The former owner of a pet products company in Neptune City, N.J., he was indicted on tax fraud charges in April and accused of using a Swiss bank account to conceal hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Mr. Axelrod was indicted on tax fraud charges in April and accused of using a Swiss bank account to conceal hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The company recently admitted concealing thousands of problems linked to the product.

In addition to accepting bribes, he was also convicted of concealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in public money to buy himself a million-dollar insurance policy.

He is suspected of concealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in income from tax authorities.

The tender's fiery remains expanded as they sped onward, a ball of blazing gas concealing thousands of massive fragments.

The Guidant Corporation, which admitted last week that it had concealed thousands of problems linked to one of its medical devices, including 12 deaths, said that it would stop selling the product, which helps treat a weakened blood vessel in the abdomen.

Prosecutors are examining whether payment vouchers, used to draw against the lawmakers' expense accounts, were falsified to conceal thousands of dollars in cash disbursals from the post office as routine purchases of stamps.

Questioned by another defense lawyer, Peter Driscoll, Mr. Chiodo acknowledged that he had used several shell corporations to conceal hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal earnings.

The news came only days after the company pleaded guilty to 10 felonies and admitted it had concealed thousands of problems linked to the product, including 12 deaths.