after they asked him about it, he switched and finally figured out maybe he should be taking out less than ten grand at a time to avoid triggering the reporting requirement. that said, specifically structuring your cash withdrawals so they re just under the limit to try to avoid the reporting requirement, that is also a crime, and by 2013 again, remember, this confrontation apparently happened with this unnamed person in 2010, started paying this person shortly thereafter by 2013, the fbi were investigating denny hastert. one of the two counts in the indictment said the former speaker lied to the fbi about what he was doing with all that crash he was withdrawing from his bank accounts, hundreds of thousands of dollars, the fbi said he told them when they asked, yeah, i kept the cash, that s what i m doing. that s not true according to federal prosecutors and this grand jury and indictment unsealed today.
withdrawals so they re just under the limit to try to avoid the reporting requirement, that is also a crime, and by 2013 again, remember, this confrontation apparently happened with this unnamed person in 2010, started paying this person shortly thereafter by 2013, the fbi were investigating denny hastert. one of the two counts in the indictment said the former speaker lied to the fbi about what he was doing with all that crash he was withdrawing from his bank accounts, hundreds of thousands of dollars, the fbi said he told them when they asked, yeah, i kept the cash, that s what i m doing. that s not true according to federal prosecutors and this grand jury and indictment unsealed today. what the indictment says what he was doing with all that cash was he was paying someone off regularly and regularly scheduled payoffs, paying somebody off to make good on, sort of compensate for and also
his bank considerates hundreds of thousands of dollars, the fbi said he told them when they scad yeah, i kept the cash, that s what i m doing. that s not true according to federal prosecutors and this grand jury and indictment unsealed today. what the indictment says what he was doing with all that cash was he was paying someone off regularly and regularly scheduled payoffs, paying somebody off to make good on, sort of compensate for and also to cover up something that denny hastert had allegedly done wrong to that person years ago. we don t know what that is. here s two things to consider. this is going to sound like it s really out of left field, but it s a connection to this that seems like we ought to consider given this given the opacity of the indictment on this point. do you remember the sabeled a mins case?
through promotional efforts directed at the growing u.s. market for soccer. in addition to the indictment unsealed today, the charging instruments of four individuals and two corporate defendants who have already pleaded guilty to their involvement in racketeering activity and other criminal conduct. among these defendants are a u.s. sports marketing company, a briz u.s. citizen in addition to being the former general secretary and a member of the fifa executive committee, was a beneficiary of the 2010 world cup bribery scheme. all right. we re going to step away from this news conference because as you can see the complaint against soccer s governing body is quite lengthy. that s attorney general loretta lynch outlining the charges. we ll have more ahead on cnn. i have to take a break. i ll be back with more in the newsroom. people are switching to t-mobile. even verizon customers are jumping to america s fastest 4g lte network. from the bay area to the big apple.
i m don lemon. thank you so much for joining us. a huge story we re following right now. the foiled plot to kill a u.s. drug enforcement agent and an informant. and you won t believe who was allegedly behind the horrifying murder plan. two former american soldiers. one nicknamed rambo, along with a german ex-soldier. the murder plot began when a law enforcement sting interrupted their elaborate plan to protect the shipment of cocaine into the u.s. and just minutes ago, we heard from the u.s. attorney in this case, and he doesn t mince words. the bone-chilling allegations in today s indictment read lie like they were ripped from the pages of a tom clancy novel. the charges tell a tale of an international band of mercenary marksmen who enlisted their elite military training to serve as hired guns for evil ends. as alleged in the indictment unsealed today, the former soldiers were hand picked by joseph hunter to assist a purported colombian drug