U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska
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An Anchorage physician and her husband have pleaded guilty to charges involving a $12.5 million health care fraud scheme and evasion of over $4 million in taxes. Dr. Claribel Tan, 61, and Daniel Tan, 70, operated a rheumatology clinic in Anchorage...
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A man from Shaktoolik, Alaska, was sentenced last week to 30 years in federal prison and an additional 30 years of supervised release after being convicted of sexually exploiting three minors to produce child pornography and cyberstalking four...
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About a week ago, severe flooding caused by the remnants of Typhoon Halong struck Alaska’s western coastline.
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A Wasilla man has pleaded guilty to distributing carfentanil, a powerful synthetic opioid, which led to the death of a 16-year-old girl and the near fatal overdose of another adult.
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A Pennsylvania man has been charged with seven counts of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Alaska’s 2022 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) program.
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A Chinese national residing illegally in the United States has been charged with participating in an international drug trafficking conspiracy that involved shipping methamphetamine from Mexico into the U.S. and then to New Zealand using a virtual...
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A Fairbanks resident, George Romero, 37, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing firearms and body armor while on parole.
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A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted Michael Edward Gregg, 62, of Anchorage, and Vikash Pandey, 36, an Indian national residing in India, on charges related to a $4.5 million fraud and money laundering scheme that spanned approximately nine...
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A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted a Fairbanks resident, Jacob Peter, 25, on charges of distributing fentanyl that led to a fatal overdose in March 2025.
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Two Anchorage residents, Kyoung Seo and Chantel Fields, were arrested following a federal grand jury indictment charging them with conspiring to maintain a drug-involved premise at the Chelsea Inn Hotel (CIH) in Anchorage.
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An Oregon resident has been charged in the District of Alaska with offenses related to the creation and operation of the “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire botnet.
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A Washington state resident, Kaden Ollila, 21, of Tacoma, was sentenced in Juneau, Alaska to 20 years in federal prison for crimes involving child pornography and cyberstalking.
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Five southeast Alaska commercial fishermen have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring to illegally harvest halibut in violation of the Lacey Act.
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The last two members of a six-person drug trafficking group have pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute large quantities of fentanyl and heroin in Alaska.
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A Wainwright resident, Robert Segevan, 31, was arrested by the FBI on charges related to alleged child exploitation offenses.
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An Anchorage man, Andrew Lee, 42, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing drugs with the intent to distribute while on parole.
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A Fairbanks man, Edward Ginnis, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for distributing fentanyl, which led to a fatal overdose.
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A Wasilla man has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in November 2022.
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A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted two Anchorage residents, Corey Clifton and Elizabeth Cruickshank, on charges related to trafficking fentanyl and laundering drug proceeds.
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U.S. Attorney Michael J. Heyman announced the progress of Operation Take Back America in Alaska, which has led to criminal charges against 39 defendants within four months of its launch.