ANCHORAGE – A Minto woman entered a guilty plea for embezzling, stealing, and obtaining by fraud money that was owned and under the care, custody, and control of an Indian tribal government. According to court documents, Melanie Gail Titus, 52, of Minto, was employed as the bookkeeper for the Minto Village Council, which is the […]
U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced on Friday sentencing in the largest embezzlement prosecution in the state after the conviction and sentencing of the Naknek Electric Association’s former General Manager. NEA’s former General Manager, 60-year-old Donna Vukich was sentenced on her conviction of embezzlement of federal funds and filing a false tax return to 34 […]
On Monday, Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M Burgess sentenced the Anchorage accounting business owner, Jill Diane Applebury, aka: “Jill Wetzsteon,” who pleaded guilty in November, to four years in federal prison and five years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Applebury, of Applebury Accounting Services, pleaded guilty in a November […]
The sentencing of an Oregon woman who was formerly the Skagway Traditional COuncil’s Tribal Administer was sentenced in federal court for embezzling approximately $300,000 from the federally recognized tribal organization, it was announced by U.S. Attorney Bryan Shroder on Monday. 64-year-old Delia Commander, of Oregon, who formerly worked for the organization, had previously pleaded guilty […]