Ex-governor aide is guilty in fraud case
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The former chief of staff for ex-Gov. Frank Murkowski pleaded guilty to fraud in an ongoing corruption probe.
Jim Clark apologized for concealing more than $68,000 in Murkowski campaign expenses that were paid for by an oilfield services company.
According to Clark’s plea agreement, filed in U.S. District Court in Anchorage, he could be sentenced to nearly four years in prison, plus three years’ supervised release.
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