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News Tipoffs - Alaska Editors Newsletter for Sunday September 01, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Alaska U.S. Attorney: 'Drug Kingpin' Gets 28 Years for Trafficking Drugs From Mexico to Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2024: The leader of an extensive transnational drug trafficking organization was sentenced to 28 years in prison on Wednesday for running a conspiracy that trafficked vast amounts of dangerous drugs to Alaska. According to court documents, Miguel Baez Guevara, a.k.a. "Javi," 41, a U.S. citizen who was living in Mexico, was the leader of a transnational criminal  more

Alaska U.S. Attorney: Former Tribal Council Employee Charged With Embezzlement, Wire Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last week charging a Dillingham man with federal crimes associated with a scheme to steal funds from the Curyung Tribal Council while he served as an accountant/ IT specialist. According to court documents, from October 2023 to February 2024, William Corbett, 35, stole over $94,000 from the Tribal Council while employe  more