Ben Stevens
1. Judge tosses Ben Stevens’ fine 
Juneau Empire - May 18 1:53 AM
ANCHORAGE - A Superior Court judge says the Alaska Public Offices Commission was wrong to find that former state Senate President Ben Stevens violated state law by failing to disclose the clients of one of his consulting firms.
KTUU Anchorage - May 18 12:11 AM
On May 5, Judge Sen Tan in Anchorage threw out the $5,000 fine assessed by APOC against former Senate President Ben Stevens last year.
KTUU Anchorage - May 17 12:56 PM
Associated Press - May 17, 2008 3:44 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A Superior Court judge says the Alaska Public Offices Commission was wrong to find that former state Senate President Ben…
Anchorage Daily News - May 17 5:36 AM
A Superior Court judge has ruled the Alaska Public Offices Commission erred when it found that former Senate President Ben Steven violated state law by failing to disclose the clients of one of this consulting firms, Advance North.
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A 2003 legislative earmark gave the Alaska Native community at Adak Island (and thereby Adak Fisheries) exclusive rights to pollock fishing, worth millions of dollars to Adak Fisheries. Beginning in July 2002, Stevens held a secret option, expiring in December 2004, to buy a 25% ownership in Adak for an immediate payment of $50,000 and another $450,000 paid over time. In mid-2004, 50% of Adak was sold for $4.3 million to a Seattle company. In November 2004, Stevens attempted to exercise the option, but because of changes in ownership of Adak, the complexity of the agreement between Aleut and Adak, and subsequent litigation, his $50,000 check was never cashed and Stevens did not get any ownership rights. Adak Fisheries paid Ben Stevens $295,000 between 2000 and 2004
The FBI Raids Ben Stevens office
Alaska Senate president Ben Stevens has accepted bribes from seafood processors, according to Ray Metcalfe
6/26/06
By Dennis Zaki - Ray Metcalfe, Chairman of the Republican Moderate Party, has accused Alaska Senate president Ben Stevens of bribery and money laundering. “Robbing Alaskans of their dividends, for the benefit of friends who pay him bribes was precisely what Alaska State Senate President Ben Stevens was repairing to do when I decided to start exposing his fraud.”
Read Metcalfe’s documentation (PDF) In a 2 1/2 hour hearing last Thursday at the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC), with Ben Stevens in attendence, Metcalfe laid out his argument that for years Ben Stevens has been accepting back door bribes through the cover of consulting fees and illicit payments. Both are felonies under Alaska state law. Metcalfe alledges that Steven’s has been paid $923,507 over the years in payments through the processors, various kickbacks, and funneled through the Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board set up by his father, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens.
Metcalfe has accused the Alaska Attorney General David Marquez of sandbagging the investigation of Stevens in the past. He also alleges that Marquez has refused to return calls to witnesses he has provided and witnesses who have called him, who claim to have knowledge of money laundering, kickbacks and bribery. In an interview with AlaskaReport.com, Metcalfe said he feels confident that this time the APOC is seriously looking at investigating the facts he presented.
A follow up hearing is scheduled for Wednesday June 28th at 9:00am in Anchorage.
