Yesterday was apparently not the first time Emanual Goffer has been accused of wrongdoing in conducting his biz. In 2003 Boston.com outted Emanuel as the owner-operator of a cheat-sheet note system for coeds at Boston University. Goffer’s firm, which he called Beantown Notes, operated out of Boston on Beacon Street. The University’s lawyer sent a cease and desist order to Goffer’s firm, threatening to sue if they didn’t shut it down. Goffer conceded, and moved on to bigger and better things, like (allegedly) trading on material non-public information with his brother, Zvi. Speaking of: Dealbreaker, in an attempt to learn more about Team Goffer, reached out to Dalia Goffer, the boy’s mother yesterday, and asked if she thought the FBI had arrested the wrong guys. In an email sent late last night she responded:
“low life…………….go get yourself a life………………..are u eating your heart…………..u can’t kiss my sons ass hole [sic]…………………..because u so sick in your brain and so low….and if u don’t stop bothering me I will contact the police.”
(We had written: “Dalia - how are you feeling about your sons arrest today. Did the FBI get the wrong boys?”)
While we don’t consider journalist asking questions via email to the mother of two alleged insider traders anything the Long Island police would consider ‘bothersome,’ we assume she’s understandably upset about the charges against her Billy Joel lov’in sons.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 3:53PM
Fuckin' a
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 3:54PM
I'd hit the mother, she reads hawt.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 3:55PM
Is the mother a Milf? Please post her vitals and email address.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 3:57PM
Teri, thanks. Nice.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 3:58PM
That's beautiful, Man! Just beautiful.
Posted by Investorcluzo , Nov 06, 2009 3:58PM
english class much? damn, that was worse that reading one of greg's posts. looks like the apples didn't fall far from the tree...
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 3:58PM
You must have caught her in a bad time.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:00PM
It is inappropriate to contact their mother as I'm sure this is probably the worst time in her life.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:01PM
8=sexist.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:02PM
Oh boy, you can just hear the mother's thick hummus accent.
Posted by Joe Mac , Nov 06, 2009 4:02PM
Lay off Cluz, or there will be a jihad on your ass.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:03PM
Spoken like the true, loving, nurturing mother of an investment banker/trader!
Posted by NakedShort , Nov 06, 2009 4:04PM
@7 looks like she caught her after her 3 bottle of Chablis
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:04PM
Insulting and poorly spoken? She sounds like she could be a poster here on DB.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:04PM
BUHLSHIT!
Posted by Tax Chick , Nov 06, 2009 4:04PM
Notice how we only got a possibly redacted response. Who knows what the DB email said. Based on the visceral reaction, perhaps some none too choice words were used in addressing Spawner of Insider Traders.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:05PM
@2 you may want to reconsider
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dalia-Goffer/1662962852
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:06PM
Bess, you need to send her a follow up email asking "Hey! How do you eat with that mouth?!".
I think she sounds like she'd kick Greg's Mom's Ass from here to the moon in a New York minute!!!!
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:06PM
@Naked: Chablis? More like ouzo!
Posted by Investorcluzo , Nov 06, 2009 4:06PM
@joe mac - that track suit don't scare me, I got the black panthers on my side (and we know it's just the feds who are still there)
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:06PM
Completely appropriate. My mom was contacted while I did the fake White Ford Bronco thing and MASH thing near the Hudson.
~Trey Israel
Posted by Tax Chick , Nov 06, 2009 4:07PM
@15 - Nicely played
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:08PM
Goffer?? She might "goffer" a lawyer's help real quick!!
~Capt. Obvious
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:10PM
Isn't "asshole" the appropriate spelling as opposed to "ass hole"?
~UK stylebook editor
Posted by Bess Levin , Nov 06, 2009 4:11PM
@18 I wasn't the one who sent her the message.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:11PM
@14 shut your filthy whore mouth you homo vicious animal douchebag liar.
and go kill yourself while you're at it.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:17PM
Bill Joel Superfan isn't the most clever fella around. His cheat-sheet company was offering $5 per one lecture's notes and $49 for a full semester's worth. Under this scheme, students make more selling the notes individually. It should be the other way. They should earn a few bucks more for an entire semester's worth of notes, rather than per lecture.
He's an idiot that deserves to get fucked in the ass by Bubba.
Good bye!
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:18PM
Foh air evenin news fade down heyah, we trinslitted heh illiged a-male rint tuh yew in this minnuh:
“low lyfe…………….geoh git yuhseff ih lyfe………………..air u aytin yuh hot?…………..u kin’t kiss my sins iss hole …………………..bickiz u seoh sick in your brine end so low….end if u din’t stip bithering moy I will kintict the puhlyce.”
~A. Drury
New South Wales
Austrailiar
Posted by Tax Chick , Nov 06, 2009 4:19PM
@Cluzo - I see what you did there. Don't think I didn't notice.
@26 - it would have been funnier if your response had been written in Mama Goffer.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:20PM
@17: i'd goffer that
Posted by Investorcluzo , Nov 06, 2009 4:25PM
@tax chicky - you don't miss a damn beat. well done you!
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:25PM
Bubba to Zvi: "Hey, you wanna play house?"
Zvi nervously replies: "Ah, okay..."
Bubba: "Well, what do you want to be? The husband or the wife?"
Zvi, wiping his perspiration: "Umm, uh, I guess I'll be the husband?"
Bubba: "Well get down on your knees and suck your wife's dick, bitch!!!"
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:27PM
@17 or this..
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=100000154050147&ref=search&sid=1220020212.1823850963..1
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:31PM
Shit, Bess, looks to me like she was auditioning to replace Jon/Greg as a Dealbreaker contributor. I think she made a strong presentation. The punctuation we can clean up.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:33PM
You will all regret the day you put your mugs and life on facepoo. Just sayin'
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:34PM
@34 what a dumb comment, considering that jon's an entertaining writer. sorry you have no material, in lieu of greg.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:40PM
@36 douchebag
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:43PM
@34 Yeah, sorry, that was pretty lame, and flanguage generally is more tastefully employed around here by the contributors and commentariat. Plus I only scanned the comments and now I see that the ground was already covered. I retract.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:48PM
Sounds like someone will be in the market for a reverse mortgage soon... I'll have my analysts fire up the securitization models.
-Evil Banker
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:51PM
Is Mama saying her sons have only one asshole, and therefore are joined at the rectum?
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:53PM
Is Mama saying her sons have only one asshole, and therefore are joined at the rectum?
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 4:54PM
@40 brings up a good point and further study of the Americans With Disabilities Act will be required.
~Acorn Lawyer
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 5:00PM
She's always a woman to me
-Billy J
Posted by Anal_yst , Nov 06, 2009 5:08PM
Buhl, this is your best work to date, this just keeps getting juicier and jucier, i wub it!
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 5:12PM
Color me impressed. That was well done, Buhl.
Posted by Joe Mac , Nov 06, 2009 5:22PM
Strong Cluz, strong.
Also well done Buhl!
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 5:28PM
Prostitution WHORE!
Posted by CoveredLong , Nov 06, 2009 5:53PM
@24 - Depends if you're talking about a person or the actual hole...the latter is two words, the former, one.
-Guy who thinks about them too much.
Posted by PBG , Nov 06, 2009 5:55PM
@17 That is no where near what Buhl
looks like.
Posted by HeadlessHorseman , Nov 06, 2009 6:01PM
Yeah! Let's all find these guys wives and make fun of them next!
I bet we can get one of the wives to cry if someone from Dealbreaker poses as a journalist and asks them questions about whether it will be difficult to raise the kids without a father. Make sure to take pictures so the commentariat can enjoy it.
Maybe we could ask about how they and their children plan to deal with the stigma associated with their last name? That would be so awesome.
@ Bess
I always new you were a woman of great integrity.
Posted by HeadlessHorseman , Nov 06, 2009 6:02PM
*knew
Posted by Bess Levin , Nov 06, 2009 6:03PM
@HH-- You have no idea how happy I am to hear that! Didja also know I didn't write this post, Hoss?
Posted by CoveredLong , Nov 06, 2009 6:05PM
@51 - Eye new whuht ewe mendt two sey!
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 6:06PM
Headless: not just a tedious douche, also a moron incapable of reading a byline.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 6:12PM
@50 = Zvi's fluffer AKA HeadWhore.
Posted by Tax Chick , Nov 06, 2009 6:13PM
HH - would you rather the commentariat roam the streets mugging widows and orphans? Let us have our fun and take your preachy ass over to www.confessingevangelical.com
Posted by CoveredLong , Nov 06, 2009 6:13PM
@52/54 - To be fair, it's not unreasonable to assume Bess has some control over the site's content....that is typically part of an 'editor's' responsibilities, no?
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 6:17PM
@coveredlong-- DB has a managing editor, whose job it would be. not bess's. so, no, that would not be "fair." headless remains a j/off.
Posted by HeadlessHorseman , Nov 06, 2009 6:19PM
Bess,
I get that you didn't write it. Does that also imply that you have no voice (however small and inconsequential) in the content of this site? I don't know...I thought that's what "editor" meant.
Let's all have a good laugh at the expense of these assholes' mother. It's even funnier since she's probably doing really well about now. And it's not enought to just laugh at her...let's make sure she knows it. Besides, if anyone deserves it, surely it's the mother.
You've got to be please with the page views though? So I guess in that respect it's worthwhile. Really classy.
Posted by Anal_yst , Nov 06, 2009 6:24PM
@Headless
Had you simply pointed out that the mom is probably under alot of stress now and likely doesn't need any more, that'd have been one thing, but you went too far.
When both of your sons get arrested, are dumb enough to have their facebook profiles public, etc, etc, there's some inevitable parental responsibility. Sure, each of us is our own person, and have no doubt made our fair share of mistakes - egregious or not - but don't jump on Bess because Buhl sent what appears to be an simple, inquisitive email to the mother.
Its not like the network news crews tresspassing on peoples' property and incessantly shoving microphones in the greivings' face, not hardly, so stfu, quit your b*tching, and if you don't like it, gtfo.
Posted by Bess Levin , Nov 06, 2009 6:26PM
@Headless- your self-righteous shtick consistently bores me, as does your insistence on discussing matters on which you don't have a fucking clue (and, more generally, the whole "I hate this place! You guys suck! I hate the editors! I hate the commenters! But I refuse to stop coming here and saying it!").
I have a managing editor who is the actual "editor" of these sites. I write my posts, and rarely "edit" those of others. "Editor" is a misnomer, as mostly all I do is write (my own stuff). Also, this definitely would not be a "we did it for the pageviews" post. You (think you) know what those are, right? (Hint: breasts.)
And what anal_yst said.
Posted by CoveredLong , Nov 06, 2009 6:29PM
@61 - Don't tease us Bresst...uh, Bess.
Posted by Tax Chick , Nov 06, 2009 6:35PM
Oh Bess! Now you've done it! "Bess wrote 'breast'" is going to be the spankers dream tonight.
Posted by HeadlessHorseman , Nov 06, 2009 6:50PM
@ Anal_yst
Agreed. If anyone has gone too far, clearly it's me.
Provoking an obviously distraught and presumably innocent grandmother regarding her two sons likely going to prison (thereby leaving her grandchildren effectively fatherless) as a means of pandering to a bunch of schadenfreude enthusiasts is right on par. Or perhaps asking the mother “Dalia - how are you feeling about your sons arrest today. Did the FBI get the wrong boys?” is honestly what passes for inquisitive journalism around here? Given the circumstances, and the FBI’s notorious tendency to publicly arrest completely innocent people in conjunction with large sting operations…these seem like a genuine questions need to be answered. And who would know more about a complex insider trading scheme then…wait for it…the accused mother!
Besides, it's apparently to be expected due to the "parental responsibility" that you've invoked. It's practically common knowledge that she was a horrible mother and, as such, is deserving of being further humiliated for our enjoyment.
As for Bess, I wouldn’t have taken issue with her if she wasn’t so quick to offer up a condescending cop out.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 6:52PM
@headless, ah yes but clearly it wasn't a cop-out, as it is the managing editor who's in charge of the contributor's stuff. so, you remain a douchebag.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 6:54PM
@headless-- you calling ANYONE condescending is rich. also, buhl was asking an innocuous question that any journalist might. nothing "provoking" about it. kill yourself already and be done with it.
Posted by Tax Chick , Nov 06, 2009 7:04PM
HH - Had Mama Goffer merely said "no comment" or even just ignored the email much as I do when I have been informed that I just won the UK lottery, there would be nothing to discuss here. The majority of comments here are directed at the commentariat. The mother is the direct subject of less than 10 comments. Is your ire really warranted?! Dial it back, buddy.
Posted by Anal_yst , Nov 06, 2009 7:19PM
HH, with this whiney nonsense, you've helped me pass the past 30 minutes of my otherwise boring evening stuck at work till god knows when, so for that, I suppose some thanks is in order.
Otherwise mammas boy, you're delusional to take offense to Buhl's email/this post, if that wasn't profoundly clear yet. @Tax Chick said it best, if she didn't want to deal with it, she could have...wait for it...not dealt with it.
Seriously nancy, hike up that skirt and man the f' up already, its NBD, and your crying is starting to get old.
Posted by InfiniteGuest , Nov 06, 2009 7:20PM
Teri gave this woman an opportunity to defend her two sons, whom we know so far only as suspects in a criminal case. Presumably their mother could give us something humanizing about them, or correct the public record. Or she could have deleted Teri's e-mail (ht TC), as any competent lawyer must have advised her to do. It's not hard.
Rather, she flew off the handle in a spectacular way.
Teri is a reporter. In pursuing and reporting the facts, she did the right thing all along. I'm surprised that an educated and otherwise intelligent person claims to disagree.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 7:57PM
Arguing with HeadlessHorseman on DB on a Friday night is the new killing it
Posted by JT , Nov 06, 2009 7:57PM
Business Insider seems to think Dealbreaker's report is news worth:
http://www.businessinsider.com/mother-of-busted-inside-traders-u-cant-kiss-my-sons-ass-h--2009-11
Bess and Teri,
This report made me laugh outloud while the bell was closing on a crap trading day. Thanks for the entertainment.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 8:01PM
Headless, you've really missed the boat on this. If you generally don't like this site's content then give it up and go somewhere where you're comfortable. There are things I read in the comments section I don't always like and I've been torched a few times by comments I've made. But overall the site's journalistic standards are very high, Bess & co. are on top of things, the comments are often wonderfully witty, and it's the most spirited, refreshing site of it's type I've found on the internet.
Posted by HeadlessHorseman , Nov 06, 2009 8:06PM
Bess,
How is it my fucking fault for not knowing that BreakingMedia has a thing for inflating job titles? What is this Fashion Meets Finance? In any event, I apologize for not knowing that your job title is more of an “honorary type of thing.” Boy do I feel stupid.
@66
I agree with your first sentence, but disagree with the rest. I suppose such differences of opinion are likely the result of you getting your "news" from TMZ and my preference for The Economist.
Tax Chick,
Sorry. My wife’s on the rag so that means no sensy time for me. Just some misdirected frustration with a dramatic flair.
Anal_yst,
Glad to help. I’ll try to cook up a new routine, but negativity is just so easy. That said, sometimes I even tire of my own writing.
InfiniteGuest,
I doubt that Teri really needed to provide such an “opportunity.” Despite the horrible spelling, I would assume Dalia knows how to use a phone if she had something to say.
TB: “How are you feeling about your sons arrest today?”
Dalia: “It’s really exciting. I’m a big fan of that Law and Order TV series and so I can’t wait to be a part media circus that will likely consume my life in the near term. Do you think I’ll get to be on TV?”
TB: “Did the FBI get the wrong boys”
Dalia: “Well, given my extensive knowledge of the applicable securities laws, and the fact that I have virtually unrestricted access to what my sons do while at work just like most mothers, especially those with sons that work in finance…I can tell you that they’re almost certainly innocent. I’m currently leveraging my encyclopedic knowledge of the trades they were involved in to mount a defense against these preposterous allegations. Must have been two coincidental cases of mistaken identities. Everyone knows how careless the FBI typically is with those big sting operations.
I mean what was Teri expecting?
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 8:27PM
Headless Horseshit
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 8:49PM
Perhaps you need to communicate with her in her own language.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 9:48PM
Correct me if I'm wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the goffers, they're gonna lock me up and throw away the key...
-Carl Spackler
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 10:23PM
They even think you're reporting something interesting in LA
http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2009/11/mamas_revenge.php
Posted by merkin capital partners , Nov 06, 2009 11:19PM
Headless, get cancer.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 11:25PM
@headless- re "how was i supposed to know...inflated titles [blah blah blah]" first time on the internet? did you know that basically ever blog calls their writers editors? gawker, deadspin, nymag, everyone? oh, and kill yourself.
Posted by guest , Nov 06, 2009 11:26PM
@headless-- she could've said no comment, or not responded at all. seriously, fuck off and die.
Posted by guest , Nov 07, 2009 2:36AM
While it is true that Teri, or whoever contacted Mama Goffer, can't kiss her son's "ass holes" [sic], where the boys currently reside, there's plenty of guys who could, and probably are. Yowza!
Posted by guest , Nov 07, 2009 9:45AM
@gherkin tsk, tsk.
Posted by merkin capital partners , Nov 08, 2009 1:50AM
I love you tsk tsk...you're like a groupie, who then kills out of obsessive love. Who is your Jodie Foster?
Posted by HeadlessHorseman , Nov 09, 2009 12:23PM
Hi I am a toolshed that likes to start fights on the internet. I blame the fact that I was bullied for being chubby in 8th grade, although I was able to slim down over time I still feel angry that I was never able to show those kids my new toned physique.
I also have the mother of all Napoleon complexes, therefore, I am programmed to assume that anything that anyone else could be doing or saying is "stupid, gay or pathetic". This is my way of rejecting outsiders before they can reject me and/or make fun of the fact that I am 5'3 and shop at Express Too.
Posted by guest , Nov 09, 2009 7:02PM
So damn funny. Love this piece. Do think Mama Goffer posted it on her facebook page as a badge of honor?