United States of America v. Tahnya Hyung Shafer

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343.

For approximately two years between 2023 and 2025, Tahnya Hyung Shafer, 48, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, stole from her employer using multiple fraudulent schemes, including inflating her paychecks and causing apparently legitimate payments to vendors to be sent to her bank accounts instead of the vendors. In total, the Defendant stole over one million dollars, the vast majority of which she spent at casinos in North Idaho. As a result, the employer fell behind on bills, and the owners had to tap their own funds to keep their employees paid.

The Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 33 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $1,040,126.27 in restitution.