Adepoju Salako Jailed 18 Months Over $23,000 Alaska PFD Scam

A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for attempting to steal nearly $23,000 through fake Permanent Fund Dividend applications in Alaska. Court records show he used stolen identities of legitimate residents to submit seven false claims and rerouted payments to accounts he controlled. He also used a VPN to mask his location and make multiple applications appear to originate from Alaska. The Alaska Department of Revenue and the FBI uncovered the scheme and denied the fraudulent payouts. He pleaded guilty to seven counts of wire fraud. This sentence will run alongside a separate six-and-a-half-year term in Colorado for COVID relief fund fraud and international money laundering, with an order to pay $2.5 million in restitution.

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