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 .
The settlement will pay the victim 's family $ 2.5 million . The family of Bob Stevens had sued the government 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 .