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Ted Kennedy's former brother-in-law arrested in St. Tammany Parish
The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune ^ | September 6, 2012 | Ramon Antonio Vargas

Posted on 09/06/2012 5:49:15 PM PDT by abb

Nearly seven years after being sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for defrauding two financial institutions of $6 million, New Orleans-area media consultant Ray Reggie -- who was one of President Bill Clinton's closest confidants in Louisiana as well as the brother-in-law of late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy -- is now accused of charging a client at least $600,000 for advertisements that he never placed, according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office. Deputies booked Reggie, 50, who lives near Mandeville, with felony theft on Aug. 28, said Capt. George Bonnett, the sheriff's spokesman.

Records show Reggie posted bond, which was set at $600,000, for his release on Aug. 31.

The investigation of Reggie began after the Sheriff's Office received a complaint on Aug. 20 from Supreme Automotive Group, which owns various car dealerships in south Louisiana. The group, which has some dealerships and corporate facilities in St. Tammany, alleged that it hired Reggie in 2010 to place ads in regional media, but they never appeared, Bonnett said.

Deputies subsequently determined that Reggie created fraudulent invoices from media vendors and presented them to Supreme Automotive for payment. So far, Bonnett noted, the Sheriff's Office has identified $600,000 worth of fake invoices for which Reggie was compensated.

Detectives obtained a warrant to arrest Reggie on Aug. 23. The Sheriff's Office then contacted him by phone, but he refused to turn himself in, Bonnett said. Patrol deputies ultimately went to Reggie's home on Chapel Loop, arrested him and brought him to jail.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; democrat; kennedy; reggie
Victoria Reggie Kennedy's brother.
1 posted on 09/06/2012 5:49:20 PM PDT by abb
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I’m just mad there was no hologram Teddy Kennedy at the DNC.


2 posted on 09/06/2012 5:52:03 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: abb

Whats a little $6 million dollar fraud between friends?


3 posted on 09/06/2012 5:52:58 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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"Much of what Reggie did to help the feds has never been publicly revealed, but he testified in a high-profile campaign finance trial in Los Angeles in May 2005 against David Rosen, Hillary Clinton's key fund-raiser. In that case, Reggie covertly taped Rosen at a steak dinner, capturing an admission that a Hollywood fund-raiser for Clinton in 2000 was likely far more expensive to produce than what Rosen said it was on federal campaign forms, a violation of the law and the trial's main issue.

The tape, though, was never introduced. Rosen was acquitted.

4 posted on 09/06/2012 5:55:32 PM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: abb

Very interesting


5 posted on 09/06/2012 5:59:56 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: abb

Speaking of the Kennedys, anyone see Caroline Kennedys speech tonight? She declared as a Catholic she supports abortion. I yelled at the TV “Well then you’re not a Catholic”.


6 posted on 09/06/2012 6:14:30 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools we will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: abb

once a crook, always a ...


7 posted on 09/06/2012 7:39:28 PM PDT by mom4kittys (See you in another life, brotha)
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