U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska
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U.S., Canadian, and German authorities have disrupted four major IoT botnets responsible for record-breaking global DDoS attacks infecting millions of devices worldwide. Officials say international cooperation was key in dismantling criminal infrastructure used by cybercriminals targeting individuals and organizations across multiple countries.
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An Anchorage doctor has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to orchestrating multi-million-dollar health care fraud and tax evasion schemes spanning more than fifteen years alongside her husband. Authorities say their actions endangered patient safety while defrauding insurers out of millions.
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An Eagle River man received ten years in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon during domestic violence. Authorities say he threatened his victim with an illegal weapon after prior convictions. Officials stress this case underscores serious risks when repeat offenders access firearms.
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A Bangladeshi national, Zobaidul Amin, is set to appear in the District of Alaska following his arrest by the FBI.
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Three fishermen from Southeast Alaska have been charged with intentionally sinking their fishing vessels in separate incidents near Sitka and Petersburg, according to court documents filed last month.
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An Anchorage man, Christopher Nickalaskey, 34, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
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A Kodiak man, Gerry Pugal, 38, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy that led to a fatal fentanyl overdose in August 2022.
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An Anchorage man was arrested in Juneau following an indictment by a federal grand jury in Alaska.
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A federal court has ruled in favor of the United States in a medical malpractice lawsuit involving military healthcare providers at Bassett Army Community Hospital in Alaska.
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A Wasilla man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for distributing carfentanil, a potent opioid, which led to the fatal overdose of a minor and the near-fatal overdose of an adult.
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An Anchorage woman was arrested following a federal indictment alleging her involvement in a wire and bank fraud scheme that included mail theft and aggravated identity theft.
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A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted a 28-year-old Kipnuk man, Petngalria Paul, also known as “Garrett,” on multiple child pornography charges.
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A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted Dwight Chris John, a 74-year-old former church elder from Ketchikan, on charges related to child exploitation.
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A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted Adam Pool, a 39-year-old resident of Pelican, on charges related to the advertising and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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Two Alaska State Troopers, Joseph Miller and Jason Woodruff, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of violating civil rights during an incident that took place in May 2024.
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A Ketchikan man has been sentenced to five years in prison and three years of supervised release for possessing a firearm as a felon during a domestic violence incident.
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An Anchorage resident, Thurman Reed, 67, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking large amounts of illegal drugs and possessing a firearm connected to his drug crimes.
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An Eagle River resident, Michael Koetter, 30, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and will remain under supervised release for life after pleading guilty to several child exploitation charges.
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An Anchorage man, Richard Dougherty, 43, was sentenced to 30 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty to producing and possessing child pornography involving multiple minors known to him.
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A Kotzebue man, Jesse Hadley, 33, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually exploiting a minor female in Bethel by surreptitiously filming her and possessing child pornography.