Alaska State Troopers are alerting the public state-wide of a scam being carried out on the phone with the caller identifying themselves as a trooper, the trooper dispatch reported on Tuesday. According to the advisory, the scammer identifies themselves as a trooper and then “explains to their victim that a court date was missed or […]
A Wasilla man has been sentenced to four years in prison for an elaborate phone scam that began in August of 2014, after a joint investigation by Mat-Su Valley State Troopers, Anchorage Police, Kenai Peninsula-based Troopers and the Office of Special Prosecutions in Anchorage, it was reported on Wednesday. On April 28th, 2015, troopers became […]
A North Carolina couple pleaded guilty for leading a Costa Rican sweepstakes fraud scheme that defrauded hundreds of elderly Americans.Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins of the Western District of North Carolina made the announcement.Jessica Anne Brown, 39, of Greensboro, North Carolina, pleaded […]