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Feds Raid Offices, US Reclamation Bureau Official's Home

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal investigators raided a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation office, an accounting firm and the home of a regional finance chief for the water management agency in what officials called a public corruption probe.

Reclamation spokeswoman Rose Davis acknowledged that a bureau office in Boulder City was among the locations where search warrants were served Thursday.

She says the agency is cooperating in the investigation.

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Authorities also searched the Henderson home of Rick Leavitt, a bureau official for more than 20 years who became regional financial management director in 2010, and southwest Las Vegas offices of the accounting firm LL Bradford& Co.

A message left for Leavitt wasn't immediately returned. Phones rang busy at the accounting firm.

FBI spokeswoman Bridget Pappas said no arrests were made, and none were immediately expected.