Probers are currently investigating whether Gov. Spitzer used tax dollars for trysts with high-priced hookers reaching a total sum of $80,000.

Sources familiar with the investigation informed that Spitzer met with prostitutes from the Emperors Club VIP, the international call-girl ring, at least seven times in the last years.

Apparently, IRS and FBI investigators found at least nine situations over the past 18 months in which Spitzer made cash transfers linked to Emperors Club VIP, Daily News reports.

Although the $4,300 Spitzer used to pay for a prostitute named “Kristen” apparently came from Spitzer’s account, the governor certainly used taxpayer dollars to fly to and from the destinations where his illicit rendezvous took place.

It was found that Spitzer booked two rooms for the tryst with the call-girl named Kristen at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, on the night before Valentine’s Day. One room was booked for himself, the other for the prostitute; and he later went to the room where she was waiting for him. Another issue that is currently investigated is whether he also used state money for the hotel rooms.

Ironically, it was Spitzer’s own efforts to mask his payments to the prostitution ring that gave him away.

As banks are required to record cash transfers of $10,000 or more, Spitzer made several transfers of less than $10,000. He also asked the bank to remove his name from the transactions after the process. His actions were considered suspicious, so his own bank branch in Manhattan reported him to the Internal Revenue Service.

The Emperors Club VIP website claims the prostitution ring is “the most preferred international social introduction service for those accustomed to excellence.” The club’s website, www.emperorsclubvip.com, informs that its girls, whose company values several thousand dollars, are “fashion models, pageant winners and exquisite students, graduates and women of successful careers (finance, art, media etc...).”

Following the latest sex scandal that involved Spitzer, many Internet users have been accessing the Emperors Club VIP website, so that it is now unavailable, due to high volume of traffic.