An Anchorage police latent fingerprint examiner was placed on unpaid leave Friday after being charged with five counts of perjury in connection with a personal forensic-consulting business he owns. Eagle River resident Mark Halterman, 47, was indicted Thursday on five counts of perjury for allegedly lying under oath during a deposition related to his business, Dtech Consulting Services, police said.

The business offers forensic document examination, latent print examination and crime scene analysis, according to police.

On Aug. 24, Halterman gave sworn testimony by phone on a pending case from Iowa in which he claimed to have completed more than 4,000 hours of training with a qualified document examiner, police said. He also claimed to have a completion certificate from the course, according to police. Police say those statements are not true.

Halterman is a non-sworn employee at the Anchorage Police Department, where he is a latent print examiner. Police said he does not examine documents for the department.

He is due in court to be arraigned next week.