A former manager at the New York State Common Retirement Fund took bribes, according to prosecutors. (Photo: Getty)

 (Bloomberg) — A former Sterne Agee & Leach managing director pleaded guilty to lavishing a portfolio manager at New York state’s pension fund with trips to luxury vacation destinations in exchange for steering hundreds of millions in trading business her way.

Deborah Kelley, 59, a resident of Piedmont, California, was accused of spending tens of thousands of dollars to pay for trips for Navnoor Kang and his girlfriend to New Orleans and Park City, Utah, and VIP tickets to a Paul McCartney concert. She expensed the costs to Sterne Agee, while omitting that the money was spent entertaining Kang, prosecutors said.

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