This is the guy who managed to win a court case alleging "fraud" against Simon & Sons, Bill Simon's company. Simon & Sons' due-diligence partner, Deloitte & Touche, managed to miss all this.
To: Gophack; ElkGroveDan; DougLorenz; Ernest_at_the_Beach
Ping!
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
Instead of "Simon & Sons' due-diligence partner, Deloitte & Touche, managed to miss all this," I should probably say "Simon & Sons' due-diligence partner, Deloitte & Touche, apparently managed to miss all this"... obviously I'm not privy to what they missed or didn't miss, but one can reasonably infer that it was missed!
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
The headlines should have read: "Drug Smuggler Puts One Over Honest Businessman."
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
Good post. I think it needs to be pointed out that Bill Simon wasn't named in the suit. Of course, the media put that as a trailing thought hidden in their articles, but it's a fact that I'm sure Gray Davis will ignore.
So a lawsuit not against Simon yielded a $65 million fraud judgement ... what about the $24 billion deficit of Gray Davis at the expense of the taxpayers of California?
8 posted on
08/01/2002 10:23:35 AM PDT by
Gophack
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
Mr. Visco, a short, unassuming New Jersey native, in particular is known for his love of the dramatic moment of reckoning. He might, for instance, slip into an elevator with his target, alone, and whisper the name of a Liechtenstein shell company supposedly known only to the former smuggler. "That one word just crushes you," says Mr. Visco. "I've had some people vomit."
During a long interview, Mr. Visco peppered him with questions, manipulating his laptop computer so that it beeped ominously.
Here is a guy who truly loves his job. I wish I could have as much fun in my job as this guy does.
It is amazing how much info the author, Michael, Allen, could come up with and how many times he refers to information that is of public record. How could D&T have missed all this?
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
...Former drug dealers in legitimate businesses? Who would have thunk it? Former drug dealers in legitimate businesses that were illegitimate...
...More fuel for the WOD???(sorry, just stirring up the pot, hahahohoook)
14 posted on
08/01/2002 11:28:31 AM PDT by
gargoyle
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
Well, At Least Now, We Know What the Jury was Smokin' :-\
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