The AP has just moved a story saying that Bill Allen, who ran Alaska's largest oil field service company, said in an Anchorage courtroom today that he bribed Ben Stevens, the former state Senate president and son of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens.

Former VECO Corp. CEO Bill Allen, 70, testified Thursday in the federal corruption trial of another former lawmaker, Pete Kott. Allen and a former company vice president, Rick Smith, have pleaded guilty to bribing lawmakers, and await sentencing.

On the stand Thursday, Allen said he bribed Ben Stevens, Kott and Vic Kohring, but did not elaborate during 15 minutes of testimony.

Ben Stevens is under federal investigation, but has not been charged.

``Mr. Stevens has consistently said he's not engaged in any of the illegal activity that is alleged by Mr. Allen. He denies it,'' John Wolfe, Stevens' attorney, told The Associated Press.