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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- FBI and Internal Revenue Service agents searched
the Alaska home of veteran Sen. Ted Stevens Monday amid a corruption
probe that has already snared two oil-company executives and a state
lobbyist.
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, a Republican, had his home searched by the
FBI and IRS Monday.
Dave Heller, an FBI spokesman in Anchorage, Alaska, confirmed that
agents entered Stevens' home Monday afternoon, but he referred further
comment to the Justice Department.
Neither the senator nor any family members were home at the time,
Heller said.
Stevens, 83, and the most senior of Republicans in the Senate, has
been under federal investigation for a 2000 renovation project more
than doubling the size of his home in Girdwood, Alaska, near
Anchorage, The Associated Press reported.
The project was overseen by Bill Allen, a contractor who has pleaded
guilty to bribing Alaska state legislators.
Allen is founder of VECO Corp., an Alaska-based oil field services and
engineering company that has reaped tens of millions of dollars in
federal contracts. Video Watch CNN's Joe Johns give the latest details
on the search
the Alaska home of veteran Sen. Ted Stevens Monday amid a corruption
probe that has already snared two oil-company executives and a state
lobbyist.
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, a Republican, had his home searched by the
FBI and IRS Monday.
Dave Heller, an FBI spokesman in Anchorage, Alaska, confirmed that
agents entered Stevens' home Monday afternoon, but he referred further
comment to the Justice Department.
Neither the senator nor any family members were home at the time,
Heller said.
Stevens, 83, and the most senior of Republicans in the Senate, has
been under federal investigation for a 2000 renovation project more
than doubling the size of his home in Girdwood, Alaska, near
Anchorage, The Associated Press reported.
The project was overseen by Bill Allen, a contractor who has pleaded
guilty to bribing Alaska state legislators.
Allen is founder of VECO Corp., an Alaska-based oil field services and
engineering company that has reaped tens of millions of dollars in
federal contracts. Video Watch CNN's Joe Johns give the latest details
on the search
