A former Siemens executive pleaded guilty to conspiring to pay $100 million in bribes to senior Argentine government officials to guarantee a $1 billion contract to produce national identity cards for Argentinian citizens, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman of the Southern District of New York said Thursday.

Eberhard Reichert, a German citizen, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act before U.S. District Judge Denise Cote. Reichert was extradited to the United States following his arrest in Croatia in September.