FAIRBANKS – An Alaska Wildlife Trooper has entered into an agreement with the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Alaska to resolve investigations into false and misleading statements he made to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2019. According to the agreement and other court proceedings, Timothy Abbott, 39, of North […]
Anchorage, Alaska – At approximately 3:18 pm, on October 14, 2021, an unknown suspect entered a First National Bank Alaska branch located at 1210 West Northern Lights Blvd in Anchorage, and presented a note demanding money from a bank employee. The suspect then fled the scene on a bicycle. Witnesses have described the suspect as […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The FBI is engaged in a nationwide effort to build public awareness of hate crimes and to encourage reporting to law enforcement. This week, the FBI Anchorage Field Office launched a hate crime reporting campaign as part of that effort, which includes various digital, print, and radio advertisements across the state, and […]
ANCHORAGE – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging a Kasilof, Alaska, man with five counts of making interstate threats and one count of cyberstalking for making death threats from Alaska to individuals in other states. According to court documents, Benjamin Tarbell, 34, began making death threats against individuals in Vermont and […]
Authorities Target ‘Booter’ or ‘Stresser’ Services that Facilitate Internet Attacks LOS ANGELES – The Justice Department Thursday announced the seizure of 15 internet domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services, as well as criminal charges against three defendants who facilitated the computer attack platforms. The sites, which offered what are often called “booter” or “stresser” services, allowed […]
(Juneau, AK) – The Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (DCCED), Division of Corporations, Business, and Professional Licensing (CBPL), is warning professional licensees and the public about criminals posing as licensing board investigators or other law enforcement personnel as part of a scheme to defraud professional licensees. The licensees targeted in this scheme are those […]
The newly disclosed report describes “multiple connections” between two Saudi nationals living in the U.S. and some of the hijackers, but it provides no evidence of direct involvement by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday night released a previously withheld document related to its probe of the September 11, 2001 […]
“Survivors deserve justice, and the country deserves to know the full truth of this situation, as well as the lengths the Trump administration was willing to go to cover up the truth.” Rights groups and other progressives are demanding a probe of the FBI’s rushed and limited 2018 background investigation into U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after […]
Troopers report that they received a report of an unexploded device near mile 14 of South Knik Road on Sunday afternoon. Troopers in turn reported the explosive device to the FBI and an Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team was deployed to the site. After the device was successfully rendered inoperative, the remains of the device were […]