October 12, 2018 (Anchorage, AK) – The Department of Law’s Consumer Protection Unit and the Department of Revenue are warning the public about a potential new tax scam. The scam purports to send a notice from the Internal Revenue Service, Alaska Department of Revenue notifying the consumer or business of a non-residence tax payment owed. […]
WHITE HOUSE — Americans across the country heard their cellphones simultaneously sound an alarm on Wednesday as the federal government tested, for the first time, its presidential wireless emergency alert system. Authorities assured the public in advance this was only a test, but in a real national emergency — such as the detection of an incoming […]
During the last two weeks of May 2018, APD was notified by at least six separate victims regarding Verizon phone accounts opened in their names. In all but one of the cases, each of the victims received at least one new iPhone delivered to their home along with a bill for a Verizon phone account. […]
An 83-year-old Hydaburg resident called into Alaska State Troopers at 5:30 AM on Thursday morning to report that “an unknown male entered his residence and demanded his wallet,” the trooper Dispatch reported. The victim told troopers that the unknown male was armed with a crowbar. The incident ended with the suspect leaving with the homeowner’s cell phone […]