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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
This is such a mischaracterization of the entire episode that it's hard to know where to start. So I won't. TM is right. Your emotional commitment to tax cheats is peculiar.
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Bullshit. They're seeking over 2000 records. I've been on the receiving end of fishing expedition subpoenas. Pin it down to each individual suspect and provide exact detailed descriptions of why compliance is necessitated. I also searched financial records for a fraud investigation of a $400 million fraud perpetrated against a Florida insurer some time ago. The work was grueling and tedious as hell. If we could have found a way to throw a wide net subpoena at someone to get the info with 1/10th of that effort, we would have. Instead, we did the work. If we couldn't trace an illegal transaction, the thief deserved to get away with it, the way I saw it. The burden was on us to catch him, not on the banking system to make our jobs easier.
You're wrong about my love of tax cheats. The emotional component of this response comes from having defended criminals, and developed a deep distaste for the high handed techniques and outright arrogance of many in our state and federal prosecutorial systems.
"Ohhh... THAT exculpatory evidence. We must have misplaced
that. So sorry."
But yes. Whatever starves the beast gets my support, be it legal or not. So I am rooting for the underdog. What can I say? I'm a closet anarchist.
