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Shona Seifert

The two former Ogilvy executives indicted in the last few days for allegedly bilking the federal government by tampering with ad agency timecards both pleaded not guilty.

Thomas Early, until recently Ogilvy's director of finance, and Shona Seifert, once an executive group director heading up the White House anti-drug efforts, among other things, were led into a lower Manhattan U.S. district courthouse in handcuffs. They were both released on bail. They face up to 100 months in prison if convicted. Ogilvy representatives said they will pay part of their legal bills.

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