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PETTSBuR<6tJ Pst- 64zejc 50-L-Z -f 46A-PG-77123 Murtha 4bA-PG-770b6 -62 ally held by feds in kickback By Paula Reed Ward 'and DennisB. Roddy. :Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Federal prosecutors..filed corruption charges yesterday against a onetime defense con- tractor who has ties to both U.S. Rep. John Murtha and a subur- ban Johnstown defense contrac- tor currently under criminal investigation: Richard S.. Ianieri, former president and CEO of Coherent Systems International Corp., was accused of accepting $200,000 in kickbacks.He is charged through- a criminal information and is expected to plead guilty.'. No date has yet been set. According to the court filing entered yesterday, Mr. Ianieri is accused of taking the kickbacks from a date unknown through January.2006 while an.officer for Coherent, which was a prime con- tractor for the United States. The information charges that Mr. Ian- ieri "solicited and accepted kick- backs from K, a subcontractor of the UnitedStates." The government alleges that Mr. Ianieri took -checks as kick- backs -- one for $102,832.29 and another for$97,0153.56 "which . were provided for the purpose of improperly: obtaining and SHOM EE 3s nas zamss o! LLA-R6-77123- 111