The Justice Department announced last Friday that ex-lobbyist Paul Magliocchetti had pleaded guilty to making illegal campaign contributions and making false statements in a federal district court in Alexandria, VA.

Magliocchetti, the founder of defense appropriations lobbying shop the PMA Group, had previously entered a not-guilty plea. Prosecutors said Magliocchetti had admitted to funneling funds through family members and his firm’s lobbyists to Members of Congress with whom he was doing business. Magliocchetti admitted to knowledge of the campaign finance limits – both personal, and corporate. There was no mention of the lawmakers to whom Mr. Magliocchetti had been funneling donations.

Mark Magliocchetti, son of Paul, had previously pleaded guilty to an separate charge of making illegal campaign contributions. Mark Magliocchetti had worked at PMA Group.

Paul Magliocchetti is scheduled to be sentenced in December. The three charges to which he has pleaded guilty carry up to a five year sentence. Magliocchetti had previously been indicted on 11 charges; the eight charges to which he did not plead guilty will be dropped as part of his plea bargain.

Read more about the case at the Blog of Legal Times, the New York Times, Politico, and from the Justice Department.