Former Rep. Vic Kohring, who lost his criminal defense attorney when he sued him over a car accident, will have a new one appointed by the court.
Kott's attorney requests judge reject 'no-harm' argument
The attorney for former Rep. Pete Kott asked a judge Wednesday to reject a Justice Department argument that no harm was done when favorable evidence was withheld from Kott at his trial.
Veco's Smith gets 21-month sentence, $10,000 fine
Rick Smith, the former Veco Corp. vice president who was charged with Bill Allen in the Alaska corruption scandal, this morning was sentenced to 21 months in prison and fined $10,000. The judge said Smith served as Allen's trusted lieutenant, and should have known better.
Bill Allen sentenced to 3 years in prison, fined $750,000
As some in his family dabbed tears, Bill Allen, a one-time Alaskan of the Year and employer of thousands of Alaskans, at last stood before a judge to face his punishment Wednesday for his role in Alaska's political corruption scandal.
Overview of Alaska political corruption
Veco men stand for sentencing today
With his delays exhausted, Bill Allen, the central figure in Alaska's public corruption scandal, is due to be sentenced this morning on bribery, conspiracy and tax charges.
Unsealed documents portray seamier side of Veco's Allen
Asking for leniency and a sentence of only six months in prison, Bill Allen wants a federal judge to look beyond his corruption of Alaska politics to a life of charity and job creation in the state.
Judge allows Kohring new lawyer, more time
Former state Rep. Vic Kohring is getting a new lawyer -- and more time to argue that his conviction on federal corruption charges was tainted.
Days before a critical deadline in his corruption case, former state Rep. Vic Kohring has sued his own lawyer, who now wants out.
Young silent about documents linking him to corruption probe
Rep. Don Young on Thursday would not talk about new court filings that for the first time directly tie him to the Alaska corruption investigation through gifts and illegal campaign contributions by Bill Allen and his oil-field service company, Veco.
Judge rejects Allen bid to delay sentencing
Former Veco chief Bill Allen's bid to delay sentencing on corruption charges was rejected Thursday by a federal judge.
Prosecutors seek 46-month sentence for Bill Allen
Former Veco chief executive Bill Allen should be sentenced to just under four years in prison and fined $750,000 for his role as Alaska's corrupter in chief, federal prosecutors say.
PDF: Government sentencing memo for Bill Allen
Lead federal attorney in Stevens prosecution resigns post
The lawyer who oversaw the Alaska corruption prosecutions, including botched cases against former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and two former state legislators, will step down from his role as head of the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section.
Allen asks that sentencing be postponed until February
Former Veco chief executive Bill Allen is asking that his Oct. 28 sentencing on corruption charges be postponed four months because his cooperation in ongoing criminal cases is "incomplete," as is a contempt investigation of federal prosecutors in which he is also assisting.
Sentencing for key bribe witnesses may be soon
The deadline has come and gone for prosecutors to seek a delay of the Oct. 28 sentencing of former Veco chief executive Bill Allen, the FBI's key informant in the Alaska public corruption investigation.
Prosecutors again delay Zachares' sentencing
For the eighth time since Mark Zachares' guilty plea to a felony conspiracy charge in April 2007, prosecutors have gotten approval to delay the sentencing of a former top committee aide to U.S. Rep. Don Young.
Supreme Court sets date for Weyhrauch arguments
The U.S. Supreme Court has set Dec. 8 as the date for oral arguments in the appeal of former Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch, who is seeking to reinstate a court order that sharply limited the federal government's mail fraud case against him.
Kott seeks dismissal of corruption charges
Former Alaska House Speaker Pete Kott says his 2007 trial on corruption charges was so tainted with prosecutorial misconduct that charges should be dismissed. A 59-page motion filed in U.S. District Court on Thursday includes details of lead witness Bill Allen's sexual activity with underaged girls and his efforts to get at least one to perjure herself to protect him.
Judge shows leniency in Masek sentence for corruption
Former state Rep. Beverly Masek was sentenced to six months in federal prison today for her part in the Alaska political corruption scandal, a lenient punishment that sliced a year from the minimum confinement in federal guidelines.
Former legislator Bev Masek says she shouldn't get prison time for corruption, blaming her failings on an overbearing husband, the retirement of her mentor and her inability to understand the job.
Law used to indict Blagojevich challenged
Former Alaska state Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch is among several people nationwide challenging a law against "honest - services fraud," one of the charges against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Judge gives ex-Rep. Masek extra week before sentencing
A federal judge granted former state Rep. Bev Masek a one-week delay in her sentencing on corruption charges even as he admonished her for violating the terms of her release at least twice by getting drunk.
Feds recommend prison time for former Rep. Masek
Federal prosecutors are recommending that former state Rep. Bev Masek serve up to two years in prison on her conviction on corruption charges.
Masek asks for delay in sentencing
Former Rep. Bev Masek has asked to have her sentencing on a bribery charge delayed because a witness won't be available for the hearing.
OBITUARY
Low-key anti-corruption campaigner is dead at 62
Dee Hubbard, a behind-the-scenes campaigner who took on private prison interests in Alaska and then expanded that fight as an anti-corruption, volunteer citizen ally of the FBI, died Saturday in Anchorage. She was 62.
Judge to decide what happens next with Kott and Kohring
The Justice Department has apparently decided to not dismiss charges against convicted legislators Pete Kott and Vic Kohring as it did for U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens earlier this year, and may fight efforts by the men to get new trials.
Cowdery given travel permission
Former State Sen. John Cowdery will get his passport back and be allowed to travel to Minnesota to get medical treatment at the Mayo Clinic, according to a judge's order filed Wednesday.
Still on home confinement, Cowdery asks for passport
Former state Sen. John Cowdery is asking a federal judge to order the return of his passport, even though he still has about a month left on his sentence of home confinement on a public corruption charge.
Prosecutors turn evidence over to Kott, Kohring
Federal prosecutors say they have fulfilled their obligations -- and then some -- in providing potentially favorable evidence from their files to convicted legislators Pete Kott and Vic Kohring.
Alaska corruption figure wins long delay in sentencing
A federal judge frustrated by sentencing delays in corruption cases says Jim Clark, former Gov. Frank Murkowski's chief of staff, can wait at least another year before going to jail, until after the expected trial of former Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch.
Judge denies request for Weimar's financial records
A bankruptcy trustee who wanted to investigate the recent finances of Bill Weimar, a convicted felon who was once Alaska's halfway house kingpin, won't get to examine a court report, a federal judge has ruled.
With new attorney, Anderson will try to get out of prison
Former state Rep. Tom Anderson, the only Alaska corruption defendant currently in prison, has a new attorney and is about to seek release from federal custody nearly three years before his sentence is complete.
Special prosecutor in Stevens case can force testimony
A special prosecutor was granted authority Tuesday to compel testimony from the Justice Department team that took Sen. Ted Stevens to trial and to subpoena the former lead FBI agent in the Alaska corruption investigation and key witness Bill Allen and his attorney.
Allen delays try judge's patience
U.S. District Judge John Sedwick said Tuesday it is time for former Veco Corp. chief executive Bill Allen to come to terms with his crimes and face sentencing for corrupting Alaska's political system.
Supreme Court takes Weyhrauch mail-fraud question
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by former Alaska Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch that prosecutors shouldn't be allowed to say he cheated Alaska's citizens when he secretly sought work from the oil-field service company Veco during the 2006 legislative session.
Feds will pick up Kott's legal bills
The federal government will pay the legal bills of former House Speaker Pete Kott over the next several months while a judge explores what to do about evidence that was improperly withheld from Kott's defense.
Corruption investigation overview
Round-up of events and players involved in the FBI's investigation. Updated as information is unvield through trials and news reports.
The strength of the FBI investigations has been the hours of secretly recorded video surveillance and telephone wire taps. We have produced almost all audio and video that was submitted as evidence in the three trials to-date: Tom Anderson, Pete Kott and Vic Kohring.
FBI video: Vic Kohring surveillance
FBI video: Pete Kott surveillance
FBI Video: Tom Anderson surveillance
Corruption investigation overview
Round-up of events and players involved in the FBI's investigation. Updated as information is unvield through trials and news reports.
The most senior Republican in the U.S. Senate and Alaska's most famous political figure was found guilty of filing false financial disclosures but the conviction was thrown out.
Convictions dismissed over prosecution misconduct
Indicted on seven counts of filing false financial disclosures
Former state Rep. Vic Kohring for Wasilla resigned after being indicted on charges of extortion and bribery.
Released from prison over prosecution misconduct
Korhing convicted on 3 of 4 counts
Video: Surveillance tapes submitted as evidence in Korhing trial
Audio: FBI wiretaps submitted as evidence
Former Alaska House Speaker of Eagle River indicted on bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges.
Released from prison over prosecution misconduct
Video: FBI surveillance video from Suite 604, Baranof Hotel
Audio: FBI surveillance tapes and Bill Allen testimony from Kott trial
Former state Rep. Tom Anderson was found guilty of seven felony charges of conspiracy and bribery.
Video: Surveillance tapes submitted as evidence in Anderson trial
Former state Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch of Juneau is charged with bribery, extortion and conspiracy.
The oldest member of the Alaska Legislature was indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges. He has pled not guilty.
Alaska's lone representative and the former chairman of the House Transportation Committee.
The former state Senate president earned $243,250 in four years as a consultant for Veco.
Oil-field service company Veco and its CEO Bill Allen are at the center of Alaska's political corruption scandals.
Audio: Kohring trial opening statements and Bill Allen testimony
Corrupt Bastards Club: From barroom joke to federal warrants
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State political coverage not involving an investigation or rumors of corruption.
Judge postpones ex-legislator's sentencing for conspiracy
Kott, Kohring remain free pending evidence review
Despite his lockup, Kohring still supports private prisons
Kohring had a rude transition from freedom to prison
Kott, Kohring released from prison, return to Anchorage
Judge clears way for Kott, Kohring release from prison
First batch of papers delivered
Convicted legislators may be released
Weimar reports to halfway house to finish sentence
Is Alaska corruption investigation still alive?
Out-of-the-blue derby victory started with bar fight
Derby winner owned by Bill Allen's son
Fishery interests top givers to Young fund
Stevens prosecutor may be removed from another case
Federal investigations still alive
High Court agrees: Ben Stevens couldn't break nonexistent law
Kott, Kohring appeal convictions to federal panel
Transcripts show Stevens turned down a plea offer
Kott, Kohring file motions on evidence
Weyhrauch asks Supreme Court to overturn fraud decision
Stevens conviction dismissed; judge orders prosecution investigation
Stevens judge seeks prosecution documents
U.S. attorney general ends Stevens prosecution
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