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DEL.ICIO.USIRS agent: Campbell “stopped using his ATM card”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
How former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell earned and spent money between 1996 and 1999 was the intense focus of afternoon testimony Friday as prosecutors tried to link Campbell’s spending to cash given to him in bribes.
IRS agent Bill Salinski testified that while Campbell deposited most of the money he earned as Atlanta’s mayor, he withdrew very little of it to pay for any expenditures, including meals, travel and even household utilities.
Salinski testified that Campbell generally spent cash on a majority of his large and small purchases.
Between 1996 and 1999, Bill Campbell reported $661,232 in income from his city hall salary, wife’s salary and speaking fees. Between that period, Campbell’s bank withdrawals went from $19,952 in 1995 to $69 in 1999.
Salinski testified that Campbell’s spending habits dramatically changed around 1996, which is when prosecutors say Campbell started taking bribes.
“There seemed to be an abrupt change around May 27, 1996,� Salinski said. “He stopped using his ATM card.�
In 1995, Campbell withdrew $4,362.50 from his bank accounts using his ATM card. In 1996, those withdrawals were down to $1,327, followed by only $200 in 1997. In 1998 and 1998, Campbell withdrew no money using his ATM.
Testimony is continuing throughout the afternoon. Salinski is expected to be the prosecution’s last witness. The defense is expected to start calling witnesses on Tuesday.
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