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Joe the Plumber aka Charles Keating's Relative

October 16, 2008, 3:42PM

Turns out that good ol' Joe is related to Charles Keating. This blog site broke the news that Joe's close relative is Keating's soninlaw. Keating's soninlaw Robert Wurzelbacher was a senior vp at American Continental as this NY Times Article shows

December 10, 1991

CREDIT MARKETS; Keating Aide in Guilty Plea

The highest associate of Charles H. Keating Jr. to turn state's evidence against the former owner of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association pleaded guilty today to bank fraud and agreed to cooperate with Federal investigators.

Bruce Fairchild Dickson, 38 years old, a former Lincoln president and senior vice president of Lincoln's parent company, the American Continental Corporation, entered the plea before Federal District Judge Manuel Real.

The single bank fraud count carries a maximum five-year prison sentence and $250,000 fine. The judge agreed to delay sentencing until June 1 after Michael Lightfoot, a defense lawyer, and David Sklansky, an assistant United States attorney, said Mr. Dickson was cooperating with prosecutors.

Mr. Lightfoot would not discuss the case with reporters.

Mr. Dickson was the fifth former associate to agree to testify against Mr. Keating. Mr. Dickson was convicted last week in a California court on 17 of 18 counts of securities fraud and faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Mr. Dickson was a close aide to Mr. Keating and worked with Mr. Keating's son-in-law, Robert Wurzelbacher, a senior vice president of American Continental.

Additionally, here's a nice picture of Joe's Plumbing

Will the media catch hold of this?