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 […]
On Tuesday the Anchorage Police Department reported that they had opened an investigation of an Anchorage woman on Saturday night that resulted in charges that include robbery after a fraudulent transaction at a Walmart store. According to the APD report, police responded to the Walmart on the old Seward Highway at 9:23 PM in reference […]
It was reported on the trooper dispatch on Wednesday the Alaska State troopers along with the United States Forest Service L EO and Alaska Wildlife Troopers arrested a Texas duo on extraditable warrants yesterday evening. At about 4:40 PM on Wednesday authorities contacted a vehicle parked at a business on the 4200 block of Don King Road […]
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 […]