09-09-2016 04:00 via alaskapublic.org

WA man charged with defrauding $2.7M from Alaskans

A Washington man has been indicted for fraudulently taking about $2.7 million from Alaskans. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Alaska is charging Floyd Jay Mann, Jr., 55, with 11 counts of wire fraud and eight counts of money laundering.Mann allegedly told his victims that he was going to receive millions of dollars from a class action lawsuit with a pharmaceutical company. He promised the victims that if they helped pay his medical expenses and his legal fees, he would give them a substantial
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