FBI Raids Alaska State Legislators' Offices
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens' son, Ben Stevens, was one of the state legislators whose office was searched by the FBI Thursday looking for evidence of improper links between the legislators and VECO Corp., an oil field services company and
Federal agents raided the offices of at least six Alaska lawmakers Thursday in a search for any ties between the legislators and a large oil field services company, officials said.
Tam Cook, the Legislature's top attorney, said the company named in the search warrant was VECO Corp., an Anchorage-based oil field services and construction company whose executives are major contributors to political campaigns. Two legislative aides, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal from federal agents who told them not to talk to reporters, said FBI agents were looking for any ties including financial information and gifts.
Here's who got searched:
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