ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anchorage jury has convicted a former Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF) employee of multiple criminal charges related to workers’ compensation fraud. Scott Groom was found guilty of one felony count of scheme to defraud, two felony counts of theft in the second degree, and 34 felony counts of […]
In August 2017 a Nissan Xterra was stolen from the driveway of a home on the 1500-block of Zarvis Place. The vehicle was unlocked and a spare key was inside the SUV when it was taken. Two months later, in October 2017, an officer with APD’s Community Action Policing Team (CAP) spotted the vehicle parked […]
An American-Samoan woman living in Anchorage was sentenced in federal court for filing fraudulent tax returns on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder revealed. 54-year-old Corina F. Ifopo was sentenced to two years in prison followed by three years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess on Tuesday following her guilty plea […]
Students who said they were deceived by President Donald Trump’s now-defunct Trump University can now get most of their money back, according to a ruling Tuesday by a federal appeals court. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a March 2017 agreement requiring Trump to pay $25 million dollars to settle […]