Craig
W. Richards
Attorney
General – State of Alaska
I
bring this issue to your attention in writing and also sent as an
e-mail correspondence upon a subject that needs your attention. My
concern deals with the way a planned “theft” from the State of
Alaska was granted immunity after its success and the perpetrators
let off the hook, for violating the law. I am not a lawyer or
involved in police work, just a citizen in “Good Standing” that
finds it hard to believe that the SOA Department of Justice has
allowed this theft to continue after the fact and thus enrich those
that demonstrated a willingness to perform “Fraud” against the
state, against the citizens of the state as we are the ones that feel
the burden when prosecution finds no merit, and criminals are
rewarded. Back in 2013, I was made aware of a planned fraudulent
attempt by my employer - based out of Fairbanks, Alaska -
to bill the SOA for services never rendered, while performing under a
contract for “Technical Support” before the Alaska Oil & Gas
Conservation Committee. Over $10,000 dollars in one month alone went attributed to
falsification of my work-log record and I have reason to
believe other employees where also targeted. When discovered in 2014
after several months this ongoing theft, realizing my name was
attached to the “Fraudulent" billing invoices before the SOA, I
blew the whistle as any “Good Alaskan” would do and brought my
concerns to the attention of the victims, the AOGCC Board(Catherine
Foerster and Dan Seamount). I provided all the evidence, from the
manipulated “work-logs”, e-mails by my boss that suggested
“burning” the AOGCC at the benefit of another client - Golden Valley Electric Association - and all the evidence
required to indict those involved in this “Theft”. With that
information available making it easy to indict, an investigation was
begun and low and behold the state's civil and
criminal division found nothing that proved falsification, nothing
that proved an attempt of fraud or as sometimes pleaded by
prosecutors, found nothing “against the peace and dignity of the
state”. When my owner/boss decided to theft from the state in
efforts to give another customer a break on work that was already
performed(GVEA) and instead bill the SOA for that work to stay in
good favor with its better long-term customer, there existed a
“bogus” work-log spread-sheet that was fabricated by my boss, to
cover his tracks. My work-log was changed without my permission and
used as an invoice before the AOGCC/Department of Administration for
payment upon services never rendered. Now when the SOA started to
investigate due my whistle-blower action, well it appears that AOGCC
Commission “Chair” Foerster was allowed to work with my boss to
produce another “bogus“ work-log spread-sheet that documented the
same amount of hours - “fraudulent” hours scammed for payment -
but completely different then the original “bogus” work-log? So
new lies to cover the old lies to cover-up this “Theft” and
approved by a high ranking authority under the SOA umbrella? Is this
not enough evidence to indict that “Ham sandwich” and indicate
something has gone wrong with the way the state tries to prosecute
theft? So I am confused, angry, that I went out of my way to blow the
whistle on falsification with all the evidence necessary, lost my job
and in the end the AOGCC allowed the perpetrator a lullaby excuse
“Get Out of Jail” freebie, at my expense and that of the State of
Alaska. This cannot be by any stretch of the imagination what the
state statutes guarantee and by no means any sort of deterrent and
calls out that “Crime Does Pay”, as the company was allowed to
remain on the AOGCC contract after the fact. So I am asking you to
get personally involved as this state's head attorney to find out
what went wrong the outcome of the investigation that allowed invoice
fraud to enrich the crooks. This was and should have been a simple
indictment, as I was told so by the investigator that was handling
the case. Then all went quiet and for some insane reason somebody
decided to allow the criminals leniency. In fact towards the end, I
was not informed to what was going on and had to request the outcome
through a “Public Records” application. Another reason this case
shows questionable signs of doubt, with respect to how it was handled
and the outcome. The evidence was not lacking and I can only think
that the AOGCC was embarrassed over this “Theft” and the
Commission did not want bad publicity under its watch, so instead of
upholding the “Law of the Great Land”, let the robbers go free
without any punishment. Said again, the outcome has punished me as it
has punished the honest citizens of Alaska. So please get to the
bottom of what went wrong in realization that if a simple indictment
like this finds no merit, how safe is this state from criminal
activity. Thanks for your time this serious matter...
PS:
Since I believe the State Legislatures would also find concern the
outcome of this case, I am forwarding this same correspondence to the
House & Senate leadership, also copying Governor Walker. I am
also sending a copy to Catherine Foerster, in efforts she realize she
did wrong in allowing criminals to trespass and get away with this
theft, in efforts she resign as we cannot have authority in critical
positions that do not understand the ramifications of criminal
activity.