ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was sentenced Wednesday to six months home confinement and more than $400,000 in fines and restitution for illegally trafficking in walrus ivory and failing to report business income to the IRS. According to court documents, Walter Earl, 76, owner of The Antique Gallery, regularly trafficked in illegal walrus ivory for […]
On April 17 a two-and-a-half-year investigation and judicial process came to a close when Robert Thompson, 53, of Rockwood, Maine, was sentenced to eight months imprisonment for evading federal income tax and for illegal sales of lobsters. The Court also ordered Thompson to pay the Internal Revenue Service restitution of $65,172. “When it comes to […]
Effective Monday, only two months after seeking and winning his re-election as Republican Congressman from Staten Island, Representative Michael Grimm will no longer fill a seat in the House. Grimm, from New York’s 13th District announced his resignation one week after pleading “guilty” to Felony Tax Evasion. He had earlier announced his intentions to stay on […]
It was announced by the Justice Department that 60-year-old James R. Back was convicted in U.S. District Court in Anchorage on seven federal tax crimes on Thursday. Back, an Alyeska Pipeline technician was found guilty by a eight-woman/four-man jury after a one hour deliberation that concluded a three-day trial. He had gone to trial on […]