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12/21/07 BOOKER
FORMER MORTGAGE COMPANY LOAN OFFICER SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HER ROLE IN ID THEFT RING - Seattle Woman Gave Confidential Financial Information from Mortgage Applications to Ring Leader

12/20/07 HERSEY
VANCOUVER MAN ADMITS HE LIED ABOUT MILITARY SERVICE AND MEDALS TO GET BENEFITS - Claimed to be Decorated War Veteran and Fraudulently Obtained Medical Benefits

12/20/07 DIAMOND
OREGON BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON - Judge finds Defendant Qualifies as Career Offender

12/20/07 BRANDT
MOUNT VERNON COUPLE INDICTED FOR MEDICAL DEVICE FRAUD - Couple Used Devices Without Medical Training Claiming Cancer Treatment

12/19/07 O'CONNOR
FORMER NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER SENTENCED FOR PROCUREMENT FRAUD - Reserve Officer Steered Contracts to Companies in Which he had a Financial Interest

12/19/07 ROLLOLAZO
TAX PREPARER SENTENCED FOR ASSISTING IN THE PREPARATION OF FALSE TAX RETURN - Preparer Overstated Deductions for 37 Clients, Illegally Lowering Tax Bills

12/19/07 BINDER
FORMER HELLS ANGEL SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR RICO - Admits Involvement in Murder of Snohomish Man in 2001

12/17/07 LYNCH
ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY IN WESTERN WASHINGTON NAMED TO LEAD DOJ RULE OF LAW OFFICE IN IRAQ - Veteran Trial Attorney Returns to Iraq to Help Establish Justice Protocols for Iraqi Government

12/17/07 MCGLOVER
CALIFORNIA MOTHER AND SON SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH SEX TRAFFICKING OF JUVENILES - Juvenile Brought from California to Washington to Work as Prostitute

12/17/07 HAWKINS/SKEINS
BELLEVUE MAN AND TEXAS ATTORNEY CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY, WIRE FRAUD - Judge Orders Pair into Custody Following Two Week Jury Trial

12/14/07 JEFFERSON
TRIBAL MEMBER SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN DEATH OF INFANT SON - Admits He Threw Child, Causing Fatal Head Injury

12/14/07 PARA-BUSTAMONTE
BATTLEGROUND MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

12/14/07 FERRELL
FAA CONTRACTING OFFICERS SENTENCED IN PROCUREMENT FRAUD CONSPIRACY - Judge Says "Culture" at FAA Disturbing, Criticizes Cozy Relationship with Contractors

12/14/07 GRIFFIN
LEADER OF ID THEFT RING THAT USED INSIDERS AT A MORTGAGE COMPANY AND ESCROW FIRM SENTENCED TO LONG PRISON TERM - Conspirators Responsible for More than $335,000 in Fraud

12/14/07 CRUZ
FORMER MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR ACCEPTING BRIBES - Civilian Employee Conspired with Upholstery Shop Owner Splitting More than $50,000 from Fake Billings

12/14/07 MCKILLIP
SECOND DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO CHEAT CASINO - Dealer Conspired and Used "False Shuffle" to Cheat Tribal Casino

12/14/07 NICKELS
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED TO THREE MONTHS IN PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO CHEAT CASINO - Former Pit Boss Introduced Casino Cheats to Dealers at Nooksack Tribal Casino

12/13/07 SHORB
FORT LEWIS CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH PROCUREMENT FRAUD - Defendant Accepted Truck From Contractor During Contract Negotiations

12/13/07 JAMES
PRINCIPAL PHARMACY BURGLAR AND DRUG DISTRIBUTOR PLEAD GUILTY - Snohomish County Man Admits Involvement in Eight Pharmacy Burglaries

12/13/07 BOPP
LONGVIEW MAN SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN SW WASHINGTON PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE NETWORK - Defendant Illegally Sold Owycodone and Dilaudid Near High School

12/12/07 CASTILLO
MEXICAN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO ROBBERY OF JEWELRY COURIER - Victim Robbed at Bellevue McDonalds - Suspects Arrested after Traffic Stop on I-90

12/12/07 KALAMA
QUINAULT TRIBAL MEMBER PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH CRASH THAT CLAIMED TWO LIVES - Defendant Admits to Driving Drunk when Car Carrying Seven Young People Crashed into River

12/10/07 MARLER
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ECSTASY DEALING - Defendant Dealt Ecstasy From Northeast Seattle Home

12/7/07 CADORETTE
THREE INDICTED FOR EFFORTS TO SMUGGLE MORE THAN $1 MILLION OF ECSTASY INTO U.S. - One Canadian and Two Americans Linked to Cache of 52,000 Tablets

12/7/07 THOMPSON
FORT LEWIS SOLDIER SENTENCED TO NEARLY 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ARMED BANK ROBBERY - Soldier Robbed Same Bank Twice

12/7/07 GUDMUNDSON
FORMER MICROSOFT EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR FRAUDULENT BILLING SCHEME - Program Manager Submitted Fraudulent Expense Reports and Invoices to Microsoft and Expedia

12/7/07 LELEA
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED FOR IMMIGRATION FRAUD SCHEME - Posed as Federal Agent to Defraud Immigrants Seeking Help with Citizenship

12/6/07 TORRELLA
TEN INDICTED FOR PRETEXTING IN "OPERATION DIALING FOR DOLLARS" - Defendants Would Adopt Various Identities to Get Confidential Tax, Medical and Employment Info

12/5/07 KAMERLING
NINE CHARGED IN "PUMP AND DUMP" SECURITIES FRAUD SCHEME - Defendants Conspired to Obstruct a Grand Jury and FBI Investigation