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HOPE Speaker Rombom Charged with Witness Tampering

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the complicationism dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Steven Rombom -- a.k.a. "Steven Rambam" -- the licensed private investigator who was arrested Saturday by FBI agents minutes before his talk on privacy at the Hope Number Six hacker convention in New York -- is being charged with witness tampering and obstruction of justice in a money laundering case the government is pursuing against Albert Santoro, a former Brooklyn assistant district attorney, according to Washingtonpost.com's Security Fix blog. The government alleges that Santoro hired Rombom to locate a government confidential informant whom Santoro accuses of entrapment, and that Rombom visited the informant's in-laws under the guise of an FBI agent and tried to convince them tha their son-in-law was a danger to their daughter and grandkids."

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  1. Re:So much for all the love and sympathy by mobby_6kl · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Sounds like hes getting what he deserved. Its one thing to try and dig up dirt, its another to make it personal and try to ruin a guys family.

    What makes you think it's all true and he's (note the apostrophe) guilty?
  2. the FBI... by pulse2600 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The FBI did 2600 a favor by doing this during the convention...I'm sure this arrest will bring more attention to 2600 and the HOPE conventions, watch how much the attendance goes up for the next con due to the added publicity.

  3. Re:Presumption of Innocence by Alascom · · Score: 2, Interesting

    > "Innocent until proven guilty"

    Incorrect. Its 'Presumed innocent until proven guilty'. This statement is meant to infer that the courts should 'presume innocence' and let the evidence convince the judge/jury of the accusations. If you were innocent until proven guilty, then only innocent people would be convicted of crimes.

    I know its sounds nit-pickish, but its obvious some people really don't understand this.

  4. Re:So we don't have to hate the FBI for this? by DavidTC · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Um, no. The best way to make a stir would be to arrest him during his speech, which they did not do.

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  5. The Kinky angle by stereoroid · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Here's some conspiracy fodder for y'all: anyone who's read any of Kinky Friedman's books will recognize the name Rambam. He's a longtime personal friend of the Kinkster, and appears in his books, as one of the few characters who doesn't need a checkup from the neck up. Could this arrest be an attempt to discredit Kinky, who is running for a political office this year? The same office once held by George W Bush: Governor of Texas. I smell a Ratso..!

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