Randy Duke Cunningham

Randy Duke Cunningham

Randy Duke Cunningham is a Navy fighter pilot during the Vietnam War. He served as a Republican in the U.S. House from 1991 to 2005. He resigned in 2005, after he pleaded guilty to bribery charges.

He acknowledged that he had taken at least $2.4 million. The highest known bribery a congressman had received. He used bribes to buy a mansion, condominium, Roll Royce and yacht. On March 3, 2006, he received 8 years imprisonment and was ordered to pay back $1.8 million. Cunningham was released in prison in June 2013.