Nigel Winfield is an American businessman and convicted felon who once ran a company in

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called FN Aviation. He did some dealings with

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, a Republican congressman from Ohio who later pleaded guilty to bribery charges. Specifically, he paid for a February 2003 trip to London for Ney and an aide, and in return Ney personally lobbied then-Secretary of State

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to ease U.S. sanctions against Iran. Winfield pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion in 1988; he pleaded guilty to hiding $11.3 million in income from the IRS.

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