July 8, 2025
(Fairbanks, AK) – Yesterday, Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Patricia Haines sentenced Vicki Moyle, 67, and Annie Williams, 49, to two years’ incarceration with one year suspended and two years of probation for one count each of Scheme to Defraud. One count of Theft in the First Degree for each Defendant merged at sentencing.
In the summer of 2019, Moyle and Williams concocted a plan to purchase the property of Mae Jensen, an elder living in Nenana, to give to a shared family member. Ms. Jensen was Williams’ elderly neighbor. Her home had an assessed value of $71,100.00. Moyle and Williams led Ms. Jensen to believe that the City of Nenana would foreclose upon her property for failure to pay $64,566.33 in past-due property taxes. In truth, the City had sent no foreclosure notices, and Moyle and Williams knew the past-due property taxes could not be collected. In September 2019, Ms. Jensen signed a Quitclaim Deed, selling her home to Williams for $6,533.67 to be paid in $500 per month increments with no interest or down payment. The purchase price was exactly the assessed value of the home with $64,566.33 subtracted. The Quitclaim Deed did not contain any provision wherein Williams or Moyle would assume the past-due property taxes for the home.
On April 22, 2021, the Defendants were indicted by a Grand Jury for one count Scheme to Defraud and one count Theft in the First Degree. On Dec. 2, 2022, a Fairbanks jury found the Defendants guilty on each count. After lengthy post-trial litigation, on March 1, 2024, the court granted the Defendants’ Motion for New Trial.
On April 18, 2025, following a second trial in Nenana, the defendants were again found guilty of Scheme to Defraud and Theft in the First Degree. Their sentencing hearing was scheduled for June 23, 2025, but it was continued to July 7, 2025, due to post-trial litigation.
The first trial was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Tylor Schmitt, formerly of the Fairbanks District Attorney’s Office. The second trial was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jeff Roe. ADA Roe was assisted by Paralegal Mariana Rios and Law Office Assistant Caleb Cooper.
CONTACT: District Attorney Joe Dallaire at 907-451-5970 or joe.dallaire@alaska.gov
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Department Media Contacts: Communications Director Patty Sullivan at patty.sullivan@alaska.gov or (907) 269-6368. Information Officer Sam Curtis at sam.curtis@alaska.gov or (907) 269-6269.
