Among our findings: money shelled out by U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles' campaign to companies for which there is no evidence they actually exist. Ogles' office blames "third-party software."
by Phil Williams, News Channel 5, March 24, 2025 - An exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation has uncovered new questions about a Middle Tennessee congressman who has left a trail of scandal since his election in 2022.
Over the last two years, NewsChannel 5 Investigates has revealed how Ogles fabricated large parts of his resume, including his professional credentials. ... about how he used the stillborn death of a child to raise thousands of dollars for a children's burial garden that was never built. ... how he did not appear to have the $320,000 he claimed to have personally loaned his own campaign back in 2022.
Among the questionable expenditures, Ogles reported more than $14,000 spent in 2022 and 2024 with a company called “JL Tech Sales.” But when NewsChannel 5 Investigates searched that address in Chattanooga, we found a company there called Technology Sales.
Its exterior sign describes its services as “plexiglass, nylon, Teflon.” Its website said it is in the business of producing “industrial and mechanical plastics.”
There was nothing about office supplies, nothing about TV or Internet services.
Eventually, NewsChannel 5 reached the company at that address — and the person who answered the phone insisted they knew nothing about Andy Ogles or JL Tech Sales.
"And there’s never been another company by that name at this address – in the last couple of years?" we followed up.
"No, this business has been here 25 or 30 years – same business,” the man answered. (read more about how Ogles made up companies and fabricated expenditures)
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