The settlement will cost the victim 's family $ 100 million . It also said attorneys fees owed by the Stevens family would come out of the settlement money , at no more than 25 % of the total . The family of Bob Stevens had sued the FBI for $ 50 million . Stevens , a tabloid photo editor , was the first person to die in the anthrax attacks in 2001 . The FBI eventually blamed the attacks on a civilian scientist .
The settlement will cost the victim 's family $ 100 million . The family of Bob Stevens had sued the FBI for $ 50 million . Stevens , a tabloid photo editor , was the first person to die in the anthrax attacks in 2001 . The FBI eventually blamed the attacks on a civilian scientist .