Former finance director of Native nonprofit sentenced to 4 months for thefts

The former finance director of a tribal advocacy nonprofit avoided significant jail time at his federal sentencing in Anchorage on charges of stealing $22,000 from the organization.

Thomas Purcell’s federal public defender and the government urged the court to reduce the penalties generally imposed on defendants facing similar charges of theft, fraud and misapplication of federal funds.

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