A former vice-president of Cisco Systems has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and insider trading.
Robert Gordon was indicted in May, 2001, by a federal grand jury on charges of using bogus offshore shell companies to steal more than $20 million from Cisco.
The US Attorney's office for Northern California says Mr Gordon has pleaded guilty to two charges of wire fraud stemming from that scheme.
He also pleaded guilty to one count of using insider information to realise profit on various stock deals.
Mr Gordon has reimbursed Cisco some $18 million and paid the US government almost $7 million for the insider trading scheme.
Any jail sentence will be determined at a sentencing hearing in October.
