Don't believe everything you read on Wikipedia. I already answered that question numerous times in my past posts. Why don't you dig and find the truth about what really happened and how the government set him up, lied, etc.. He plea bargained because they held him in SuperMax prison (sometimes in solitary confinement dungeon) for illegal contempt of court without a trial for 7 years. Because he had sensitive information about their illegal activities. They needed a fall guy for the actions they did w.r.t. to Safra and Republic Bank and the Russia manipulation. He has posted many of the supporting and court documents on his blog.