Gold bars found in Sen. Bob Menendez’s home linked to 2013 armed robbery: report

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[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

To be fair, these were gold bars from a person who had other gold bars stolen years ago. Those stolen bars were recovered. However, it looks like the gold bars found in Mendez's home was bribery payment.

[–]dinker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

receiving stolen property, to be fair

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The bars Melendez had were not stolen, though. They were only linked to the same stash that had been partially stolen and returned in the past.

[–]dinker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Menendez, 69, was hit with federal corruption charges in September related to an alleged years-long bribery scheme.

He sounds like a really nice guy, very honest and upright, for a gangster.

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Oh, he's a crook and should be in prison, much less out of the Senate long ago.

[–]dinker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Israelis strip naked and detained Palestinian men

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[–]Musky 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They were taken from one of Mendez's associates though. This was either insurance fraud or he had a part in ripping off his own buddy.

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From what I could comprehend in the article, the bars that were stolen from the source in the past were recovered and what was found with Melendez was not, but they were part of the same stash, so that is the reason why they were linked. Maybe I misread it.