6/30/06 NGUYEN
LEADERS OF VISA FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON - Borthers Recruited Americans to Travel to Vietnam and Pose as Fiancees to Illegally Obtain Visa
6/30/06 MEDIA ADVISORY
MEDIA ADVISORY For July 5, 2006 - Puget sound scores funding for 14 restoration projects
6/30/06 RENECKER
IDENTITY THIEF SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON UNDER NEW FEDERAL STATUTE - Man applied for credit in the names of local companies; charged purchases of more than $100,000
6/23/06 GALLARDO
MEXICAN NATIONAL GETS TEN YEAR TERM FOR DEALING FIVE LBS. OF METH - Meth Brought up from Mexico was Highly Pure "Ice"
6/23/06 JEFFERSON
LUMMI TRIBAL MEMBER SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER - Man Attempted to Make His Girlfriend's Death Look like Suicide
6/21/06 GALINDO-ZURITA
SEVENTEEN ARRESTED IN SNOHOMISH/KING COUNTY DRUG CRACKDOWN - Feds Target Two Drug Distribution Groups Selling Heroin and Cocaine
6/21/06 KLIMAS
CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT - Agrees to Four Year Prison Term for Raiding Bank Accounts in Id Theft Scheme
6/20/06 BROWN
WYOMING BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY FOR HIS ROLE IN TAX FRAUD SCHEME - Assisted Prominent Seattle Businessman in Evading Income Taxes
6/19/06 PUTNAM
ISSAQUAH MAN SENTENCED TO 51 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR IDENTITY THEFT - Long Sentence to Protect the Public from Repeat Offender
6/16/06 FIRST NATION
FIVE CANADIAN FIRST NATION MEMBERS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR DRUG SMUGGLING - Federal Judge Tells Tribal Members to Take Message Back to Canada about Harsh Penalties
6/16/06 MOAMLAE
PUYALLUP MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSING CAR LOAD OF FIREARMS - Discovery of an Improvised Explosive Device Around Defendant's Neck Led to Evacuation of Busy Intersection in Puyallup
6/16/06 AMBAW
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR DEALING CRACK COCAINE - Leader of Gang That Sold Drugs, Used Violence and Intimidation in University District
6/15/06 MITTEN
FORMER FEDERAL MANAGER SENTENCED TO HOME DETENTION FOR CRIMINAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST - Vancouver Man Took Cash, Gifts and Negotiated Future Employment During Business Dealings with Supplier
6/12/06 BLAND
TACOMA WOMAN CONVICTED OF SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD - Defendant Claimed Disability Benefits while Working in her Mother's Beauty Salon
6/9/06 DRY ICE
FEDERAL INVESTIGATION DISMANTLES MAJOR DRUG RING IN SEATTLE AND TACOMA - Investigations Lead to Dozens of Arrests, Multiple Pounds of Cocaine, Meth and Heroin
6/9/06 LUNA-CEJUDO
MEXICAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO 60 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING - Defendant delivered three pounds of Meth to informant in Tacoma Mall parking lot
6/9/06 PICAZO SANCHEZ
WINLICK MAN SENTENCED TO 43 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR MARIJUANA GROWS IN CAPITOL STATE FOREST - Elaborate Grop-op with Nearly 2,000 Plants and Creek Irrigation System
6/9/06 DANIELS
PUYALLUP MAN WHO POSED AS FIANCE IN VISA FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED - First of Some Thirty Defendants Who Accepted Trips and Cash to Engage in Sham Marriages
6/9/06 TANG
TACOMA RESTAURANT OWNER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR HARBORING ILLEGAL ALIENS - Employees of Chinese Restaurant Paid less than Minimum Wage for Long Hours of Work
6/7/06 RAPA
A FAMILY OF IDENTITY THIEVES PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT - Mother, Daughter and Son Used False Identities to Buy Cars, Homes, and Get Tax Refunds
6/5/06 HOFF
KIRKLAND MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SECURITIES FRAUD - Man Defrauded investors in Washington and Alaska of more than $120,000
6/5/06 RUBENAKER
REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 151 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Search of Computer Leads to Seven Arrests - Two Additional Suspects Charged with Molestation
6/5/06 SMOKI
SEATTLE COMPANY AND CEO SENTENCED FOR ALLOWING TAINTED FISH INTO FOOD CHAIN - Company's Tainted Bait Fish was Ultimately Sold for Human Consumption
6/5/06 PARK
TACOMA PASTOR CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY, VISA FRAUD AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE - Leader of Hope Korean Church Convicted of Seeking Visas for Imposter Religious Workers
6/2/06 COON
SEQUIM FATHER AND SON SENTENCED TO PROBATION FOR BIRD BAITING - Practice Leads to Slaughter of Ducks in Hunting Areas
6/2/06 RUSSELL
SNOHOMISH MAN SENTENCED IN CROSS BURNING INCIDENT - Lied to a Federal Grand Jury about July 2004 Cross Burning in Edmonds
6/2/06 NGUYEN
MEMBER OF ID THEFT RING THAT PREYED ON STARBUCKS' EMPLOYEES SENTENCED TO PRISON - Group Used Info from Starbucks Human Resources Employee to Raid Bank Accounts