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" The mystery man behind the looting of a Bronx charity to finance the startup of liberal radio network Air America was arrested yesterday in Guam. Evan Montvel-Cohen was picked up by border-patrol officers at Guam International Airport on an outstanding warrant from Hawaii. He had been indicted there last month for money laundering and the theft of more than $60,000 from a Honolulu landscaping firm, prosecutors said. "We at DOI are not surprised to hear that Mr. Montvel-Cohen was arrested on theft and money-laundering charges," said Rose Gill Hearn, commissioner of the city's Department of Investigation, which probed the looting of the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in Co-op City. It was Montvel-Cohen who, as development director for Gloria Wise, convinced other club officials in 2003 and 2004 to give $875,000 of taxpayer money to the radio network where he was a top executive and co-founder. He also received loans from the club of more than $45,000 that were never repaid. Montvel-Cohen, 43, was never charged here, but two other directors at Gloria Wise pleaded guilty to misappropriating $1.2 million, some of which was used for personal expenses for club officials, including cars and home renovations. The $875,000 was repaid by Air America only after DOI launched a wide-ranging probe into the transfer of city and state funds meant to help children and the elderly in the northeast Bronx. But DOI was never able to speak with Montvel-Cohen, who invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself, Hearn said. "As DOI's 2006 report into fraud at the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club showed, he was indeed someone of interest to us because of his pivotal role in the transfer of hundreds of thousands of dollars of Gloria Wise funds to a start-up commercial radio station," she said. DOI has no immediate plans to pursue Montvel-Cohen. Jim Fulton, a spokesman for the Honolulu city prosecutor, said Montvel-Cohen ripped off the landscaping company by using the firm's credit cards to pay for $30,000 of hotel and travel expenses. He's also charged with stealing another $30,000 - money he claimed he used to pay the company's state excise taxes, but pocketed instead. Cohen, who returned to his native Guam after bolting from Hawaii, was returning from the Philippines when the outstanding warrant was discovered. Fulton said Montvel-Cohen has returned to the broadcast business, working for Sorensen Media Group, owned by his pal Rex Sorensen, one of the original Air America founders. Sorensen and Montvel-Cohen operate several TV and radio outlets in the Pacific Islands. "

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05292008/news/regionalnews/air_cam_erica_guy__arrested_in_guam_112983.htm

Wait a minute... aren't these the same people who say capitalism is evil? This is what happens when a company cannot compete in the market... except when companies can't compete they shut down... not Air America... they get "funding" from embezzling from charities to keep the mics open.

This form of socialism, the financing of a firm that cannot survive on the free market, is evil.

5/29/2008 9:49:32 AM

good

5/29/2008 10:13:47 AM

No, no... you have it all wrong.

If we had socialism- if the worries of aquiring money and property were removed by gov't, then the motivation for ripping off children's charities would vanish. No longer would Greed rule our lives. The true human nature of peace, love and understanding would soar over the land. Ancient forests would breathe a sigh of relief. Small furry creatures would come out of hiding and leap about in joy.

We would bring our baskets of fruit to Vaal with big smiles on our faces.

5/29/2008 10:54:41 AM

LOL I read this and my jaw dropped

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"If we had socialism- if the worries of aquiring money and property were removed by gov't, then the motivation for ripping off children's charities would vanish. No longer would Greed rule our lives."

Then I continued and chuckled.

5/29/2008 11:01:27 AM

ttt

5/29/2008 1:26:46 PM

^^haha same here

5/29/2008 1:34:11 PM

i've never listened to Air America.

from what i've read about it... from their own writings... i found it tedious and pedantic. From what I could tell, its prepackaged format, with formulaic spin, (just like Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, etc) pandered to the lowest common denominator.

a station such as Air America, on the whole, does more damage to liberal/progressive causes than good.

now even moreso.

5/29/2008 5:00:11 PM

5/29/2008 5:05:18 PM

got something intelligent to add?

no?

oh, sorry.

i thought maybe for once you'd surprise us.

5/29/2008 6:13:58 PM

What is it with political tool bags being connected with the Mariana Islands? It's probably just a coincidence of this guy and Abramoff but it's still kind of weird.

5/29/2008 11:51:52 PM

^^^ actually that pic is pretty funny.

for some reason, i couldnt see the pic at work... all i saw was the rolly eyes.

seriously dude, the continual rolly eyes make you look like you barely have half a brain.

5/29/2008 11:58:45 PM

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"from what i've read about it... from their own writings... i found it tedious and pedantic. From what I could tell, its prepackaged format, with formulaic spin, (just like Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, etc) pandered to the lowest common denominator."

Really? Fox News was the top rated cable news outlet for 77months in a row. Rush Limbaugh has 20 million daily listeners. It's certainly not prepackaged nor formulaic... people tire of that and Rush has been on the air for 20 years now.

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"a station such as Air America, on the whole, does more damage to liberal/progressive causes than good. now even moreso."

Then why are liberals such in a hissy fit over "conservative talk radio" and passing legislation to make it fair? They have their panties in a wad over the conservative bloc over AM RADIO, which, had it not been for Limbaugh, AM radio would cease to exist.

5/30/2008 8:22:50 AM