Ex-Aide With Abramoff Ties Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy

A former top aide to Representative Bob Ney, Republican of Ohio, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring with the lobbyist Jack Abramoff to corrupt public officials and said gifts had been "corruptly offered to and accepted by" Mr. Ney.

Neil G. Volz left Federal Court in Washington on Monday. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud. In court papers, the former aide, Neil G. Volz, said the gifts included a 2002 trip to Scotland by private jet that included rounds of golf at the fabled course at St. Andrews.

The plea agreement made it clear that Mr. Ney, a six-term House member who is facing a re-election fight this year because of his ties to Mr. Abramoff, remains a central focus of the Justice Department's influence-peddling investigation.

May 8, 2006
Posted By Bob Hartman
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