Raymond Reggie sentenced in $1.2 million auto dealership scam; prosecutor calls politically connected felon a 'flim-flam con artist' Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Mandeville businessman Raymond Christopher Reggie walks into Russell B. Long Federal Courthouse in Baton Rouge Wednesday morning, for the sentencing hearing on his conviction on five counts of mail fraud, in connection with stealing over $1 million from multiple south Louisiana car dealerships over three years, for advertising services never rendered. The fees they paid went into Reggie's bank account.