-Caveat Lector- <http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-06-13/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-114754.as p> Clinton Dines With Bizman In Fraud Case By RALPH R. ORTEGA Daily News Staff Writer Former President Bill Clinton rubbed elbows with a man wanted on fraud charges in India during a posh fund-raiser held at a ritzy Wall St. hotel last night. Clinton denied knowing anything about the charges against Sant Singh Chatwal, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in India, where authorities have charged him with bilking a state-run bank out of $9 million he borrowed in 1994. "I don't know anything about that," the former President told the Daily News while surrounded by adoring supporters at the American Indian Foundation's fashion show fund-raiser in the Regent Hotel. The event raised money for victims of a deadly Gujarat, India, earthquake. Chatwal accompanied Clinton on an earthquake relief tour of India in April, during which Indian newspapers reported that authorities were seeking him. He also escorted Clinton and daughter Chelsea on a state visit to India in March 2000. Until last night, Clinton and his wife had consistently declined to comment on Chatwal. Chatwal, operator of the Bombay Palace restaurants and the Hampshire Hotels chain, was one of the biggest soft-money contributors to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign last fall. He has been linked to at least $210,000 in contributions. He declined to comment on the charges made against him in December by India's Central Bureau of Investigation, its equivalent of the FBI. He also did not want to discuss his financial dealings with the Clintons. Bill Clinton and Chatwal sat at different tables during the fund-raiser, which raked in almost $2 million to help in relief for quake victims. However, the former President was seated with Chatwal's son, Vikram, a foundation trustee. The organization is mostly made up of Indian-American businessmen. The elder Chatwal was accused of fleeing to Vienna in April after Bill Clinton's tour. Authorities said they tried but failed to detain him at Bombay's Sahar International Airport. Chatwal later returned to New York, wanting to set the record straight, a spokesman said at the time. But the restaurateur has yet to address the allegations against him. He is saddled with titanic debts that include back taxes and loans owed to failed banks in the U.S., along with a forced bankruptcy in 1995. Clinton, warmly received by about 750 people attending $1,000-a-plate event, joked he was not running for office, but he thanked those who supported his wife's Senate campaign. "A lot of you helped my wife become a New York senator," he said to a thunderous roar from the audience. "I'm grateful for that." ======================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh,, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ======================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
