Alaska Air employee stole cash from customer credit cards

Alaska Newsreader Today's news for the Last Frontier By Kathleen McCoy Published: August 6th, 2008 09:04 AM Last Modified: August 6th, 2008 09:04 AM Alaska Airlines says employee misused customer credit cards. The airline reports this morning that a former call center employee diverted 1,500 customer payments to a personal account, according to the Associated Press. The activity occurred between August 2006 and June 2008. Check your statements for unauthorized transactions, Alaska Air says. Anchorage man faces $32,000-a-day penalty for wetlands damage. A press release from the Environmental Protection Agency says David Sweezey used heavy equipment to clear, grade and fill wetlands and streams to create a pond on his Anchorage property. He did the work in 2003, and the EPA filed an order requiring him to restore the wetlands... [read full story]