Goldman Sachs targeted with death threats
Hand-written letters say hundreds will die; bank believes threat isn't credible.
By CNN's Katy Byron
July 6 2007: 9:26 AM EDT
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The FBI is investigating letters sent to newspapers nationwide that say "Goldman Sachs. Hundreds will die. We are inside. You cannot stop us," the FBI said Friday.
The letters were sent to nine newspapers, including publications in Fort Wayne, Ind.; Corpus Christi, Texas; and Boise, Idaho, a law enforcement official told CNN.
"We take these things very seriously," FBI spokesman Bill Carter said.
The FBI does not yet know who mailed the letters but said they were signed "A.Q.U.S.A." FBI sources tell CNN.
"We are working closely with the law enforcement authorities, who tell us they don't believe the threat to be very credible," Goldman Sachs (Charts, Fortune 500) said in a statement Friday.
"We have a broad range of security measures in place to counter all likely threats and we're monitoring the situation closely," the statement reads.
"We have no specific and credible information about a credible threat to Goldman Sachs other than these letters," Carter told CNN.
According to a law enforcement official, the letters were post-marked late June from New York and were handwritten in red ink on loose leaf paper.
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette received the letter Monday, said Bobby Wells, the newspaper's administrative assistant, and the FBI and local police department have since picked up the letter.
The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger reports that it received one of the letters, postmarked June 27. The letter was addressed to the News Department and was turned over to the FBI, according to the newspaper's Web site.
Calls to the Star-Ledger for further detail were not returned Friday. |
