Washington Bank Robbery Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cristian Popescu </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, and money laundering, in violation of 18 U,S,C 1957. Cristian Popescu, 46, of Bothell, Washington, claimed to own and operate a Bellevue company called Followone, Inc. Popescu claimed the company had an internet platform that was both an online global marketplace and... More...
$ (10-16-2026 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Patrick Alan Bucknum </h2> </center>
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Patrick Alan Bucknum, age 55, formerly of Wenatchee, Washington was the Chief Executive Office of Community Clinic Network (CCN), a company located in Wenatchee, Wash... More...
$ (07-12-2026 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joshua Shore </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a scheme to steal from financial institutions where he worked and then launder the money through other banks, scheme to steal from financial institutions where he worked and then launder the money through other banks. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=2... More...
$ (07-12-2026 - WA)<H2> <CENTER> United States of America v. Akeatha Diane Akintola </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing the Social Security benefits intended for a disabled minor. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Akeatha Diane Akintola became a social worker for the Snoqualmie Tribe in January 2023. In September 2023, A... More...
$ (06-19-2026 - wa)United States of America v. Geoffrey K. Auyeung
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Geoffrey K. Auyeung, age 47, of Newcastle, Washington, set up nine different entities that he used to accept proceeds from investors who thought they were investing in the oil and gas industry. The names of business entities that offered purported investments related to oil... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - WA)United States of America v. Tawhnee Willow Colvin
Spokane, Washinngton, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Tawhnee Willow Colvin, of Davenport, Washington, was convicted by a jury on all twenty-six counts charged following a trial in September 2025. As evidence presented at the trial established, Colvin was employed as Assistant Director of the Spokane Tribe of Indians’ Department of Health and Human S... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Mohammed Zafaranchi, aka ‘Mike’
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a web of boiler-room-type call centers that defrauded 1,000 distressed homeowners facing foreclosure. Mohammed Zafaranchi, 43, aka ‘Mike’ was convicted following a week-long trial of all twelve federal charges he faced: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, five counts of wire fraud, five counts of mo... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Gabriel Armas </h1></h1>
Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of narcotics with intent to distribute<br> <br> A federal defendant from Grays Harbor County, Washington, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to two counts of possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Gabriel Armas face... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Tawhnee Willow Colvin </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Twenty-Five Counts of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Federal Jury Convicts Former Assistant Director of Spokane Tribe's Division of Child and Family Services of Twenty-Five Counts of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement</h2... More...
$0 (09-16-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Vitaliy F. Bobak </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with massive stolen goods trafficking scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> First of a pair of men charged in massive stolen goods trafficking scheme enters guilty plea</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></... More...
$0 (09-15-2025 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Vincent Nicholas Petrushkin, aka Vincint Petrushkin, aka Vincent Petrushkin
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Randy Holmes told a confidential informant for the<br> Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives<br> ("ATFâ€) that he needed a gun to conduct a robbery, and ATF<br> set up a sting firearm transaction at a Motel 6 in Spokane on<br> November 5, 2021. Holmes drove... More...
$0 (07-14-2025 - wa)<h1> United States of America v. Steven T. Loo </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of tax evasion and six counts of making false tax returns </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Seattle real estate owner convicted at trial for tax fraud scheme</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></... More...
$0 (07-14-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Bryson Gill </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and for possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Leader of drug trafficking ring connected to Aryan prison gangs sent... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Mohammed Asif </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Indian citizen charged in multi-million-dollar health care fraud scheme </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Indian national indicted for health care fraud will make... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Frank Lozano Graves </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with deal drugs and launder proceeds </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Renton, Washington man who worked with his son to deal drugs and launder proceeds sentenced to 5 years in prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (01-16-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Antonio Feliciano Crawford </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing over $750,000 From COVID Relief Programs </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mead Man Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Federal Prison for Stealing over $750,000 From COVID Relief Programs</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><b... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Nicholas Andrew Anardi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Detonating Homemade Bomb </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Moses Lake Man Who Detonated Homemade Bomb with Shrapnel Sentenced to Federal Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Chief United States District Judge Stan... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Brady Baughman </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbery Affecting Commerce and one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute 30 Grams or More of Fentanyl </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Spokane Man Involved in Robbery of Large Amount of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Sentenced to F... More...
$0 (10-10-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Bryan Wokal </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Spokane Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery of Kalispel Market</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On January 2, 2024, Bryon Wokal walked into the Kalispel Market on the Kalispel Indian Rese... More...
$0 (08-15-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Thomas Andrew Webster, M.D. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Accept Kickbacks in Connection with Fraudulent Telemarketing Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Doctor Sentenced for Conspiring to Accept Kickbacks in Connection with Fraudulent Telemarketing Scheme that Harmed Me... More...
$0 (08-07-2024 - WA)State of Washington v. Christopher Martin
<h2><br> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> </h2><br> <br> Christopher Martin, age 35, was accused of assaulting people at a transit station with a hammer and killing one person.<br> <br> Martin walking in the area of 4th Avenue and Pike Street waving a hammer and yelling at people. Martin then approached the victim, 53-year... More...
$0 (07-12-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Donte Jamal McClellon </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, WA criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Thomas&l=Weaver&i=110126&z=98337" target="_new">Thomas E. Weaver</a> represented the Defendant charged with using fraud to obtain more than $500,000 in COVID benefits </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Seattle man who used fra... More...
$0 (05-29-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Jesus Ruiz-Hernandez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with human trafficking, labor trafficking and money laundering </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Owner of Vashon Island, Washington, landscaping company sentenced to 20 years in prison for human trafficking, labor trafficking and money laund... More...
$0 (05-01-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Leslie Redd III </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, WA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with email compromise scheme </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b>California man who participated in email fraud to steal more than $3 million from boatbuilding companies sentenced to 16 months in prison </h2></center><br> <br> A 47-year-old Inglewood, Cal... More...
$0 (04-26-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Jodi Hamrick </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing from company co-owner </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Former flooring company bookkeeper sentenced to three years in prison for scheme to steal from company co-owner </h2></center><br> <br> The former bookkeeper of a Mukilteo, Wa... More...
$0 (04-26-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Sakiru Olanrewaju Ambali </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red"> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud on COVID relief programs. </font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center><i></b> Canadian resident sentenced to 3+ years in prison for more than $1 million fraud on COVID relief programs </h2></center></i><br> <br> A 45-year-old Nigerian citizen who defraud... More...
$0 (03-14-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Paradise Williams </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a pandemic fraud scheme.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Leader of $6.8 million pandemic fraud scheme sentenced to 5 years in prison </h3></center></i><br> <br> The leader of a wide-ranging fraud scheme that stole more than $3.3 million fro... More...
$0 (03-05-2024 - WA)Charles Conklin v. State Farm Insurance Company
Spokane, Washington insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> The following are hereby defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices of the insurer in the business of insurance, specifically applicable to the settlement of claims:<br> (1) Misrepresenting pertinent facts or insurance pol... More...
$1 (02-13-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Jodi Hamrick </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>Seattle, Washington Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy. </b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> The Defendant used money stolen from company to pay her mortgage and other personal expenses<br> Seattle – The former bookkeeper of a Mukilteo, Washington, flooring ... More...
$0 (01-19-2024 - WA)United States of America v. Si Yong Kim
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion for failing to pay more than $1.7 million in income taxed on income from between 2016 and 2020, Kim underreported the income at his restaurants by more than $1.7 million. He did this by keeping cash proceeds and periodically depositing the cash to his personal bank account or keeping the cash at his home... More...
$0 (12-21-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Changpeng Zhao
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program under 31 U.S.C. 5318(h), 5322(b), 5322(c), and 5322(e), 18:2, and 31:1022.210 .<br> <br> Binance Holdings Limited (Binance), the entity that operates the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.com, pleaded guilty today and has agreed to pay o... More...
$0 (11-22-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Jessica Heinlein, a/k/a Jessica DeVisse
Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in connection with nearly $350,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds.<br> <br> Jessica Heinlein, a/k/a Jessica DeVisser, of Tacoma, made the first loan application on behalf of Tacoma Baking Company in April 2020. In the application she claimed two of the company's eight owners were "sole ow... More...
$0 (11-16-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Chrystal M. Zarate-Cruz
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349.<br> <br> "Conspiracy to commit bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349 is a federal crime that occurs when two or more people agree to commit bank fraud and at least one of them takes an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy. Bank fraud is the kn... More...
$0 (10-20-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Erik A. Read
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing more than $200,000 from a union member's account and other plans.<br> <br> Erik A. Read, age 52, from Tacoma, Washington who worked as a Third Party Administrator for union health and welfare and pension plans was indicted for stealing more than $200,000 from a uni... More...
$0 (07-07-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Rhonda Se Ackerman
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of willfully failing to file her 2015 and 2016 federal income tax returns. <br> <br> Rhonda Sue Ackerman, age 54 of Spokane, Washington, abused her position as a liability claims technician at SCDRM. Between 2014 and 2016, she embezzled $440,315.25 and failed to file federal income tax returns reporting h... More...
$0 (05-26-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Bryan Alan Sparks
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the federal COVID-19 benefit programs of more than $1 million for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft<br> <br> Bryan Alan Sparks, 42, was indicted for the fraud scheme in November 2021 and pleaded guilty January 20,2023. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge James L. Robart said, Sparks was "a s... More...
$0 (05-23-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Susana Tantico
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with embezzlement.<br> <br> "Ms. Tantico, Susana Tanico, age 62, from Renton, Washington, was a trusted financial professional who sadly used her skills to steal from organizations serving those most in need of help,†said U.S. Attorney Brown. "Each time she used the organization's credit card for trips, gambling, or... More...
$0 (05-16-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Santos Gutierrez-Fosella
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking while armed with multiple firearms.<br> <br> Santos Gutierrez-Fosella, age 24, of Mount Vernon, Washington, was indicted with two others on March 30, 2022. Robert Johnny was purchasing pills from Gutierrez-Fosella. He was sentenced in January 2023, to six years in prison. A third co-defendant, Steven Lo... More...
$0 (03-29-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Joann Thomas
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple federal felonies connected to a scheme to steal tax dollars intended for flood control.<br> <br> The wife of the former long-time Commissioner of an East King County drainage district was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for multipl... More...
$0 (01-06-2023 - WA)STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Donovan Ben Patrick ALLEN, Petitioner.
¶â€‰1 We are asked to determine whether any rational trier of fact could have convicted Donovan Allen of aggravated first degree murder upon the evidence properly admitted in this case.   Allen confessed to killing his mother but challenges, among other things, the sufficiency of the evidence that this killing was premeditated and aggravated by robbery.   We affirm.<br> <br> FA... More...
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