Tag: Alaska
Adepoju Babatunde Salako, Wire Fraud, Alaska 2022
⏱ 2 min read Adepoju Babatunde Salako, a 33-year-old Pennsylvania man, devised a scheme to defraud the Alaska Department of Revenue’s Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) program in 2022. Between January and February of that year, Salako fraudulently obtained personal identifying information (PII) for legitimate Alaskan residents and submitted seven separate applications to the Alaska DOR…
Adepoju Babatunde Salako, Wire Fraud, Alaska 2022
A 33-year-old man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for his role in a 2022 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) fraud scheme. Adepoju Babatunde Salako, a Pennsylvania man, pleaded guilty to and was sentenced on Tuesday to a year and a half in prison for committing wire fraud through a 2022 PFD…
Michael Beans, Wildlife Crimes, Alaska 2022
⏱ 2 min read A brazen wildlife guiding scam in rural Alaska has landed a St. Mary’s man a 3-year prison sentence. Michael Beans, 36, preyed on out-of-state hunters, collecting over $59,000 in deposits for guided bull moose hunts he had no license to lead. Between October 2021 and December 2022, Beans contacted hunters on…
Turgeon and Emmi, Lacey Act Violations, Alaska 2022
Turgeon and Emmi, Lacey Act Violations, Alaska 2022 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Two Wasilla men, Theodore Turgeon, 29, and Charles Emmi, 29, have been sentenced for running an illegal guide-outfitter business out of Kodiak that resulted in the harvest of Sitka black-tailed deer and black bears in violation of the Lacey Act. According to court documents,…
Tyrone Hampton, Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2022
⏱ 3 min read An Alaskan apartment in Wasilla was ground zero for a brazen fentanyl trafficking operation, run by California’s Tyrone Hampton, who’s been sentenced to 15 years behind bars. Hampton, 44, orchestrated the smuggling of heroin and fentanyl from California, using a network of gang members and associates to sell the deadly pills…
Vincent Jacobson, Halibut Fishing Conspiracy, Alaska 2022
⏱ 2 min read Vincent Jacobson, a 52-year-old commercial fisherman from Yakutat, Alaska, has been sentenced to five years’ probation for his role in a halibut fishing conspiracy. Along with co-conspirator Jonathan Pavlik, 41, also from Yakutat, Jacobson used Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) permits to commit federal law violations from September 2019 to August 2022.…
Skyler Evans, Child Exploitation, Alaska 2023
⏱ 2 min read A former Fairbanks teacher is behind bars, accused of coercing a minor into producing explicit videos and possessing child pornography. Skyler Evans, 34, allegedly exploited the child starting from an unknown date and continuing until August 25, 2023. He also possessed and attempted to possess the disturbing content until March 25,…
Ezekiel Thomas, Bank Robbery, Alaska 2025
⏱ 2 min read Anchorage man Ezekiel Thomas made a move that would seal his fate. In just 24 hours, he hit two banks, leaving a trail of terror in his wake. It all went down on September 18 and 19, 2025, when Thomas walked into a bank in Anchorage and handed a teller a…
Michelle Pungowiyi, Fentanyl Trafficking, Alaska 2023
⏱ 2 min read A ruthless fentanyl trafficker was sentenced to 10 years in prison after attempting to poison an entire Alaskan village. Michelle Pungowiyi, 51, had been shipping massive amounts of the deadly opioid into Savoonga, a tiny community on St. Lawrence Island with a population of just 835. Between December 2022 and February…
Paul Baldwin Jr., 15 Years for Drug Trafficking, Alaska 2026
Alaska Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Drug Trafficking ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for committing drug trafficking and firearms crimes while on pretrial release in multiple state cases. Paul Baldwin Jr., 35, was convicted of a federal drug trafficking crime in 2013 and sentenced to seven…
