ANCHORAGE – Four Anchorage individuals involved in a bribery and fraud scheme to obtain Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) government contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have been sentenced in federal court. Donald Garner, 50, owner of Veteran Ability, was a government contractor who provided various services to the U.S. government, including […]
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 […]
At least 60 devices and internet routers were compromised in Alaska ANCHORAGE – An Estonian national pleaded guilty Wednesday in the District of Alaska to two counts of computer fraud and abuse. According to court documents, Pavel Tsurkan, 33, operated a criminal proxy botnet by remotely accessing and compromising more than 1,000 computer […]
On March 10, 2021, U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason of the District of Alaska sentenced Lee Screnock, 60, for misrepresenting hundreds of his own carvings as being made by an Alaska Native artist. This action is a felony violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (IACA), which prohibits false marketing of arts […]
Anchorage police report that they took an Anchorage man into custody on forgery and other charges after he attempted to cash a stolen check at the First National Bank on 36th Avenue on Monday afternoon. An employee at FNBA called Anchorage dispatch at 4:32 pm on Monday and informed them that a man had come […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development issues Form 1099-G to individuals who file for unemployment insurance benefits. Under federal law, unemployment insurance benefits are taxable income and must be reported to the IRS. Thousands of Alaskans were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and correctly received unemployment insurance benefits. However, criminal […]
WASHINGTON – With little more than a week before the start of his second Senate impeachment trial, former U.S. President Donald Trump has a legal team in apparent disarray. Two prominent South Carolina lawyers, Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, had been expected to be Trump’s lead lawyers. However, media reports Saturday said there was a […]