Feds search through records at Siemans headquarters in Malvern

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, April, 2009 | by MICHAEL HINKELMAN hinkelm@phillynews.com 215-854-2656

Agents from the federal Defense Criminal Investigative Service searched the U.S. headquarters of Siemens Medical Solutions USA in Malvern yesterday.

The agency's special agent-in-charge for the Northeast region, Edward Bradley, said agents arrived at the Chester County facility yesterday morning and remained there through the afternoon.

Bradley declined to say what records investigators were seeking or to comment on the focus of the investigation.

The agency is the criminal investigative arm of the Department of Defense's inspector general.

Siemens said in a statement that the search was in connection with an investigation of a Siemens contract with the Department of Defense and that it was cooperating with the investigation. The statement said the search...