in the face and they still wouldn´t know it.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
DVC 4/14/2019 1:26:32 PM (No. 33441)
Happy wife, happy life. Too many times, when the marriage is on the rocks, the witch comes out and the lies fly on her broom.
I´d take anything ANY unhappy wife says with a large shaker full of salt.
BUT, they often do know "where the bodies are buried", so it certainly should be looked into.
I would be SHOCKED if a Senator was found to be corrupt!
Just like Capt. Renault. LOL.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
wilmo 4/14/2019 1:31:41 PM (No. 33459)
I´m betting you can count on less than two hands the number of US representatives and senators who have not greatly enriched themselves by various illegal means, both while serving in office and after doing so.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 4/14/2019 2:47:03 PM (No. 33443)
Of course no one ever lies in a divorce.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
cor-vet 4/14/2019 3:35:28 PM (No. 33440)
Can we assume that old honest Abe Schumer is carrying on in D´Amatos place. Theres a tax return or two that could be interesting.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Yo Yo 4/14/2019 3:42:48 PM (No. 33462)
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
chance_232 4/14/2019 3:43:14 PM (No. 33451)
He hasnt held office for 20 years. So my give a crap meter hasnt budged,
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
judy 4/14/2019 6:27:50 PM (No. 33470)
Beware of the couples who has separate bank accounts...it’s too easy for someone to cheat...$$ & supporting the mistress..
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
wsdiego 4/14/2019 6:29:27 PM (No. 33458)
There was a law in the congress for the congress that allowed insider trading! It was not hard to get very rich very quick
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
bighambone 4/14/2019 6:36:29 PM (No. 33449)
She should have offered him a deal that he could not resist before clueing in the Feds. As now instead of her picking up a lot of that money, most of it will probably end up in the pockets of lawyers.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
watashiyo 4/14/2019 8:00:36 PM (No. 33455)
Earning over $100K a year working part-time.
All politicians are CROOKs regardless of their party.
....at least that´s what my college professor said 45 years ago. I didn´t believe it then, but I believe it NOW.
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