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An Indian businessman pleaded guilty on Thursday to bribing a UN purchasing official with two luxury apartments in return for being given more than US$50 million in the world body's contracts. Nishan Kohli pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to one count of bribery of an official of an organization receiving more than US$10,000 in federal funds, US Attorney Michael Garcia said in a statement. Kohli, an Indian, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, Garcia said. Kohli is alleged to have sold Sanjay Bahel, the head of the UN commodity procurement wing from 1998 to 2003, two luxury condominium units just blocks from the UN' Manhattan compound.