State officials say the couple took hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Yakutat elder and used the money to retire early and buy a home in Texas.
Neva Ogle stands on a porch. She passed away in Nov. 2020 while her elder fraud case was still pending: The State of Alaska vs. James Vernon Sigler and Carla Sue Jones Sigler.
Their friend, 86-year-old Yakutat elder Neva Ogle, agreed to lend the Siglers the money. They were all living in Yakutat at the time and knew each other well. In a handshake deal, Ogle wrote the couple a check. Shortly after receiving the second check, the Siglers moved from Yakutat to Bosque County, Texas, where they purchased a five-bedroom house with a swimming pool — all with Ogle’s money.
The police told Ogle to get something in writing. So she went to the couple – who happened to be in Yakutat at the time – and Carla Sigler drafted an agreement, which Ogle signed. That was April of 2014. The agreement had no minimum payments and forgave the debt upon death.
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