A threatening letter mailed to the Bayonne Community News and about 20 other newspapers nationwide were not seen as “a credible threat” according to a spokesperson from Goldman Sachs.
The letters, hand-printed in red ink, and signed A.Q.U.S.A. were received by newspapers in Bayonne, Newark, and Long Island as well as papers in Texas, Idaho, Indiana, Vermont, Ohio, North Dakota, and Washington state during the last week in June and claimed “Hundreds will die. We are inside. You cannot stop us.”
Representatives from the Federal Bureaus of Investigation – who are investigating the matter – told Goldman Sachs that the threat did not seem credible.
Michael DuVally, a Goldman Sachs spokesman, said the firm would be working with the FBI in the investigation and that the company has increased its security.
The letters were apparently postmarked from various places in New York City, and are currently being studied in the FBI labs in Washington D.C.
While finding fingerprints of the suspects on the envelopes and letters, the FBI may be looking into DNA from the sealed envelops, said one news report.
The Bayonne Community News received a copy of the letter on June 29 and immediately turned it over to the Bayonne Police Department, who in turned forwarded the letter to the FBI.