A grand jury in San Diego issued two indictments in February.
One charges Wilkes and Foggo with conspiracy, money laundering and
honest services fraud.
The government said Foggo used his influence at the CIA to direct $1.7
million in business deals to Wilkes, who in turn lavished Foggo with
gifts, expensive dinners, trips to Scotland and Hawaii, and promises
of high-paying future employment, the government alleged.
A second indictment charges Wilkes, but not Foggo, with 25 counts of
conspiracy, fraud, money laundering and bribing a public official.
The document details $700,000 in gifts Wilkes allegedly bestowed on
Cunningham, such as prostitution services and luxury vacations, so the
Rancho Santa Fe Republican would steer $100 million in federal
government contracts toward Wilkes' flagship company, Poway-based ADCS
Inc.
From The Union-Tribune, 5/8/07:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20070508-9999-1m8wilkes.html
By Kelly Thornton
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO –
Prosecutors in the federal corruption case against former Poway
defense contractor Brent Wilkes and his friend, ex-CIA official Kyle
“Dusty” Foggo, filed documents yesterday rejecting defense arguments
to split the case in two and move the Foggo trial to Washington.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Phil Halpern said lawyers for Foggo were
mistaken when they claimed that most of Foggo's alleged crimes
occurred in Washington, and that he had been unfairly linked to
sensational allegations of bribery leveled at Wilkes and disgraced
ex-Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham.
“The heart of the conspiracy remains in San Diego and the relevant
events related to the conspiracy took place in myriad of locations
around the country and the world, but most of all in San Diego,”
Halpern wrote.
A grand jury in San Diego issued two indictments in February.
One charges Wilkes and Foggo with conspiracy, money laundering and
honest services fraud.
The government said Foggo used his influence at the CIA to direct $1.7
million in business deals to Wilkes, who in turn lavished Foggo with
gifts, expensive dinners, trips to Scotland and Hawaii, and promises
of high-paying future employment, the government alleged.
A second indictment charges Wilkes, but not Foggo, with 25 counts of
conspiracy, fraud, money laundering and bribing a public official.
The document details $700,000 in gifts Wilkes allegedly bestowed on
Cunningham, such as prostitution services and luxury vacations, so the
Rancho Santa Fe Republican would steer $100 million in federal
government contracts toward Wilkes' flagship company, Poway-based ADCS
Inc.
Both men have pleaded not guilty.
According to the government, San Diego was the epicenter for both
indictments, which overlap in terms of financial transactions and
players.
The cases are related, and Wilkes and Foggo are inextricably linked as
lifelong best friends with significant financial ties, the government
said.
“When not examined through a mirror darkly, it becomes clear that the
impetus for all these (financial transactions) was Wilkes' desire to
obtain – and Foggo's agreement to assist in providing – profits that
flowed to bank accounts in San Diego,” Halpern wrote.
U.S. District Judge Larry Burns is scheduled to hear arguments on
these and other matters May 14.
“Both of these cases stem from the same investigation. And in doing
so, there is a vast overlap, especially in the amount of discovery,
but as well in the witnesses that the court will deal with as well as
the factual setting here,” Halpern wrote, quoting one of the
prosecutors from a hearing Feb. 21.
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Yup. It's that ole Republican Culture of Corruption.........still
Harry
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