Surplus Legal Issues, was Re: Fw: Control Data Cyber 960

From: James B. DiGriz <jbdigriz_at_dragonsweb.org>
Date: Fri Nov 16 08:37:42 2001

Russ Blakeman wrote:

> That's also how we could finger someone in our career field that might be a
> Soviet buyoff for classified info - all of a sudden this GI that's broke and
> loaded with bills is buying a new car (cash) and other things. It generally
> works for city inspectors, policeman, politicians (to a degree) and other
> civil servants and otherwise small business people. Drug dealers generally
> get nailed this way too. When are people going to learn that you don't make
> a big change in spending and lifestyle without becoming noticed.
>
> They couldn't nail Alfonse Capone in the 30's with anything other than than
> tax evasion but that's what put him in prison.
>
>
> -> -----Original Message-----
> -> The manager of a large California firm is probably still in jail... it
> -> was well known that it you wanted a particular bid, you just 'negotiated'
> -> with him, and damn! You Won it! He got tripped up by making triple
> -> payments on his house, buying a big boat and a new truck and trailer for
> -> it... a clerk in his credit union wondered out loud just how he was able
> -> to afford all this on his regular income.... he 'fessed up when they
> -> came to audit him, and was taken away in cuffs.
>
>
>
>

There are all kinds of legitimate reasons somebody might change, or seem
to change, their spending habits and lifestyle, and they owe no one any
explanations. I'd say that's entirely their business.

Capone pissed enough people off that he wouldn't have been a problem
much longer anyway.

jbdigriz
Received on Fri Nov 16 2001 - 08:37:42 GMT

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