Kao/Navatek funneled money through a faux nonprofit to a Super PAC supporting Collins to bribe her for government contracts. He then emailed Navatek executives confirming Collins would funnel $32 million to their company. He admitted to this to the FBI; there are paper trails of the money and emails confirming the corruption. Confronted with a lengthy prison sentence, Kao cooperated with investigators in hopes of securing a reduced sentence by exposing the full scope of the conspiracy. His disclosures"previously unreleased to the public"alleged that the Corner Bakery encounter was merely a single component of a widespread pay-to-play system implicating prominent members of Congress, beyond just Senator Susan Collins.