Feds raid pharmacies of Blagojevich fund-raiser tied to probe... (phone taps bear lots of fruit)

[SoCalDem]

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1315962,blagojevich-fund-raiser-probe-120508.stng



Feds raid pharmacies of Blagojevich fund-raiser tied to probe

December 5, 2008
BY PATRICK FERRELL AND CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporters

FBI agents on Thursday executed a search warrant at two Joliet pharmacies owned by Harish M. Bhatt, a fund-raiser for Gov. Blagojevich who has been linked to a federal probe involving the governor's administration. It appeared, however, that the feds' visit to Bhatt's pharmacies was not connected to the Blagojevich probe. "They are looking into somebody else," Bhatt said Thursday. "We have nothing to do with it."

Bhatt would not disclose whom the feds were interested in, saying agents asked him to be quiet.

The feds combed through paperwork at Basinger's Pharmacy, 2130 W. Jefferson St., and Essington Pharmacy, 2202 Essington Rd., according to FBI spokesman Ross Rice. The visits were part of "an ongoing federal investigation," said Rice, declining to elaborate.


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[EFerrari]

1. Wow. This is really horrible. n/t