The feds claim Whitey Bulger made several trips back to Boston from his California hideout "to take care of some unfinished business."
The allegation is in a motion filed by the US Attorney's Office in Boston today that asks a federal judge to force Bulger's brothers William, former state-senate president, and John, disgraced former court clerk, to swear they have no intention of helping their brother out with his legal bills.
According to the filing, Bulger admitted to federal agents he'd visited Las Vegas, Mexico and Boston during his 16 years on the lam:
Bulger acknowledged visiting Las Vegas on numerous occasions to play the slots and claimed he won more than he lost. Bulger also admitted traveling to San Diego and then crossing over into Tijuana to purchase medicines. Moreover, according to FBI Supervisory Special Agent Richard Teahan, Bulger admitted traveling (in disguise) to Boston on several occasions while "armed to the teeth" because he "had to take care of some unfinished business." Bulger refused to elaborate on whom he visited, when exactly he visited, and who was with him on these trips to Boston. While Bulger also admitted that he had previously stashed money with people he trusted, he did not identify anyone who might be currently hiding his assets.
Bulger's temporary court-appointe lawyer, meanwhile, filed a couple of briefs himself, one a request for an order to make the FBI stop leaking stuff about Bulger to the Globe, another reiterating his request for a permanent court-appointed lawyer, on the assumption the government would move to seize any money Bulger might use to hire one himself:
Mr. Bulger has not and will not request any members of his extended family to pay anything for his defense, nor can he control any family member's assets to pay anything for his defense. His family has not come forward to hire counsel, and there is no evidence to support the government's surmise that extended family members might be willing and able to hire counsel or make some contribution toward the cost of hiring counsel.
A federal judge holds a hearing tomorrow on whether Bulger can afford a lawyer.
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This really doesn't surprise anyone, right?
By Jack
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 4:30pm
As soon as I heard he had copped to visiting Mexico, you knew stories about his returns to Boston were not that far behind. I take "unfinished business" to mean "collect some of the $800K that was found in my fake wall in Santa Monica." How did he get into Boston, drive or fly? In this age of "uber-security" where I can't take a bottled water through an airport checkpoint, how did he cross the US-Mexican border so easily? How did he make his way around Las Vegas, which has security cameras everywhere?
how did he cross the
By NotWhitey
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 5:16pm
Funny one.
Security Theater
By anon²
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 6:15pm
Is completely ineffective as real security. We don't have real security, besides the police.
Ironclad proof that Whitey is a liar
By Sarcastic Sam
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 4:34pm
"Bulger acknowledged visiting Las Vegas on numerous occasions to play the slots and claimed he won more than he lost. "
OH man, that's the biggest whopper of them all.
Nah, he's just really lucky
By adamg
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 4:48pm
Remember how he won that $14-million lottery drawing on a ticket sold at his store?
OH yes yes....
By Sarcastic Sam
Tue, 06/28/2011 - 1:10pm
HIS store, that he bought in a legitimate, fair real estate transaction. I forgot.
Silly question
By JohnAKeith
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 5:22pm
Silly question, why would the feds ask his family to do this?
If I was accused of a felony (accused!), my family would certainly come forward to pay for my defense.
How is this different? Legally, not morally.
It's about free court-appointed lawyer
By Chris Owens
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 8:10pm
In order to get a free lawyer at taxpayer expense, you need to demonstrate that you cannot afford one on your own. If the brothers aren't going to pay for Bulger's defense, then we get to pay for it. If, on the other hand, the brothers are going to step forward and pay, then we don't need to pay for it.
Indigence
By eeka
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 10:01pm
Does the $23789472938748923748972394 found in his apartment not count as assets because it's presumed to be someone else's or something, or because it's evidence, or something like that? Otherwise, couldn't he pay the lawyer in cash and guns?
hmmmm
By John-W
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 10:07pm
I'm sensing a good song here somewhere....all we need is kaka and a personal cooling device....
And I have a bridge to sell ya!
By anon
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 10:01pm
I think it's funny that anybody would think Whitey would be telling these agents the truth at this point without having a bit of fun at the FBI's expense first. I also think it proves a long held concern that the FBI would leak stories that make the Boston office seem so dumb one way or the other.
This is quite the conundrum
By merlinmurph
Tue, 06/28/2011 - 7:30am
In order for Whitey to prove that he can't afford an attorney, he has to prove he has no money. Of course, he has money stashed in Swiss bank accounts, but those are hidden.
The Feds have to prove he does have money. But, any money they do find, they'll just confiscate because it was allegedly obtained illegally (like the $800K found in his apartment).
No matter what happens, Whitey ends up with no money.
This is just the beginning of the circus, and Whitey is going to have as much fun as possible in his last days in Boston.
Pull up a chair and enjoy the show. ;-)
Get a clue
By South Boston Yuppie
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 12:40am
You people are so naive and this rapist is playing you like a fiddle.
He did not come back to Boston armed to teeth. He did not win more than he lost in Vegas.