Anchorage, Alaska — This tax season, Better Business Bureau Northwest & Pacific warns the public about the dangers of tax identity theft. This warning is in alliance with Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week, which runs from Jan. 29 – Feb. 2, 2018. The public is urged to be vigilant with their personal information so they don’t fall victim of tax identity theft. Here’s how the scam works: Tax identity […]
An Anchorage insurance saleperson who also worked as an Identity Theft Protection Specialist with Harvard Risk Management of Alaska was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L Gleason, it was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder. Kara Hayden pleaded guilty to charges of Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft in early […]
The search for the subject of a report of “a distraught male who fired gunshots from a handgun and threatened a citizen” on Wednesday, April 5th came to a close after a body discovered in the water near Beluga Point on Monday and was positively identified as 36-year-old Kevin Thibodeau on Tuesday. Troopers from Seward […]
On September 14, 2016, Investigators from the Alaska State Troopers, Bureau of Investigations, Financial Crimes Units appeared before the Anchorage Grand Jury and presented a complex check fraud, theft, and identify theft investigation. This investigation discovered four individual victims, five financial institutions, and numerous local businesses accrued a financial loss. The estimated financial loss exceeds […]