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Ex-CIA official sentenced to 37 months in defense contract corruption case

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Thursday sentenced former CIA executive director Kyle Foggo to 37 months in prison for wire fraud related to charges that he accepted bribes in return for granting federal defense contracts. Foggo was originally indicted in February 2007 on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with allegations that his friend and defense contractor Brent Wilkes gave him gifts and promised him a job in return for the granting of CIA defense contracts. Prosecutors later amended the indictment to include counts of conflict of interest and additional counts of fraud, but Foggo negotiated a plea agreement last September, limiting limited the trial to one count of wire fraud. US District Judge James Cacheris issued the maximum sentence recommended by prosecutors, rejecting the defense team's request for probation. In November 2007, Wilkes was convicted of 13 felonies, including money laundering, fraud, and conspiracy, in connection with bribes he paid to former congressman Randy Cunningham. Both Wilkes and Foggo came under investigation when Cunningham pleaded guilty in 2005 to taking $2.4 million in bribes in return for federal contracts. Foggo was the third highest-ranking CIA officer at the time of the misconduct.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on February 26, 2009 (boomark / email).