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...Justice Department's Lisker to conclude that "it's fairly obvious that he [Billy] misled me, that he lied." On Jan. 16, Lisker and an FBI investigator asked Billy if he had received any money from Libya. Billy said no. But last week Lisker obtained a deposit slip from the Columbus Bank and Trust Co. of Columbus, Ga., showing that Billy deposited a $20,000 check from the Libyans...
...court for filing false income tax returns from 1972 through 1975. The Government charged that he had failed to report at least $52,000. The prosecution claimed that Scott had led a "secret life" in those years, drawing thousands of dollars from campaign contributions stashed in safe-deposit boxes to finance personal trips around the world. In March, while the trial was in its tenth week, Scott lost the primary election to Lieutenant Governor Dave O'Neal by 71,363 votes. The next day, the jury found Scott guilty of filing a false return for 1972. His motion...
...Some deposit-starved banks have long tried attracting new business with gifts like toasters and TV sets. But the latest gimmick is an improbable appeal to human friendship. Banks in New York, Chicago and St. Paul are now making their pitch to the potential customer's pals. "Bring a friend," advertises New York's Manufacturers Hanover Trust. If someone deposits $75,000 for 2½ years, his pal will collect a sponsor's fee of $2,343.75. The First National Bank of Chicago pays a finder $25 for each $1,000 deposited by a buddy into...
...kept a lid on interest rates that banks or savings and loans can pay. Banks have sometimes attempted to get around that law by giving lavish gifts instead of paying interest. One New York bank, for example, offered an $84,000 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow to anyone who would deposit $160,000 for eight years. But there were no takers...
...only loser in the deal appears to be the buddy depositor. Normally, he would earn much more interest if he placed the funds in a money-market fund rather than in a bank's passbook account or certificate of deposit. That should be enough to break up a friendship...