U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced on Friday that three Anchorage residents have been named in a 22-count indictment for their involvement in a mail theft ring. The indictment alleges that the trio “conspired to obtain checks stolen from the mail, primarily credit card convenience checks, and then negotiated the stolen checks at different banks in Anchorage using […]
U.S. President Donald Trump is supporting efforts to tighten federal background checks on gun buyers in the aftermath of last week’s shooting massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school, the White House said Monday. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump spoke last week with Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn about […]
The Justice Department made an announcement on Thursday that an Anchorage Grand Jury had indicted six Anchorage residents with 29 counts that included conspiracy, bank fraud, possession of stolen mail,aggravated identity theft, as well as passing counterfeit currency. According to acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder, the six individuals indicted were: Sara James, 30 Jonathan James, […]
On September 14, 2016, Investigators from the Alaska State Troopers, Bureau of Investigations, Financial Crimes Units appeared before the Anchorage Grand Jury and presented a complex check fraud, theft, and identify theft investigation. This investigation discovered four individual victims, five financial institutions, and numerous local businesses accrued a financial loss. The estimated financial loss exceeds […]