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1/30/07 SINGH
INDIAN NATIONAL CONVICTED OF HUMAN SMUGGLING - Kent Resident tied to Conspiracy that Smuggled Dozens of Indian and Pakistani Nationals into U.S.

1/30/07 MOORE
FORGER LINKED TO MULTIPLE IDENTITY THIEVES PLEADS GUILTY - Key Player in Bank Fraud Schemes that Victimized Dozens

1/26/07 SULLIVAN
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF JEFFREY C. SULLIVAN AS INTERIM UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

1/26/07 HENNINGS
SEATTLE WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR STEALING INFO FROM EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENTS - Woman Worked for Medical Billing Company; Stole Credit Card Numbers Used in Fraud

1/26/07 PLOWMAN
LAWYER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING CRIME - Used Cash from Drug Dealer to Purchase Laundromat to Launder Drug Money

1/26/07 WILSON
TACOMA MAN GETS 10 YEAR PRISON TERM FOR DRUG AND GUN CRIMES - Pierce County Violent Crimes Task Force takes Crack Dealer Off the Street

1/25/07 YOUNG
WHIDBEY ISLAND MAN SENTENCED FOR USING THE INTERNET TO ENTICE A MINOR TO TRAVEL FOR ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY - Crime Uncovered when Girl Mistakenly Took Plane to Washington D.C.

1/25/07 MCKAY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY JOHN McKAY JOINS SEATTLE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL - U.S. Attorney Credited with Innovative Leadership of Federal and Local Law Enforcement

1/24/07 REAN
VANCOUVER BANK ROBBER CONVICTED FOLLOWING TWO DAY TRIAL - Robber's Efforts to Hide Distinctive Dental Grillz Helped Teller Remember Him

1/24/07 CAO
MARIJUANA MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY SHUT DOWN - Feds and Locals Arrest Seven; Seize 3,700+ plants, $275,000 Cash, Cars and Jewelry

1/23/07 IRIKA
SHIPPING LINE PAYS $750,000 IN FINES AND ASSESSMENTS FOR ILLEGAL OCEAN DUMPING - Money Will Fund Environmental Projects in Washington and Award for Whistle Blower

1/19/07 BLAND
TACOMA WOMAN SENTENCED TO TEN MONTHS IN PRISON FOR SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD - Claimed Disability While Working at Mother's Beauty Salon

1/19/07 LEWIS
LAKEWOOD MEN SENTENCED TO LONG PRISON TERMS FOR GUN AND DRUG TRAFFICKING - Guns Purchased at Gun Shows Smuggled into Canada; Drugs Smuggled into U.S.

1/19/07 LEE
KOREAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR BANK FRAUD SCHEME - Defendant Led Group That Used False Korean Passports to Commit Bank Fraud Across the Country

1/18/07 CZINEGE
CANADIAN MAN CONVICTED OF COCAINE TRAFFICKING - Trucker Had More than 250 Pounds of Cocaine Hidden in Fuel Tanks

1/18/07 SWANSON
THIRD PHARMACY BURGLAR PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH PHARMACY BURGLARY AND DRUG DISTRIBUTION SCHEME - Conspirators Broke into Pharmacies Throughout the Northwest and West Coast

1/17/07 MCKAY
US ATTORNEY PRESENTED WITH DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD - John McKay Honored by Secretary of Navy for Innovative Leadership

1/12/07 COATES
VANCOUVER MAN WHO WAS PAID $10,000 TO POSE AS GROOM IN VISA FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED - Fifth of some Thirty Defendants Charged with Accepting Trips and Cash to engage in Sham Marriages

1/12/07 COMA
SCUBA-SUITED BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON - Olympia Repeat Pffemder Troed tp Swo, Away from Police

1/5/07 FELDMAN
VANCOUVER MAN WHO ENTERED INTO SHAM MARRIAGE AS PART OF VISA FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED - Fourth of Some Thirty Defendants Charged with Accepting Trips and Cash to Engage in Sham Marriages

1/5/07 MOLINA
MEXICAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO 60 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN DEALING FIVE LBS. OF METH - Meth Brought up from Mexico was Highly Pure "Ice"

1/5/07 LOFTUS
GRAHAM MAN SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR CONSPIRACY INVOLVING STOLEN MILITARY GOODS - Defendant Purchased More than a Million Dollars Worth of Stolen Army Equipment from Active Duty Soldiers

1/5/07 JOSS
SNOHOMISH COUNTY WOMAN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR DEALING POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE - Defendant Had Two Pounds of Meth in Arlington Home; Claimed Nearly 100 Regular Customers

1/5/07 BROWN
TWO SEATTLE AREA MEN GET TEN YEAR PRISON TERMS FOR METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING - Men Dealt Methamphetamine, Crack Cocaine, Marijuana and Ecstacy and Guns

1/4/07 AKRAM
EVERETT MAN SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR WIRE AND FOOD STAMP FRAUD - Pakistani Grocery Owner Paid Cash for Food Stamps Resulting in $30,000+ Fraud

1/4/07 SHAFFER
TACOMA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Caught in "Operation Emissary" Based in New Jersey