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Defense Contractor Found Guilty in Cunningham Bribery

A defense contractor was found guilty today on all counts of bribing former San Diego Congressman "Duke" Cunningham and committing wire fraud and laundering money.

A defense contractor was found guilty today on all counts of bribing former San Diego Congressman "Duke" Cunningham and committing wire fraud and laundering money.

Brent Wilkes was convicted of giving the congressman more than $700,000 in cash payments, meals, trips and other gifts in return for help winning nearly 90 million dollars in Pentagon contracts, mainly for scanning paper documents.

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