The Continuing Scandal At Air America

CaptainsQuartersblog.com ^ | Aug. 1. 2005 | Captain Ed

[prairiebreeze]

Now we have potential wire fraud, forgery, and fraud by deception, and probably a host of other potential charges against Mr. Cohen for his actions with Gloria Wise and Air America.

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One certainty has arisen: this is no "phony" story. Air America had better get out in front of this, and its supporters should stop blaming the blogs for AA's miscreancy and demand that AA resolve the issue forthwith.

The latest article I saw on FR about this story required a registration. Sounds like the charges are racking up against Cohen and could also be against Err America too.

There are live links at the Captains site.

[TheBigB]

The entire Air America project was just a PLOT by KARL ROVE to discredit liberals and distract from < insert "scandal" here >!! </ DUh >

[stocksthatgoup]

After the initial two loans, Ms. Graves said that just before the launch of Air America her organization lent the network another $213,000, authorized with a rubber stamp of her signature on a document she said she never saw. More recently, Ms. Graves said, Gloria Wise made a wire transfer of at least $400,000 to Air America without her knowledge.

US Atty??

[Red Badger]

You don't have to create a plot for these morons. Their own greed and stupidity will do them in............without any help from Rove........

[prairiebreeze]

Yeah big bucks, then Cohen himself gets funds for "medical bills".

[The_Victor]

Mr. Cohen told Mr. Rosen he needed $25,000 to pay for chemotherapy. Mr. Cohen told associates that he recovered from brain cancer, according to Ms. Capell. Later, Mr. Cohen asked for $10,000 - which he was lent - be cause his father, a businessman in Asia, was "gravely ill," Ms. Capell said.

This sounds strangely like the Andy Stevens scam from DU. What is it about the left and their medical bills that they don't want to pay for?

[Jack Deth]

In the famed words of Homer Simpson

"D'OH!!!!"

Or "Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain!"

Jack.

[processing please hold]

How long before the NYSlimes picks this up? How long will I have to wait for that do you think?

[RckyRaCoCo]

QUAGMIRE!!!!

[martin_fierro]

I'm sure the NYT hasn't reported on this yet because ... well, they have so much research to do first.

[AbeKrieger]

Does anyone have any Tums for Al Franken?

Rejected by America - Again.

Next up, political ambitions. Can you say "three strikes" ?

[Lekker 1]

This is just gettin' too good!

[stocksthatgoup]

Thanks for the posting.

[lapsus calami]

 

Oooooo - a number of folk here on FR have maintained from the get-go that Aired Amerika was a cash cow for scammers to dip into. Looks like the paper trail is piling right on up.

 

 

 

[prairiebreeze]

Err America follow up ping

[stocksthatgoup]

Has this been in AP or Reuters?

[stocksthatgoup]

Has this been in AP or Reuters?

[Plutarch]

The MSM will not cover this story ahead of The New York Times. The scandal involves New York charities, New York City taxpayer money, and a New York media company:

Air America Radio
641 Sixth Avenue
4th Floor
New York, NY 10011

Other New York papers are covering it. But not the New York Times.

[rarestia]

Quagmire?

[sandbar]

>>>They still have to meet that payroll, including that of their stars, who apparently don't mind taking their money ahead of what's owed to the poor kids, elderly, and Alzheimers patients served by Gloria Wise. >>>

Yes, but those eeevvvveeeeeelllll and greedy Republicans are the cause of all the children starving in the world...