A former business development manager for the $1billion Philadelphia Federal Credit Union will be sentenced in June for his role inhelping Pennsylvania public officials, including an elected judge,launder drug money.

Kevin M. Biederman, who worked at the credit union from 2012 toMarch 2016, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money launderingand bank bribery Friday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.

His plea deal was not publicly availableonline.

Three Bucks County public officials were also charged withconspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering, wirefraud, mail fraud and extortion.

According to the court documents, from June 2015 to November2016, the public officials and Biederman conspired to launder$400,000 in cash during an undercover police investigation thatincluded a cooperating witness. The undercover cops told the countyofficials the money that needed to be laundered came from illegaldrug trafficking, health care and bank fraud schemes.

The public officials charged the undercover cops a total of$80,000 in money laundering fees and allegedly paid off Biedermanto prepare packets of fake documents to make the money launderingtransactions look legitimate.

What's more, Biederman solicited and accepted a bribe of $1,600to influence PFCU approval for a loan. However, courtdocuments do not reveal details about the type of loan, its amountor for whom.

The public officials named in the indictment are John I. Waltmanof Trevose, a former Bucks County magisterial district judge,Robert P. Hoopes of Doylestown, former director of public safetyfor Lower Southhampton Township, and Bernard T. Rafferty ofLanghorne a former Pennsylvania deputy constable and the owner ofRaff's Consulting LLC.

In carrying out the money laundering transaction scheme, federalprosecutors said Hoopes withdrew funds from his Customers Bankaccount and deposited the funds into Raff's Consulting account atPFCU. Rafferty then obtained a check drawn on Raff's Consultingaccount at PFCU in an amount equal to 80% of the total amount ofcash to be laundered for the undercover cops.

At the direction of Waltman, Hoopes and Rafferty, Biedermanprepared bogus documents including Raff's Consulting invoices,non-disclosure agreements, consulting contracts, zoningapplications, land surveys and other fake documents, whichprovided a pretext for the money laundering transactions, federalprosecutors said.

In an unmarked police cruiser, Hoopes drove to an officebuilding to meet the undercover cops in June 2016. After theyarrived with a duffel bag stuffed with $100,000 in cash, Hoopesgave the undercover agents the Raff's Consulting check for $80,000and the packet of bogus documents. Taking the duffel bag from theundercover cops, Hoopes walked to the parking lot where Waltman andRafferty were waiting in another car.

After the public officials split the $20,000 money launderingfee, Rafferty deposited $80,000 in cash in his consulting firm'saccount at PFCU, according to court documents.

This money exchange to launder the cash occurred two more timesin July and August, according to federal prosecutors.

Philadelphia FCU said it had been aware of the federalinvestigation and fully cooperated with authorities.

The Bucks County officials are also facing wire fraud, mailfraud and extortion charges for accepting a $1,000 bribe and thepromise of future money laundering fees and broker fees to usetheir positions as public officials to fix a traffic case for anassociate who was working with undercover cops. They have pleadednot guilty to all charges.