ONDCP Case: Former Ogilvy Media Director Pleads Guilty

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NEW YORK Ray Simko, the former media director on Ogilvy & Mather’s Office of National Drug Control Policy account, has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to defraud the government, filing false claims and making false statements, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s office.

Simko, 56, entered his plea today here in Federal District Court and faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss resulting from the crime, on the conspiracy count.

According



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