-Caveat Lector- http://www.foxnews.com/politics/011101/riady.sml Riady to Plead Guilty to Illegally Funding Clinton's Campaign Thursday, January 11, 2001 Indonesian billionaire James Riady agreed late Thursday to plead guilty to illegally funding President Clinton's 1992 campaign, and to pay a record $8.6 million criminal fine, Fox News has learned. Department of Justice sources told Fox News that Riady has agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy for concealing foreign contributions. He will not face jail time. Riady and his companies, Lippo Group and Lippo Bank, will pay an $8.6 million fine. He is expected to fly from Indonesia to Los Angeles for an initial court appearance on Tuesday. The Justice Department confirmed that Riady will pay a record $8.6 million fine and plead guilty to one felony charge of conspiring to defraud the United States by unlawfully reimbursing campaign donors with foreign corporate funds in violation of federal election law. The plea agreement was filed today at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. Under the terms, Riady, an Indonesian citizen, will surrender himself to the United States at a court appearance Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to sources. He will enter the plea on behalf of himself and, in addition, will enter a guilty plea on behalf of LippoBank California, a California state- chartered bank affiliated with Lippo Group. That guilty plea is on 86 misdemeanor counts charging Riady and his former employee John Huang with making illegal foreign campaign contributions from 1988 through 1994. The agreement calls for Riady to continue cooperating with authorities. The Justice Department says he has met with government prosecutors and agents a half dozen times since August 2000. Riady will also waive his right to apply for re-entry into the United States for two years, except when required by the U.S. government. He will perform 400 hours of community service and forfeit any refunds from any political campaign committees. He's also barred from making, reimbursing or directing any future campaign contributions in U.S. elections. Information filed with the plea agreement alleges that between May 1990 and June 1994, Riady and Huang conspired to obstruct the Federal Elections Commission by reimbursing campaign contributions with funds obtained from foreigners. — Fox News' Bryan Sierra and the Associated Press contributed to this report -- THE dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink. - G. K. Chesterton <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
