Ianieri Pleads Guilty - John Murtha Involvement Pending?

Previously reported: The former chief executive for a defense contractor with ties to Democratic U.S. Rep. John Murtha has been charged by federal prosecutors with taking about $200,000 in kickbacks from a subcontractor. Richard S. Ianieri, of Doylestown, was charged in a one-count criminal information filed Monday in Pittsburgh. He is accused of accepting two kickbacks of about $100,000 each from a subcontractor — identified only as "K" — while he was an officer of Coherent Systems International Corp.

Update - AP reports: "Court documents filed late Tuesday and others unsealed Wednesday show Richard S. Ianieri has agreed to plead guilty after federal prosecutors transfer his case from Pittsburgh to Pensacola, Fla., where federal prosecutors accused him separately of defrauding the Air Force. Prosecutors in Pittsburgh charged Ianieri, of Doylestown, on Monday with taking $200,000 in kickbacks from a subcontractor while he headed Coherent Systems International Corp., a defense contractor with ties to U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa." [Full Story]