A web site called TOLLROADSnews posted Tuesday that the FBI is investigating the Pennsylvania Turnpike, saying that officers confiscated equipment and records from the Harrisburg office as part of a criminal investigation.
The Turnpike Commission denied that report to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette Wednesday.
"It never happened. The FBI did not visit any turnpike offices or confiscate any equipment belonging to the turnpike," Turnpike CEO Joe Brimmeier told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "(Toll Roads News) has a long history of sloppy or inaccurate reporting that reflects their efforts to malign the Pennsylvania Turnpike and its over 2,200 employees. Today they crossed the line between sloppy and reckless. The posting is false."
The FBI also said it never happened, according to the Allentown Morning Call.
John L. Micek, state house reporter for The (Allentown) Morning Call, reported on his blog later Wednesday that commission spokesman Bill Capone said the FBI is investigating what's going on with a Valley Forge widening project.
The commission then asked the FBI to come in and investigate after its own Office of Inspector General determined that the matter was too big for it to handle, Micek reported.
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