The sentence comes during International Fraud Awareness Week ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for defrauding at least 177 victims of more than $26 million through an investment fraud scheme. According to court documents, Garrett Elder, 30, convinced victims to transfer funds to him for investment in […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) reintroduced a bipartisan bill to better support seniors and people who experience disabilities who are struggling with eating disorders. The bipartisan Nutrition CARE Act would expand access to medical care for Medicare beneficiaries with eating disorders by including coverage of outpatient medical nutrition therapy through Medicare […]
ANCHORAGE – The Department of Justice on Friday unsealed a January indictment charging two Anchorage women with conspiracy, fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering for perpetrating a lengthy scheme to steal identities and defraud elderly victims and Habitat for Humanity. According to court documents, Valerie Calip and Jennifer Haydu are accused of defrauding banks […]
FAIRBANKS – Jared Wilkes Post, 26, of Fairbanks was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 78 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay at least $100,000 in restitution for defrauding banks and other victims of over $100,000 through a sophisticated check kiting and identity theft scheme. According to court documents, between […]