Topic: VECO Corporation

Office examines case of former Veco Corp. head

0 . An office that reports directly to the U.S. attorney general is looking into questions about the Justice Department's handling of an ...

Defendants in Alaska corruption case to plead guilty

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The final two defendants in a wide-ranging Alaska corruption scandal will plead guilty to felony charges, avoiding new trials and likely ending a federal investigation that rocked state politics, court documents show.Former state Representative Vic Kohring filed notice ...

Appeals court overturns Alaska lawmaker's conviction

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday threw out the corruption conviction of a former Alaska legislator who was videotaped taking cash from an oil-services executive.Republican Vic Kohring of Wasilla, convicted in 2007 of accepting and soliciting bribes from ...
Former oil services company chairman sentenced to 3 years for bribing Alaska politiciansThe oil services executive at the center of a federal investigation of corruption in Alaska politics was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison and fined $750,000.Bill Allen ...

Former CEO sentenced 3 years for Alaska bribery

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The businessman at the center of Alaska's wide-ranging political corruption investigation, once a pillar of the Alaska oil industry and state Republican party, was sentenced on Wednesday to serve three years in prison and to pay a $750 ...
Former VECO chief Bill Allen sentenced to 3 years for bribing Alaska politiciansThe businessman at the center of a federal investigation of corruption in Alaska politics has been sentenced to three years in prison.Bill Allen, former chief executive of VECO Corp ...
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from Alaska lawmaker indicted on corruption chargesThe Supreme Court will hear an appeal from an Alaska state lawmaker caught up in a corruption investigation.The court agreed Monday to hear from former Alaska state Rep. Bruce ...
Alaska state senator pleads guilty to conspiracy in federal corruption investigationA state lawmaker pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to bribe a colleague, the latest success for federal prosecutors who have won convictions against three other legislators in their investigation of Alaska statehouse ...
Federal indictments don't sink US Sen. Ted Stevens' re-election bid; House race in Florida setDon Young, Alaska's lone congressman for the last 35 years, remained locked in a tight race with the lieutenant governor Wednesday, a day after the state ...
The federal judge overseeing the corruption trial of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens refused his lawyers' requests Wednesday to throw out the case and indicated a flurry of last-minute legal motions and inquiries won't stop the trial from beginning this month. Sullivan ...