Fattah accepted bribes from fund-raiser and lobbyist Herbert Vederman, who was seeking a White House appointment as an ambassador. Those bribes involved gifts that included cash, college tuition payments for Fattah's au pair, and an $18,000 payment to help secure a mortage for a Poconos vacation home, disguised as a sham sale of a Porsche driven by Fattah's wife, former NBC10 anchor Renee Chenault-Fattah. In exchange, Fattah advocated to Washington officials on Vederman's behalf, and provided a job in his district office to the fund-raiser's girlfriend.