As you're aware, the PR department over at 85 Broad has been working overtime to get people to stop talking trash about how the bank owns the government, would screw a hobo for a nickel, and could just generally buy your life. All of that is for the most part true, but the bad press is starting to grate, so attempts are being made to ingratiate the Masters of the Universe to the peasants like yourselves. Demonstrate that they're just regular guys with regular problems. So even though, in reality, anyone with a GS ID could get any woman they want, they've started to do stuff like pay for sex, and troll for underage tail on the internet, like a common man/Citi employee:
A lawyer for Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs was caught in a sting operation aimed at perverts who solicit young girls for sex, officials said Tuesday.Todd Genger, 33, is accused of trying to lure an underage teen with explicit chat on the Internet and then traveling to Westchester to consummate the cyber-affair.
In reality, the "girl" Genger was chasing was an undercover investigator posing as a teen in the chat room, the Westchester County district attorney's office said.
Genger, a Manhattan resident who is married and has three children, was snared after a series of Internet conversations that began April 13 and ended Monday, officials said.The investigator was posing as a 15-year-old and made it clear "she" was underage, said Lucien Chalfen, a spokesman for the district attorney.
Update: More coverage at Going Concern.
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:12AM
Hmmm, was he also planning to quit and take juicy money-making trade secrets to some other firm?
-Tinfoil
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:12AM
Chris Hansen: "Why don't you sit down over there.... Wait, are those wine coolers? I guess Ken Lewis bringing Boone's to his sting wasn't that unique."
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:14AM
I have no problem with this.
-jeff eps
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:17AM
You can add purported 15-year-old internet dolls to the list of persons you can't trust.
-Spitz
Posted by merkin capital partners , Jul 29, 2009 11:17AM
After 15 it's all downhill for the female body.
/my van has no windows
but i'm serious
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:17AM
This is how I'm going to set Lloyd Blankfein up.
-Max W
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:20AM
If there's grass on the field, let's play
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:24AM
@7 that comment is in really poor taste.
-jeff/3
Posted by NakedShort , Jul 29, 2009 11:24AM
Maybe he goes states evidence divulges where all of the bodys are and all of the dirty secrets that Goldman has been doing to ruin America; all this from a little internet 'sterbation.
Posted by Tax Chick , Jul 29, 2009 11:25AM
I guess George Washington University doesn't teach criminal law to its budding lawyers.
Posted by Seaman Bodine II , Jul 29, 2009 11:25AM
Mr. Genger was overhead. A service provider necessary for managing an onerous legal structure.
To reduce trafficing in underage women, we need to dismantle the SEC, FINRA, and certain branches of the government (those not appointed).
GS PR Workoout - Session 1
The Genger Affair
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:26AM
@tax chick- certainly true, but did this guy go to gw? and more the point, would gs really hire a gs grad?
Posted by Tax Chick , Jul 29, 2009 11:29AM
He did indeed go to GW for law. So the answer is yes to both of your questions.
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:30AM
Genger rape
Posted by highlyconfident , Jul 29, 2009 11:32AM
Bummer... My new clown costume had just arrived in the mail.
-Todd G
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:34AM
Eh, seems like a nice guy.
- Chris Hanson
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:34AM
Married, with 3 kids, a job at Goldman - and he has the time to go to Westchester for sex with a 15-year-old? Things must be slow this summer in legal at Goldman.
(meanwhile - how is a pedophile released "on his own recognizance"?)
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:37AM
oh - and he's on Facebook. Perfect.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Todd-Genger/808362220
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:38AM
Genger? I barely know her. *rimshot*
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:39AM
@17 shut your filthy whore mouth.
-LB
Posted by NakedShort , Jul 29, 2009 11:40AM
@17 I am married with one child I cant find the time at home for a decent throatgaggers.com session; the real mystery to me is how he found the time for a drawn out evolving "relationship" with a "15 y/o"
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:43AM
ol' Todd's about to get a lesson in math, 15 will get ya 20
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:44AM
@ 18, i'm guessing he's th eguy in the middle or on the far left of the picture
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:45AM
@21: "Honey, I'm going to the study, got a lot of extra work to do. Please make sure the children don't interrupt me".
-17
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:45AM
Face book favorites/Politicians
Sarah Palin
John McCain
That says it all, especially from a lawyer.
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 11:48AM
Puhleez, guy works in PWM Compliance, makes IT folks feel like revenue generators.
Guy was an active seller on the internal bulletin board though, recall emailing him for us open golf tix last month. Still has a DVD player listed on the site.
Sanjay aka the IT guy
Posted by flaunt , Jul 29, 2009 11:53AM
The Patrick Henry University of Child Rape
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 12:01PM
was Lloyd B. the puported girl?
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 12:05PM
@25 Yes, as opposed to democrats, who only prey on successful people.
Posted by Tax Chick , Jul 29, 2009 12:06PM
@29 FTW
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 12:11PM
PWM Compliance?
Is that Pedophiliac White Man??
Posted by Anal_yst , Jul 29, 2009 12:23PM
Like one of the comments on the original story, this guy is primarily guilty of committing thoughtcrime (sending pics of his junk to a girl claiming to be 15 and interested in seeing it is questionable, but that's another story).
This entrapment for grandstanding type purposes is highly disturbing.
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 12:28PM
Analyst - "Sending" photos, "engaging in explicit talk", and driving to meet the purported underage girl can in no certain terms be construed as a "thought crime" - are you off your rocker?? Your take on this is what is disturbing
- Kuntsler, ESQ
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 12:31PM
I am so horny right now.
GS Employee #05051994
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 12:46PM
This guy's dumber than a box of rocks. How on earth did he ever get thru law school or get a job at Goldman?
Christ, there's hope for me yet...
Posted by Investorcluzo , Jul 29, 2009 12:49PM
when will we see this guy on "to catch a predator"? I love the reactions chris hanson gets when the perps find out they're on tv. I still laugh when I think about the dude that passed out and hit his head on the counter then gaining consciousness on a stretcher with cuffs.
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 12:50PM
Anal_yst: He set up an appointment to meet with and be physical with a 15-year-old. The only reason it is "thoughtcrime" and not "statutory rape" is that the person on the other end was a cop and not a real 15-year-old who would actually be harmed.
How is this any different from the guy in North Carolina they just arrested for plotting jihad? They surveilled him, watched him train others, etc. - then arrested him before he did anything like, say, blow up a building and kill people.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/us/29terror.html?_r=1&hp
He has 3 kids. How badly do you think he wants THEM to be in contact with someone like him in a few years when they're teens?
How you can defend a fucking pedophile and rail against his arrest nauseates me, as a human and as a parent. Do you have little sisters or brothers? Nieces or nephews? Imagine one of them going to meet some mid-30s asshole.
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 12:58PM
@7
if there's no grass on the field, play in the mud
Posted by Anal_yst , Jul 29, 2009 1:03PM
@33/37
Was looking to provoke a reaction (see @37), but yea, uber-stupid, at best, on his part.
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 1:03PM
Math Quiz: How many times does 33 go into 15?
--TG
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 1:08PM
Anal_yst: why are you backing down now? Provoking a reaction is one thing, so now you're saying you DON'T think "This entrapment for grandstanding type purposes is highly disturbing"? It's no longer disturbing to you?
More like you misgauged what you said, similar to how little kids say things like "that's what I MEANT to do" when it doesn't go exactly how they planned.
Posted by Tax Chick , Jul 29, 2009 1:15PM
Anal - Just not your day here on DB. Need a hug?
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 1:18PM
[15sexiprincezz4u] OMG hai lol <3 <3 i **LUV** that BMW 3series u gave me its SOOO nice!! all my frienz r so jealous lols
[g-dub_lawstud] Glad you liked the convertible! Imagine how beautiful you would look with the top down, the wind in your hair... :)
[15sexiprincezz4u] aww ty sweetie!! I'd like a coupe in green tho too XD
[g-dub_lawstud] So, uh, Kristy I'd love to meet you sometime like I mentioned before... there's this really nice hotel in NYC called the Waldorf... ;)
[15sexiprincezz4u] um I dunno lol my bff Lauren was like after skool that GS lawyerz were "basically back-office" and "jumped up document-review bitches" n I dun kno wat that means???? :-/
[g-dub_lawstud] GOD DAMN IT FOR THE NTH TIME LAWYERS ARE BANKERS TOO!!! MY INPUT MATTERS!! YOU CAN TELL THAT CUNT THAT oh fuck my wife just got home
*connection terminated by user*
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 1:22PM
43 ftw
Posted by Anal_yst , Jul 29, 2009 1:25PM
@41
GFYS, you cease to entertain me and have thus exhausted your usefulness.
@Tax Chick
Some people are just no fun to f*ck with, apparently.
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 1:32PM
Am I the only one that hasn't watch "To Catch a Predator" yet?
- Todd
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 1:39PM
@43 ftw
Posted by Investorcluzo , Jul 29, 2009 1:41PM
@tax chick - I need a hug...
@43 - classic: "um I dunno lol my bff Lauren was like after skool that GS lawyerz were "basically back-office"
even the kiddies know that lawyers are paper pushing b1tches!
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 1:42PM
awww, Anal_yst, don't cry, try using your words.
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 1:48PM
Can someone put Anal on suicide watch? He's supposed to be one of the good guys, but his analysis makes him sound a little off.
Posted by Anal_yst , Jul 29, 2009 1:59PM
@50
What analysis? I'm the only one who can't be an insensitive asshole every now and then, wtf sorta BS is that?
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 2:32PM
awww analyst pew pew, QQ
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 2:40PM
@43 beat the sh*t out of everyone on this thread. Definitely the winner!
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 2:40PM
How come Bess' good friend, Mike Duvally, at Goldman has not emailed yet to "set the record straight".
Mike are you out there?
Ah, just looking at your picture on Bloomberg makes me weak in the knees.....
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 2:45PM
@54 what the hell are you talking about?
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 3:11PM
@55 sometime ago Mike Duvally took it upon his pompous self to try and correct our Blogging Diva Bess Levin, a topic I do not recall, but exposed the comical under belly of Mike and his attempts to shape information as he sees fit.....
got it, ok?
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 3:19PM
@56 no, i dont...esp since a search for the name "mike duvally" brings up no results on db.
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 3:28PM
@29 - Most successful people are closet Democrats... throw a rock in a trailer park and you'll hit a republican these days... thanks to God and Guns.
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 3:55PM
@55 & 57 DB search feature only goes back so far......
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 4:49PM
@43... best comment on here in the past month.
"um I dunno lol my bff Lauren was like after skool that GS lawyerz were "basically back-office"
hahahaha, i can't stop laughing.
Posted by guest , Jul 29, 2009 5:10PM
58 - 29 here. Perhaps I should have written "liberal" instead of democrat. To your point, either way, that does not stop them from paying more than their share of taxes, regardless of political party. Thanks for stating the complete obvious though.
Posted by InfiniteGuest , Jul 29, 2009 6:16PM
@ 54 & co. the mouthpiece goes by "Michael," not Mike, and I think he was straightening Marla out on some finesse point.
Posted by guest , Jul 30, 2009 11:55AM
Just goes to show you Goldman will really screw anything.
Posted by guest , Jul 30, 2009 5:31PM
He's a New City orthodox Jew. Moral: orthodox Jew wives don't do oral and lawyers send your reso's to Goldman Madoff asap.
Posted by guest , Jul 31, 2009 1:35AM
now I know what that "secret sauce" is that makes GS so successful...
Posted by guest , Jul 31, 2009 2:32AM
At #7: Very true, very true.
Sincerely yours,
Vladimir Nabokov
Posted by guest , Jul 31, 2009 10:13AM
....But how will companies like Goldman-Sachs be able to retain the "best and brightest," like Mr. Genger???
Posted by guest , Jul 31, 2009 10:43AM
Stimulus package at work