Opinion ID: 1031197
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Heading: Charges and Guilty Plea.

Text: On December 5, 2007, a federal grand jury sitting in the District of Maryland indicted Wilkinson on one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States (Count I), 18 U.S.C. § 371, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud (Count II), id. § 1349, and one count of conspiracy to steal trade secrets (Count III), id. § 1832(a)(5). Pursuant to a plea agreement (the Plea Agreement), on July 29, 2008, Wilkinson pled guilty to Counts I, II, and III, as charged in the indictment. The Plea Agreement incorporated the allegations contained in the indictment by reference, which allegations Wilkinson knowingly, voluntarily, and truthfully admitted as fact. (J.A. 28). The Plea Agreement also specified that the parties would contest the amount of loss intended or occasioned by [Wilkinson's offense] conduct, and thus leave to the judgment of the Court the appropriate Guidelines enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1(b)(1), (J.A. 30-31), and that the government w[ould] not argue that the loss results in more than an eighteen-level increase pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1(b)(1)(J). (J.A. 31). Additionally, Wilkinson agreed to the entry of a restitution order for the full amount of the victims' actual losses pursuant to the MVRA, as determined by the Court at sentencing. (J.A. 32).