Article: Stevens trial witness gets three years

ANCHORAGE - Bill Allen, a former Alaska oil executive and a key witness in the corruption trial of US Senator Ted Stevens, was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in bribing Alaska lawmakers.

Allen, the former chief executive officer of Veco Corp., an Alaska oilfield services company now owned by a Colorado firm, must also pay a $750,000 fine, US District Judge John Sedwick ruled yesterday in Anchorage. In 2007, Allen, 72, pleaded guilty to bribing legislators and agreed to cooperate with the government.

Allen was the ...

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