On Wednesday, Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter ordered the Pentagon to cease attempting to collect bonuses that were issued to California National Guard soldiers who erroneously received them for re-enlistment in the Afghanistan and Iraq theaters. In a statement on Wednesday, Secretary Carter wrote “I have ordered the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to suspend all […]
It was announced on Thursday by U.S. District Attorney Karen L. Loeffler, that Puyallup, Washington man, 55-year-old Floyd Jay Mann, has been arrested and charged with 11 counts of wire fraud and eight counts of money laundering for bilking Alaskans out of money. According to this morning’s release by the Justice Department, along with F.Mann’s […]
Soldotna-based troopers apprehended a long-sought suspect, identified as 60-year-old John Anthony Comoza during a traffic stop in Sterling over the weekend. Comoza had outstanding arrest warrants totaling $45,000 dating back to 2006. On January 1st of 2006, Comoza was arrested after he was accused of stealing a Caterpillar Excavator belonging to a Big Lake man. […]
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Wednesday that sentencing took place in Anchorage Federal Court in the case of an Anchorage woman who defrauded an elderly woman suffering from dementia out of over $70,000. 53-year-old Susanna DiFranco, of Anchorage, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess to one year in prison, followed […]