Arenas is also facing a possible jail sentence after pleading guilty to a felony gun charge — carrying an unlicensed pistol.
Your Honor will note that I actually did eventually plea to an accessory charge carrying potentially more prison time – but it would have been wrong.
After a grand jury refused to indict Mr Kurtz, the bureau then pursued him with a mail-fraud charge carrying a sentence of up to 20 years, which a judge dismissed this year.
Although that charge, carrying the death penalty, was dropped earlier this month, he may still face up to five years in prison for "insulting religious values," said his lawyer, Saleh Nikbakht.
If he is found guilty of abuse of confidence, the charge carrying the most severe penalty, Mr. Kerviel faces a seven-year jail term and a 750,000 euro fine.
Under the agreement submitted to Judge William M. Skretny, the government dropped a conspiracy charge carrying a 15-year sentence and agreed not to file any further charges or seek enemy combatant status for Mr. Goba.
