Stevens' alleged unreported gifts listed
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Prosecutors filed papers Monday
alleging that Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, failed to disclose gifts
including a sled dog and a massage chair from 2001 to 2003.
Stevens was indicted in July on seven counts of making false
statements on his Senate disclosure forms from 1999-2006. He is
accused of receiving "substantial amounts of materials and labor"
from oil services contractor VECO Corp. in the renovation of his
home in Alaska, prosecutors said.
He allegedly received furniture, household goods and, in an
automobile exchange, received "new vehicle worth far more than" the
vehicle he swapped.
The worth of the materials and services is "greater than
$250,000," prosecutors said.
The Anchorage Daily News reported Monday that Stevens
allegedly did not claim on campaign finance reports such things as a
$1,000 sled dog, a $3,200 hand-built stained glass window and a
$2,695 massage chair.
Stevens is scheduled to go to trial in two weeks in
Washington.
He is running for a seventh full term in the Senate in
November.
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