CNN Breaking - Joran van der Sloot paid $25K by FBI? WTH?

[Frustratedlady]

-- FBI paid Joran van der Sloot $25,000 to probe plan to extort Natalee
Holloway's mom, law enforcement official says.

[NightWatcher]

1. why, I bet he could have afforded a plane ticket to Peru with that $

[Bluebear]

3. And played poker at a casino & meet, well, who knows?

[DJ13]

2. It was the down payment in the sting operation

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Here's the complete story....

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/09/us.van.der.sloot.alabama/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

The FBI and U.S. Attorneys Office in Alabama arranged for a meeting where an undercover agent paid van der Sloot $10,000 in cash and another $15,000 in a wire transfer for information van der Sloot allegedly promised would lead to Holloway's body in Aruba, a source familiar with the case said.

It's unclear if that money funded van der Sloot's trip to Colombia and into Peru where authorities said he confessed this week to killing 21-year-old Stephany Flores.

The information van der Sloot provided to the FBI was not true, according to an Interpol document obtained by CNN Wednesday.

This week Alabama authorities filed extortion and wire fraud charges against van der Sloot.

[Frustratedlady]

7. Thanks for posting that; I couldn't find more info.

This kid has a ton of problems.

[MicaelS]

5. Simple, they get an indictment against him, here....

For fraud, they can request extradition. Once here they can question him relentlessly about Holloway's disappearance. Even if he refuses to give that up, he could still do Federal time for fraud, where there is no parole.

[izzybeans]

6. I think I'd rather him rot for murder in a Peruvian jail.

[MicaelS]

8. Me too n/t

[Xithras]

9. He'll likely rot in both.

He's 22 now, and is probably looking at 15 years in prison for the Peru murder. If convicted of all charges here, he could be put away for another 30. He'd be nearly 70 before his time was served.

If the Peruvians can prove premeditation, he'll be in prison until he's 100+

[northzax]

10. i'm thinking 15 years in a peruvian jail

is pretty close to a life sentence for a skinny white kid like van der Sloot.

[Bitwit1234]

12. In a way you are correct. In Peru he would get 35 years

for the killing of this young lady. And if he gets paroled who knows how long he would really spend in jail. And I don't blame the FBI for the sting. They knew they could never get him for Natalie's murder so they did the next best thing. And if he ever gets out of Peru jail he has the extortion deal waiting for him. And I think he can get another 35 years for that. And one more thing, there is no parole in the federal system. So if he is sentenced to 35 years thats what he would serve. So maybe between the two he will never walk the streets again. And I bet anything he has killed after and maybe even before Natalie. Not counting this Peruvian girl.

[peacetalksforall]

11. I don't understand the extort part of this. This has to be poorly written or it has

been written for those who already know what I'm trying to figure out. I am lost.

It's CNN, not the person who originated this Du entry.

Maybe someone can explain - sting? extort? who by whom? FBI or Interpol?

[dorkulon]

13. Apparently Van Der Sloot was trying to extort money from Holloway's family for info

on the body's location and such details. If the Feds gave him money, it was to catch him in the act.

[peacetalksforall]

15. I appreacite the help. Thanks so much. I couldn't get past the subject line. I thought the FBI

[MicaelS]

16. Evidently when Van Der Sloot's dad died

Back in January his money train left the station, so he needed cash. He agreed to disclose the location of Holloway's body for $250,000. They paid him $25k, and he was supposed to get the rest when he showed them the location of the body.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/08/us.van.der.sloot.alabama/index.html

According to the document, around March 29, van der Sloot contacted a representative of Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway.

The Dutch citizen, who was twice arrested in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway but released for lack of evidence, said he would reveal the location of the body and the circumstances surrounding her death for $25,000 in cash. He asked for $250,000 in total, the document states.

Van der Sloot and Beth Holloway's representative met in Aruba, where a payment of $10,000 was made to him, followed by a transfer of $15,000 to a personal bank account in the Netherlands, the document states.

In exchange, van der Sloot showed the representative a house where supposedly Holloway's remains were, according to the document. When records showed that the house wasn't even built at the time of her disappearance, van der Sloot admitted that he lied, Interpol said.

[Duer 157099]

14. I wonder what would happen to the person(s) that gave money to the 9/11 hijackers?

Aren't they considered to be accessories in the crime?

Seems to me the FBI just did the same thing.