While Haines police investigated a theft of tens of thousands of dollars from Alaska Mountain Guides, the suspect and his wife were stopping in Las Vegas for a concert, seeing a Broadway show in New York and planning a cruise to the Caribbean, according to charging documents.
Alaska Mountain Guides co-owner Sean Gaffney notified police Oct. 6 about “several discrepancies” in the company’s bank accounts and “several unauthorized deposits being made” into Charles’ account, according to charging documents. While Charles was supposedly recovering from surgery on Oct. 6, he told Fierer his access to AMG’s account had been locked. He allegedly said he needed to recover access to pay a contractor about $35,000, according to the complaint. Fierer determined the payment request was spam and initially thought the company had been hacked, but later realized Charles might have made up the request.
Facebook posts indicate the couple went to the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway on Oct. 13, the same day a falsely signed $7,500 check was deposited into the wife’s account, according to the criminal complaint.