A raid was conducted by the FBI Sept. 18 at Rahal Letterman Lanigan headquarters in Zionsville’s Creekside development.
Zionsville Mayor John Stehr confirmed to Current Publishing that the FBI requested assistance from the Zionsville Police around 8 a.m. at the facility. Stehr said ZPD officers secured the perimeter while FBI agents entered, but the nature of the raid was not disclosed to the ZPD.
Stehr said not disclosing the information is protocol for the FBI.
The FBI declined to comment.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan released the following statement regarding the raid:
“We are cooperating fully with investigators. Given that this is an ongoing investigation, we are limited in what information we can share right now, but we intend to provide additional information as soon as we can.”
Racer reported that the source of the investigation is alleged to involve a former employee of the Andretti Global IndyCar team who is now in a senior engineering role with RLL and the alleged transfer of intellectual property.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing is co-owned by 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal, former Late Show host David Letterman and Mi-Jack co-owner Mike Lanigan. Their IndyCar driver roster includes Bobby Rahal’s son, Graham Rahal, and Pietro Fittipaldi and Christian Lundgaard
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