A U.S. federal grand jury has indicted a former high-ranking U.S. intelligence official and a defense contractor linked to the bribery scandal that sent a former U.S. congressman to prison.
Media reports say the former third-highest official at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, and California-based defense contractor Brent Wilkes were charged Tuesday with fraud and conspiracy in connection to large government contracts Wilkes' company received.
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One of Wilkes' companies was also implicated in the trial of Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham last year.
The Californian Republican admitted he accepted more than $2 million in bribes in exchange for sending government contracts to companies controlled by Wilkes and another businessman. He was sentenced to more than eight years in prison last March.
Some information for this report was provided by AP.