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Anchorage Daily NewsU.S. Rep. Don Young is under criminal investigation, the second member of Alaska’s congressional delegation to be part of a federal corruption probe, a newspaper reported.
Young is being investigated for his alleged ties to VECO Corp., the Anchorage-based company whose former top two executives -- including former CEO Bill Allen -- have pleaded guilty to bribing Alaska state lawmakers, the Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources, reported on its Web site late Tuesday.
Investigators are trying to determine whether Young or U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens took bribes, illegal gratuities or unreported gifts from VECO, the newspaper reported, citing only “people close to the case.”
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Meanwhile, the state’s junior senator, Republican Lisa Murkowski, has come under scrutiny by watchdog groups for allegedly benefiting from a questionable land deal. She and her husband purchased a prime piece of property on the banks of the Kenai River at about $100,000 below market price. The land was purchased from the lot’s adjacent neighbor and longtime Murkowski friend, Bob Penney, who also is a friend and a longtime business associate of Stevens.
Penney, who recently testified before a federal grand jury in the Stevens’ investigation, said he was satisfied with the sale to Murkowski and her husband and received three times more than he paid for the property.
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It's all coming apart. :)