Again, these are allegations by the federal government and an informer for the FBI (presumably someone black mailed with the threat of unreasonably long prison

Again, these are allegations by the federal government and an informer for the FBI (presumably someone black mailed with the threat of unreasonably long prison sentence). That does not make it untrue - but it's not like it's evidence weighed by a jury in a fair trial - it's very much one side of the story?