FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2006
Vernon Jackson, former chief executive of the telecommunications firm iGate, leaves the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., in this May 3, 2006, file photo. A former stockholder in a technology company sued Jackson, Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., and his wife Andrea G. Jefferson, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, claiming they bilked stockholders by using business funds to pay bribes. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, file)