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O.J. Simpson going down like Al Capone?

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Here's an interesting possible twist in the O.J. Simpson story-line: After, in the opinion of many observers, getting away with the murder of his ex-wife and her friend, it may finally be Simpson's avarice that allows justice to prevail.

According to media reports, lawyers for the Goldman family are investigating reports that Simpson hid money in offshore bank accounts to prevent the Goldman's from gaining access to his assets with the family's $33.5 million wrongful death suit against the former football player.

In a video released by TMZ.com, Bruce Fromong, one of the two memorabilia collectors Simpson is accused of stealing from, rants in an audiotape recording reportedly made one hour after the incident: "Nobody puts a gun in my face. I stood up for [him] while he was in jail. I stood up for him in the press. I stood up for him... on the stand. I helped him set up his offshore accounts."

Al Capone got away with heinous crimes, but ended up on Alcatraz for tax evasion. If Simpson is shuffling around money to avoid paying a judgment, he could find himself in trouble. And the interest of the IRS has to be piqued at the very mention of "offshore bank accounts".

The O.J. Simpson mess should continue to get more interesting and, while some will complain about the 24-hour media circus, this is the kind of human interest story that people want to see.

In the meantime, the media continues to get rich off the O.J. Simpson fiasco, If I Did It is parked at number 2 on Amazon.com. Interestingly, Alan Greenspan's book is number 1, so it's a nice showdown of morbid curiosity vs. intellect. For now, intellect appears to be winning out

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Last updated: November 26, 2009: 03:07 PM

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