Category: Washington – Western District
Leader of prolific fentanyl trafficking ring sentenced to 20 years in prison | USAO-WDWA
Seattle – Three men who were convicted at trial in August 2021, of multiple federal felonies for distributing fentanyl pills in Snohomish, Skagit, and Whatcom Counties, were sentenced to lengthy…
Seattle woman sentenced to prison for embezzling from high-end mountain bike company | USAO-WDWA
Seattle – A Seattle woman who was employed as a contract bookkeeper and accountant for a high-end mountain bike company was sentenced November 19, 2021, in U.S. District Court in…
Seattle Doctor Found Guilty of Fraudulently Obtaining Millions of Dollars from COVID-19 Relief Programs | USAO-WDWA
WASHINGTON – A federal jury convicted a Seattle doctor yesterday of fraudulently seeking over $3.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) COVID-19 relief funds….
Lower Elwha S’Klallam Tribal Member Charged With Sexual Abuse of Minors | USAO-WDWA
Tacoma – A 68-year-old member of the Lower Elwha S’Klallam Tribe was indicted this week on multiple counts of sexual abuse of minors, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Joseph Anthony…
Tacoma woman charged with wire fraud for stealing more than $550,000 from friends and acquaintances | USAO-WDWA
Seattle – a 40-year-old Tacoma woman appeared today in U.S. District Court in Seattle on a criminal complaint charging four counts of wire fraud for her scheme to defraud various…
Sedro-Woolley, Washington, man charged with arson at Capitol Hill nightclub | USAO-WDWA
Seattle – A Sedro-Woolley area man will make his initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Seattle, charged with the February 24, 2020 arson at Queer/Bar, a nightclub and…
Pair indicted for defrauding COVID-19 benefit programs | USAO-WDWA
Seattle – A Seattle area pair was indicted today in the Western District of Washington, for more than $1 million in fraud on COVID-19 relief programs, announced U.S. Attorney Nick…
Leader of tree poaching ring that started massive Olympic Peninsula forest fire sentenced to 20 months in prison | USAO-WDWA
Tacoma — The lead defendant in a scheme to unlawfully harvest maple trees from the Olympic National Forest that resulted in a massive 2018 forest fire was sentenced late yesterday…
Upper Skagit tribal member sentenced to 15 years in prison for assault | USAO-WDWA
Seattle – A 44–year-old member of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison for three federal felonies in…
Former metallurgist lab director pleads guilty to major fraud on USA | USAO-WDWA
Tacoma – The former Director of Metallurgy at Bradken Inc. pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to defrauding the United States by falsifying test results that measure…
