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Senator Teddi Kennedy's Brother-in-law (Judge Edmund Reggie's son) just recently pled guilty to forging documents. Forging documents is definitely a serious offense. See the below post from USDOJ:
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/lam/press/press0501.html#reggie
| Quote: | February 2, 2005 Raymond C. Reggie
David R. Dugas, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, and Jim Letten, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, announced today the filing of two separate bills of information against RAYMOND C. REGGIE, age 43, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana.
One Bill of Information, filed in the Middle District of Louisiana, charges RAYMOND C. REGGIE with committing bank fraud against Union Planters Bank and Whitney National Bank between June 1, 1999, and December 1999 in connection with a check-kiting scheme, where cross deposits were allegedly made in the Union Planters and Whitney Bank accounts to make it falsely appear there were substantial deposits in both accounts, and by fraudulently obtaining a loan from Union Planters Bank.
The Bill of Information filed in the Eastern District of Louisiana charges RAYMOND C. REGGIE with conspiring to commit bank fraud against the Hibernia National Bank. This Bill of Information alleges that in December 2000, Reggie, doing business as Media Direct, LLC, applied for a $6 million loan at Hibernia. In connection with that loan, the Bill of Information alleges that Reggie submitted fictitious documents purporting to be a contract between the U.S. Census Bureau and Media Direct.
The cases were investigated by the United States Attorneys Offices for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case charged in New Orleans, Louisiana, is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jim Mann and the case charged in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Richard Launey.
If convicted on the charge filed in the Middle District, Reggie faces a maximum sentence of imprisonment of 30 years, a fine the greater of the loss or gain caused by the crime or $1,000,000, or both. Should Reggie be convicted of the charge filed in the Eastern District of Louisiana, he is facing a maximum penalty of five years in jail, a fine of up to $250,000, or both.
NOTE: A Bill of Information is a determination that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed by the defendant. The defendant, of course, is presumed innocent until and unless he is proven guilty at trial. |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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| wpage wrote: | Senator Teddi Kennedy's Brother-in-law (Judge Edmund Reggie's son) just recently pled guilty to forging documents. Forging documents is definitely a serious offense. See the below post from USDOJ:
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/lam/press/press0501.html#reggie
| Quote: | February 2, 2005 Raymond C. Reggie
Reggie submitted fictitious documents purporting to be a contract between the U.S. Census Bureau and Media Direct.
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This is a good example of what I am trying to point out here. The physical act of typing the contract was not the crime. It became a crime when it was submitted as an authentic contract to achieve the outcome, which in this case was a loan. It doesn't matter whether it was the secretary, a temp worker, or Reggie himself who typed it. It is not a crime to type a fictitional contract, but it is a crime to take that fictional typed contract and claim that it is a true and authentic contract.
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