On Wednesday morning U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that after a seven-day jury trial, two defendants, John Pierce, age 30, and Wayne Michael Moore, age 46, were both found guilty in the bank robbery trial that ended on Tuesday. “The jury found Pierce and Moore guilty of conspiracy to commit credit union robbery, armed […]
Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that three Anchorage residents have been sentenced for their roles in an Anchorage mail theft scheme, which involved obtaining checks from the mail, and then negotiating the stolen checks at different banks using stolen identities and bank accounts. The last of three defendants in this […]
The Anchorage man who was convicted of robbing the same Wells Fargo bank on Debarr Road on three separate occasions in 2017 and 2018, was sentenced in Federal Court on Thursday. Christopher Hatting, age 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason to serve four years concurrently after pleading guilty to the charges of […]
Anchorage, Alaska Sept. 5, 2018 – An in-depth study by Better Business Bureau finds that, while consumers may write fewer checks in this era of electronic financial transactions, fake check scams are on the rise. Fake checks are used in a variety of frauds, from employment scams to prize and sweepstakes fraud. In all cases, victims deposit […]