Pleaded guilty in February 2007 to illegally helping finance the congressman's purchase of a $2.5-million Rancho Santa Fe mansion. The New York financier is awaiting sentencing and is expected to testify in the upcoming trials of his nephew John T. Michael and co-defendant Brent Wilkes.
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Brent Wilkes
Pleaded not guilty this year to charges that he provided Cunningham with prostitutes, vacations, corporate jet travel, limousine service, cash, meals and other items, worth $700,000. The Poway defense contractor also pleaded not guilty to charges connected to more than $100 million in proposed government contracts he allegedly attempted to arrange with his childhood best friend, former top CIA official Dusty Foggo. Wilkes is to be tried this year in San Diego.
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John T. Michael
Kontogiannis' nephew; pleaded not guilty this year to charges of money laundering and unlawful monetary transactions in the financing of Cunningham's Rancho Santa Fe home. He is to be tried this year.
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Kyle Dustin "Dusty" Foggo
The former No. 3 official at the CIA and childhood friend of Wilkes; pleaded not guilty this year to charges of fraud, money laundering and conspiracy for allegedly accepting bribes to steer contracts to Wilkes. Prosecutors said Wilkes offered to hire Foggo after he retired from government service. Foggo was appointed to his last CIA post by then-CIA Director Porter J. Goss, the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
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Source: Times reporting
