Financier Linked to Burkle And Clinton Is Charged (Raffaello Follieri)

The Wall Street Journal (excerpt, subscription) - Page One ^ | June 24, 2008 | John R. Emswhiller

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Federal prosecutors charged Raffaello Follieri, an Italian entrepreneur and former business partner of California billionaire Ron Burkle, with funding a lavish lifestyle by using money from a real-estate venture that was supposed to capitalize on his alleged Vatican ties to redevelop surplus Catholic Church properties.

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A criminal complaint filed by the U.S. attorney in Manhattan Tuesday alleged that Mr. Follieri stole hundreds of thousands of dollars of investor money to pay for a $37,000-a-month New York apartment where he lived for a time with Ms. Hathaway; private jet travel; expensive restaurants and clothes; medical expenses, and even a dog-walking service for his pet.

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[the invisib1e hand]

perhaps they are betting on the obama pardon.

[Perdogg]

He had a hot girlfriend

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[RoadKingSE]

A criminal complaint filed by the U.S. attorney in Manhattan Tuesday alleged that Mr. Follieri Clinton stole hundreds of thousands of dollars of investor money to pay for a $37,000-a-month New York apartment Chappaqua bungalow where he lived for a time with Ms. Hathaway trailer park Catch-of-the-Day; private jet travel; expensive restaurants and clothes; medical expenses, and even a dog-walking service for his pet.

Hey we can dream can't we? I tried to fix it but who's going to believe any self-respecting dog-walker would take this job? (:^*)

[doug from upland]

Everything connected to Clinton is dirty.

[kcvl]

He became friendly with Douglas Band, the top aide to former President Bill Clinton, and Mr. Band helped connect him to powerful Clinton associates.

The ex-president had dined with Mr. Follieri in Rome and honored him at a fund-raiser for his philanthropic Clinton Global Initiative.

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...New York apartment where he lived for a time with Ms. Hathaway...

Whoa! I didn't know it was THAT Ms. Hathaway! Yowza!!!

[RichInOC]

Proof that God loves men and wants them to be happy.

[uglybiker]

Chelsea's REAL father.

[TigersEye]

The Clinton’s don’t know anyone that isn’t a sleazy, dishonest con man.

[iowamark]

Why did she break up with him? Did she Get Smart?

[vetvetdoug]

Follieri must have taken his lessons from Marty Frankel who looted the insurance companies and used the Vatican to launder some of his stolen money.

[Inwoodian]

According to today’s New York Post, Band introduced Follieri to Clinton for a price of $400,000.