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March 8, 2008
Republican Thomas
Kontogiannis, a financier and
John Michael's uncle (by
marriage), has pleaded guilty to
money laundering. He admitted
to help finance the purchase of
Cunningham's $2.5 million house
in Rancho Santa Fe in a deal
that evolved from two military
contractors' alleged plans to
bribe the congressman.
Kontogiannis, a Long Island
developer, also pleaded guilty
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in 2002 to bribery and kickback charges in connection with a
$6.3 million bid-rigging scheme involving the New York public
schools.
Files on guilty plea won't be unsealed
“An extraordinary curtain of secrecy was drawn over the
Kontogiannis appellate proceedings. The judges ordered all
the briefs to be filed under seal, the court docket for the case
was not published, and the hearing where the government
pleaded its case was closed.”
A sentencing date has not been set.
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