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A creepy new development today in the ongoing federal investigation into allegations of widespread bribery attempts inside the D.C. taxicab industry, courtesy the Post's Del Quentin Wilber: court documents released today detail how one of the 39 men charged in the bribery ring, Yitbarek Syume, allegedly threatened to murder FBI informant Abdulaziz Kamus when his name surfaced in media reports shortly after the investigation became public.
The papers reveal that Yitbarek Syume met with an undercover FBI agent and an informant on the day after the top staffer of a prominent D.C. Council member was arrested on bribery charges. The three men discussed the high-profile arrest and how to avoid detection of their scheme, which funneled more than $300,000 to a D.C. government official, prosecutors wrote in court papers, citing a surreptitious recording of the meeting.The key quote from Syume cited by the Post: promising the two men that Kamus would be "permanently eliminated." Yikes.
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Forget it, Sommer. It's Chinatown.
Perhaps now we can actually get some momentum to regulate the taxicab industry here. Oh wait, I forgot, this is DC.
"You are a very nosey fellow, kitty cat. You know what happens to nosey fellows? Wanna guess? No? Okay. They LOSE their noses! Next time you lose the whole thing, kitty cat. I'll cut it off and feed it to my goldfish, understand? Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a date with a 13-year-old's butt. Can you lend me the keys, Jack?"
Oh my god. My mother is also my sister, brother, and my crazy aunt in the attic!
Every time you set foot in a DC cab, it's a death threat.
Hmmm, that reeks of Catoe. Perhaps there's some double-teaming going on that we're not aware of yet...very interesting.
DC Taxis = Blood Diamonds
Lesson? Use VA/MD taxis...it may take you longer to get where you're going, but you're a better person because of it.
So...life is cheap to a DC cabbie? Show of hands...who is surprised at that?
Between cabs and Metrobuses, sometimes I think it would be safer as a pedestrian to use the CHUD tunnels.
I hope the guy they were going to kill was the driver who activated the door locks when he refused to let me out when he was stuck in traffic. Try harder, guys.