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Routine IRS Checks Exposed Spitzer

Bank transactions made investigators suspicious

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 11, 2008 5:09 AM CDT

(Newser) – The inquiry that uncovered New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's alleged assignations with high-priced hookers began in a decidedly unglamorous IRS office in Long Island, reports the New York Times. There, investigators were poring over suspicious bank transactions when they noticed the governor was apparently trying... Read full story »

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