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Article: Stevens trial witness gets three years
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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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 ...