Kenai woman sentenced to prison for bankruptcy fraud
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Kenai woman was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for making a materially false statement in a bankruptcy case. According to court documents and statements made in court, Saray Consuelo Sarmiento Angarita Lockwood, 58, ran a successful dental clinic in Kenai with her late husband. In April 2019, […]
U.S. Attorney for Alaska announces sentence in $26M investment fraud scheme
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 […]
Anchorage Nonprofit Directors Indicted for Stealing $1.6 million in COVID Recovery Funds
The defendants allegedly set up scheme to take millions through grants and federally backed loans. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage couple has been indicted by a federal grand jury for using their nonprofit, House of Transformations, and other corporate entities, as part of a scheme to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in COVID-19 recovery funds. […]