Plea Deal Reached In Fraud Case Of Former Board Of Fish Appointee

In 2016, Roland Maw, who had once been an appointee for a Board of Fish commission spot by former Gov. Bill Walker, was charged with several fraud charges, Six years later, the case has been finally resolved, with Maw agreeing to a plea deal. Here’s more from Alaska Public Media:

Maw, a former director and current volunteer with the United Cook Inlet Drift Association, was charged on one misdemeanor in the place of the original 12 charges brought against him. He’ll pay a $500 fine, nearly $9,582 in restitution to the state and will have a criminal conviction on his record. He will no longer be allowed to collect PFDs. …

Attorneys in Montana were first to charge Maw for buying resident hunting and fishing licenses there while he was also claiming residency in Alaska. In 2015, a Montana court barred Maw from hunting and fishing in the state for a year and a half and ordered him to pay a fine.

The charges in Alaska came later.  In 2016, the state accused Maw of illegally collecting PFDs between 2009 and 2014, alleging he had not been honest on his applications about his time Outside. The state indicted Maw on seven felonies and five misdemeanors.