{
  "id": 14880512,
  "title": "Ruel Reid named in evidence on six retail purchases in fraud trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/ruel-reid-named-in-evidence-on-six-retail-purchases-in-fraud-trial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T05:06:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261016/ruel-reid-named-evidence-six-retail-purchases-fraud-trial"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A smart television and a foot spa were among six items former Education Minister Ruel Reid purchased from a retail chain over a near five-week period in 2018, according to evidence of a witness in his fraud trial. Reid was appointed education minister and a government Senator in March 2016 and resigned in March 2019 amid fraud allegations. While giving evidence in the Kingston and St Andrew…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}