ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Homer big game transporter was sentenced Monday to five years’ probation for providing big game transportation services for four illegally taken black bears in the Kenai Peninsula. According to court documents, Travis Larson, 49, has been a licensed big game transporter since 2010, and provides transporter services through his company, Alaska […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Southeast Alaska commercial fisherman was sentenced today to six months in prison for falsifying fishing records in violation of the Lacey Act and illegally taking a sperm whale in violation of the Endangered Species Act. According to court documents, between October and November 2020, Dugan Paul Daniels, 55, of Coffman Cove, […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – last week, an enforcement team from the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (DCCED) Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office and staff from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Division of Agriculture entered three Anchorage-area businesses and seized hemp-derived products being illegally offered to the public. A total of 2,729 illegal products […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Chinese national was sentenced Monday to two years’ supervised release and agreed to turn over to the United States over $73,000 and a luxury vehicle related to an illegal guide-outfitter scheme he ran for over a year. According to court documents, beginning in August 2021, Jun “Harry” Liang, 41, and his […]