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triron

(22,020 posts) Wed Oct 17, 2018, 01:28 PM Oct 2018

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SDNY arrests senior Treasury dept official for "illegal leaking".

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SDNY arrests senior Treasury dept official for "illegal leaking". (Original Post) triron Oct 2018 OP

WOW Grasswire2 Oct 2018 #1

Could be Jason Leopold and/or Anthony Courmier greyl Oct 2018 #3

I believe this solves another unanswered mystery as well jberryhill Oct 2018 #2

Which one? dumbcat Oct 2018 #4

The answer would not be popular jberryhill Oct 2018 #6

Are you in a popularity contest? dumbcat Oct 2018 #9

Good point jberryhill Oct 2018 #10

Ahhhh, that one dumbcat Oct 2018 #12

"among other things" jberryhill Oct 2018 #13

I'm not familiar with SARs... Nictuku Oct 2018 #5

SAR NoSheep Oct 2018 #7

But is it? Is this the answer, or speculation? nt LAS14 Oct 2018 #8

It's the entire point jberryhill Oct 2018 #11

Charged with conspiracy, needs to have atleast one other involved 4139 Oct 2018 #14

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)

1. WOW

Reply to triron (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 01:30 PM

Oct 2018

Love to know who reporter 1 is.

greyl

(22,990 posts)

3. Could be Jason Leopold and/or Anthony Courmier

Reply to Grasswire2 (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 01:39 PM

Oct 2018

of Buzzfeed.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

2. I believe this solves another unanswered mystery as well

Reply to triron (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 01:30 PM

Oct 2018

dumbcat

(2,120 posts)

4. Which one?

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 01:49 PM

Oct 2018

Too many unanswered mysteries for me to keep track of.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

6. The answer would not be popular

Reply to dumbcat (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 01:50 PM

Oct 2018

dumbcat

(2,120 posts)

9. Are you in a popularity contest?

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #6)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 02:01 PM

Oct 2018

I wasn't aware of any being held. But then, I don't usually keep up with such things here.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

10. Good point

Reply to dumbcat (Reply #9)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 02:03 PM

Oct 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/treasury-inspector-general-launches-probe-into-possible-leak-of-michael-cohens-banking-records/2018/05/09/d33c2010-5391-11e8-b00a-17f9fda3859b_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ae811cbc7a31

Sounds like someone was in the business of disclosing SARS to people who would publish them.

dumbcat

(2,120 posts)

12. Ahhhh, that one

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #10)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 02:05 PM

Oct 2018

Yep, looks plausible.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

13. "among other things"

Reply to dumbcat (Reply #12)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 02:07 PM

Oct 2018

Key words in the press release.

How much you want to bet that Reporter-1 hooked up Avenatti with the Cohen SARs.

Nictuku

(3,617 posts)

5. I'm not familiar with SARs...

Reply to triron (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 01:50 PM

Oct 2018

What is SARs?

NoSheep

(8,128 posts)

7. SAR

Reply to Nictuku (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 01:56 PM

Oct 2018

Could be Suspicious Activity Report

LAS14

(13,783 posts)

8. But is it? Is this the answer, or speculation? nt

Reply to NoSheep (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 01:58 PM

Oct 2018

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

11. It's the entire point

Reply to LAS14 (Reply #8)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 02:04 PM

Oct 2018

The person in question works for FinCEN and was disclosing SARS to a reporter.

The information also indicates that what has been disclosed in this press release is only some of what was disclosed.

If you will recall, there was a notable person who was also publishing information from SARs not too long ago.

4139

(1,893 posts)

14. Charged with conspiracy, needs to have atleast one other involved

Reply to triron (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 02:27 PM

Oct 2018

“Beginning in approximately October 2017, and lasting until the present, EDWARDS unlawfully disclosed numerous SARs to a reporter...

EDWARDS, 40, of Quinton, Virginia, is charged with one count of unauthorized disclosures of suspicious activity reports and one count of conspiracy to make unauthorized disclosures of suspicious activity reports...”
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/senior-fincen-employee-arrested-and-charged-unlawfully-disclosing-sars

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