DHAKA: A United States businessman says he told federal investigators the location of Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan years before his killing and is seeking a US$25 million reward.

A letter obtained Friday by media from a Chicago-based law firm representing Tom Lee says the 63-year-old gem merchant reported the location of bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad in 2003.

The letter sent by the Loevy & Loevy law firm to FBI Director James Comey in August says a Pakistani intelligence agent told Lee that he escorted bin Laden and his family from Peshawar to Abbottabad.

The law firm didn’t immediately respond to a request to speak with Lee. The FBI didn’t immediately comment.

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