Former Commonwealth Bank IT executive pleads guilty to bribery

Marianna PapadakisCourt and Legal Affairs reporter

Updated Jun 18, 2016 – 10.20am, first published at Jun 17, 2016 – 12.07pm

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A former top Commonwealth Bank IT executive Keith Robert Hunter who has pleaded guilty to bribery offences over a mutimillion-dollar contract between the bank and a United States software company was "bankrupted and broken" into capitulation, according to an associate's lawyers.

Keith Robert Hunter, 62, a United States citizen, appeared briefly before Sydney's Downing Centre District Court on Friday where he pleaded guilty to two counts of bribery. He will appear for sentencing on December 5.

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