Spitzer Used Aliases, Paid With Money Orders: Court

The takedown of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer was not politically motivated, it was revealed yesterday at the sentencing of the last Emperor’s Club VIP defendant. Rather, the IRS noticed suspicious bank transfers from Spitzer's personal account to the account of a shell company used by the prostitution ring, the New York Times reports.

Unsealed court records provided further details of how Spitzer carried out his affairs over an 18-month to 2-year period: He used aliases, met the women in cities other than New York and Washington, and paid with postal money orders—a “relatively unsophisticated” method, the defense lawyer said. (More Eliot Spitzer stories.)