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The pair, who still call each other friends, were sentenced together in Washington by US district judge Paul L Friedman.</p><p>Agrawal, a native of India who lives in New York, got probation and a $100,000 (拢61,000) fine for the misdemeanour charge of illegal supplementation of salary. He told the judge he wasn't aware that giving the gifts to O'Keefe created a conflict of interest.</p><p>O'Keefe, a 62-year-old who now lives in New Hampshire, was sentenced to the felony charge of accepting an illegal gratuity. He must return four rings and a necklace made of gold, rubies, diamonds and tanzanite he received for himself and his wife. He also must pay $5,000 to compensate for trips to New York with two exotic dancers and Las Vegas with three strippers from Toronto's Brass Rail Tavern, where he was a regular customer.</p><p>"I took gifts of jewellery and essentially cashed in my career," O'Keefe told the judge, explaining he was unhappy at work and being treated for depression at the time of the crime. "I knew these were inappropriate gifts and I never should have accepted them. To this day, I don't know why."</p><p>O'Keefe did not mention his relationship with the dancers. But O'Keefe's attorney, Bernard Grimm, said his client is medically unable to have sex.</p><p>O'Keefe's wife Ann tearfully asked the judge to be lenient on her husband, saying he's a good man and the crime was small compared to his 40 years of public service. Besides more than 20 years as foreign service officer, he served in the US air force, six years as a Democratic member of the New Hampshire state house or representatives in the 1970s and most recently as a professor at Southern New Hampshire University. </p><p>Grimm said O'Keefe was fired by the school the day he pleaded guilty in the case in February.</p><p>Friedman told O'Keefe he recognised his public service and did not think he would commit another crime. 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