[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Republican Party and President Donald Trump have spent a lot of time issuing hysterical, racist, and evidence-free warnings about the prevalence of “voter fraud” in the U.S. as a pretext to roll back voting rights, but the GOP has been conspicuously silent after what has been described as a clear case of election fraud was discovered […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] 27-year-old California woman who fled the state after being arrested as a felon in possession of a firearm during a Northway Mall incident in late January then released was sentenced on federal charges in that state on Wednesday, the Department of Justice divulged on Thursday. Jessica Payge Malcolm of California was one of the […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Anchorage accountant who was indicted along with her husband to 39 counts that included bank fraud, wire fraud, fraudulent transactions with an access device, and aggravated identity theft in September of 2017 has pleaded guilty in a plea agreement according to the Department of Justice on Tuesday. 53-year-old Jill Diane Applebury, aka: “Jill Wetzsteon who was the […]
Anchorage, Alaska Sept. 5, 2018 – An in-depth study by Better Business Bureau finds that, while consumers may write fewer checks in this era of electronic financial transactions, fake check scams are on the rise. Fake checks are used in a variety of frauds, from employment scams to prize and sweepstakes fraud. In all cases, victims deposit […]