Bill Allen / Veco

Investigation backs prosecutors in Allen sex crime allegations

The Justice Department said Friday that its investigators found no misconduct in the decision of federal prosecutors to abandon the teen sex crime case against disgraced former Veco Corp. chairman Bill Allen, the government's star witness in the failed prosecution of then-Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens...

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Justice to investigate decision to drop Allen sex crimes case

The Justice Department has agreed to investigate whether there was misconduct involved in federal prosecutors' decision to not prosecute a teen sex crime case against disgraced former Veco Corp. chairman Bill Allen.
BILL ALLEN / VECO

Murkowski wants probe of why feds won't prosecute Allen

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is asking for an investigation into why the federal Justice Department abandoned the teen sex crimes case against former Veco Corp. Chairman Bill Allen and blocked the state's effort to prosecute Allen.
BILL ALLEN / VECO

Allen unlikely to face child sex abuse charge

An effort by Alaska prosecutors to pursue a case against former Veco Corp. chief Bill Allen on allegations of child sexual abuse has ended with no charges, the state's top prosecutor said Monday.
ALASKA NEWSREADER

Ex-wife of Bill Allen's son charged in 2003 Washington murder

Mark Allen, millionaire scion of former Veco CEO Bill Allen -- he of Alaska political corruption fame -- has a small but colorful role in the Seattle Weekly's complex tale of a sensational 2003 murder on a Puget Sound island. Former beauty queen Peggy Sue Thomas was charged this year with...
FBI INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALASKA POLITICS

Stevens prosecution team won't face criminal charges

A 2 1/2 year investigation into the bungled prosecution of then-U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens found widespread and sometimes intentional misconduct by Justice Department attorneys in that and other Alaska corruption cases. But the special prosecutor who led the review isn't recommending they face criminal...
BILL ALLEN / VECO

Bill Allen scheduled for release next week

A major figure in an Alaska political corruption scandal is expected to complete his prison sentence next week.
FBI INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALASKA POLITICS

Guilty pleas end Alaska corruption probe

With the guilty pleas of two former legislators Friday, the seven-year federal investigation of corruption in Alaska came to a close, leaving some of the original targets off the hook but 10 others with criminal records, including six state legislators.
FBI INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALASKA POLITICS

Guilty pleas close Alaska corruption probe

Two former longtime Alaska legislators pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges this morning but will get no more prison time than they've already served. U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler said that as far as her office is concerned, the book is now closed on the biggest corruption case in state...
FBI INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALASKA POLITICS

Plea deal to keep ex-lawmakers Kott, Kohring out of prison

Prosecutors have agreed not to seek more prison time for ex-legislators Pete Kott and Vic Kohring, despite their fresh admissions that they accepted bribes to promote oil-tax legislation favored by industry.
VIC KOHRING

Prosecution, defense plan to call Allen in Kohring trial

Both prosecution and defense plan to call former Veco chief executive Bill Allen as a witness in the upcoming corruption retrial of former Rep. Vic Kohring.

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