ANCHORAGE, Alaska—A fisheries aide to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has acknowledged falsifying records that netted him an extra $100,000 while commercial fishing in southeast Alaska in 2005.
Arne Fuglvog admitted in a plea deal to one count of violating the Lacey Act for falsely reporting where he caught sablefish.
He resigned from Murkowski's staff Sunday.
Fuglvog signed the plea agreement with the federal government April 8, but it was only made public Monday in U.S. District Court records, as first reported by the Alaska Dispatch.
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