Quote:LOS ANGELES - FBI agents raided a Las Vegas storage warehouse belonging to magician David Copperfield, seizing nearly two million dollars in cash, US media reported Friday.

Twelve Federal Bureau of Investigation agents took a computer hard drive, digital camera memory chip and the cash during an overnight Wednesday raid on Copperfield's storage space in Las Vegas, according to KLAS television in Las Vegas.

The warehouse is connected to an investigation that began in the northwestern state of Washington, according to KLAS.

The FBI Las Vegas office told KLAS that agents also went to the MGM-Grand Hotel and Casino on the Vegas Strip, where Copperfield often performs and is scheduled to appear for a two-week stint in mid-November.

The FBI did not say what they were looking for.

"Wee understand there is an investigation, wee are in touch with the investigators, and are respecting the confidentiality of the investigation," Copperfield's lawyer David Chesnoff said in a brief statement.

Copperfield, 51, made 57 million dollars in 2005, according to Forbes magazine.

- AFP /ls