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Frank Amodeo, founder of Mirabilis Ventures, pleaded guilty in federal court in September.(ORLANDO)

Article from: Florida Trend Article date: November 01, 2008 Author: Sears, Diane

Frank Amodeo, founder of Mirabilis Ventures, pleaded guilty in federal court in September to failing to pay $172 million in taxes.

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Feds Nail Down Case Against Spitzer

Posted Jun 10, 08 12:05 PM CDT in US, Crime & Courts, Gossip

Source: AP Photo/Tim Roske, file

(Newser) – The case against Eliot Spitzer is so strong that prosecutors have decided not to strike a deal with the head of the disgraced ex-governor's preferred call girl ring, the New York Post reports. Rather than making a plea agreement, the Emperors Club VIP honcho will plead guilty Thursday. Meanwhile, the feds are probing whether Spitzer used campaign funds to pay for his $4,000-an-hour trysts.

Source: New York Post

More about: New York City • political scandal • Eliot Spitzer • prostitution ring • federal investigation • Emperors Club • Federal Court

Spitzer Madam Pleads Guilty in 'Disgusting' Operation

Plea deal could land 23-year-old up to 27 months in jail

Associated Press Jun 4, 08 10:31 AM CDT

(Newser) - The woman who managed the prostitution ring that brought down New York governor Eliot Spitzer copped a plea yesterday in federal court, the AP reports. Cecil Suwal, 23, giggled and cried during a Manhattan hearing at which she pleaded guilty to money-laundering and promoting prostitution at the Emperors Club VIP service, where clients like Spitzer paid up to $5,500 an hour. More »

More about: New York City • Eliot Spitzer • sex scandal • prostitution ring • Ashley Dupre • Manhattan • guilty plea • money laundering • Emperors Club • Federal Court • madams

Memoir: I Taught Dupre the Biz

Hooker reveals Dupre's transformation from 'little lamb' to call-girl

New York Post Sep 22, 08 11:14 AM CDT

(Newser) - New York's self-proclaimed No. 1 escort recounts how she introduced Eliot Spitzer’s $4,300-an-hour call girl to the drug-fueled world of prostitution in an upcoming book, The Price . Natalie McLennan reveals, in an excerpt in the New York Post, how within months Ashley Dupre transformed from a “little lamb” hotel clerk to a hard-partying, drugged-up hooker who “could barely keep her eyes open.” More »

More about: New York City • political scandal • Eliot Spitzer • sex scandal • prostitution ring • memoir • Ashley Dupre • prostitution scandal

Call Girl Was a 'Girl Gone Wild'

Spitzer hooker filmed Spring Break videos in '03

Los Angeles Times Mar 19, 08 8:07 AM CDT

(Newser) - The call girl who ended Eliot Spitzer's career started hers on a nude Girls Gone Wild video during a wild Spring Break weekend in 2003, reports the LA Times. Ashley Alexandra Dupré was celebrating her 18th birthday in Miami when she stumbled across the Girls Gone Wild production bus, and made seven videos over several days. More »