flyingtiger1013 Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/21/D8DCHJ087.html American Express is suing the CEO of a communications company for payment of $241,000 worth of disputed credit card charges at a Manhattan topless club. American Express says in papers filed in state court that Savvis Inc. chief executive officer Robert A. McCormick was in the club Scores in October 2003 with at least three other men. After McCormick got the $241,000 corporate credit card bill, Savvis called American Express and complained that some of the charges were fraudulent, the lawsuit says. The communications company said its chief disputed all but about $20,000, according to the lawsuit. "We firmly believe that Mr. McCormick was the victim of fraud," said Deena Williamson, Savvis's deputy general counsel. She declined to comment further. Lonnie Hanover, a Scores spokesman, said he had not talked to all of the employees involved with McCormick and could not say what the CEO purchased. The lawsuit filed Wednesday against McCormick and Savvis is at least the third in the past two years involving contested credit card charges at Scores. One patron sued the club after he got a $28,000 bill and another disputed $129,000 in charges. After a lawsuit last year, Hanover said that "high rollers" visiting Scores' "super elite Presidents' Club" spend thousands of dollars on single bottles of champagne and tip strippers as much as $10,000 for lap dances and for spending time with them. (Damn! How lonely are these guys?!) The district attorney's office has said it is investigating alleged overcharging at Scores. Hanover said that each time a patron spends $10,000, Scores calls the customer's credit card company to get the charges approved. Scores even fingerprints the customer and requires him to get on the telephone with a credit card representative, he said. "We got authorization for all of the charges," Hanover said of McCormick's visit. "We followed proper procedures and documentation, and we were paid." Court papers say American Express asked McCormick several times to provide in writing his basis for calling the charges fraudulent. McCormick failed to respond, and when he was billed again he once again objected to the charges, the lawsuit says. American Express says McCormick finally responded in writing in September 2004, reiterating that some charges on the Scores bill were bogus, the lawsuit says. Scores has been paid in full, American Express's court papers say, while neither Savvis nor McCormick has paid any of the charges. Failure to pay is a violation of the American Express corporate credit card agreement, court papers say. An American Express spokeswoman, Judy Tenzer, said she had no comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinInsite Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Rule #1 NEVER give strip joints your credit card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Money Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 I heard this on Howard Stern this am... THis guy should be jailed. They were saying when someone runs a tab over 10k at the place it happened at, they contact the credit card company directly and preauthorize all the charges. They have his fingerprints, his drivers license and I believe they said SEVERAL authorization signings. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 $240,000??? That's a lotta hooch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsNut73 Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 $10,000 for a lap dance? There are very few women on the face of this planet for whom I'd pay ten grand to give me a lap dance.....very few. What the hell am I talking about...I can't afford more than $10 anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Rule #1NEVER give strip joints your credit card. Exactly...cash only. $10,000 lap dance?? I know a "gentlemen's club" where you can get a good one for $25. $10,000...puhleeeze!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Talk about getting caught with your pants down. Literally :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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