The irony in this case is that in his previous job as New York's attorney general, Spitzer was not only an attack dog against corruption, particularly on Wall Street, but he also prosecuted several prostitution rings.

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Fastow's job was to confirm those previous reports--and drag Lay into the same circle of knowledge.

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Mervyn Davies, who had been chairman of Standard Chartered, HSBC's rival in Asia, had a similar job under the previous government.

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