Washington Internet Law
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United States of America v. Jered Shay Picard
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Assaulting His Intimate Partner with a Firearm and Attempted Witness Tampering
Nespelem Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Assaulting His Intimate Partner with a Firearm and Attempted Witness Ta... More...
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(07-03-2025 - WA)
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United States of America v. Daniel Jose Lile
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing unapproved electronic devices
Registered sex offender charged federally with possession of images of child sexual abuse
A 34-year-old Kirkland, Washington man a... More...
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(05-23-2025 - WA)
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United States of America v. Daniel John Kraft
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Receipt of Child Pornography and one count of Possession of Child PornographyReceiving and Possessing Sexually Explicit Material from Minors
Tonasket Man Charged with Receiving and Possessing ... More...
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(03-17-2025 - WA)
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United States of America v. Nicholas James Thieschafer
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production and Attempted Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Spokane Valley Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Production and Attempted Production of Child Sexual Abuse MaterialMore...
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(02-14-2025 - WA)
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United States of America v. Johnathan Freeman Hunt
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Spokane Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material
On January 22, 202... More...
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(01-23-2025 - WA)
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United States of America v. Johnathan Freeman Hunt
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receipt of Child Pornography
Spokane Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material
United States Distric... More...
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(01-23-2025 - WA)
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United States of America v. Joshua David Harding
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Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Yakima Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material
U.S. Attorney Vanessa R. W... More...
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(01-16-2025 - WA)
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United States of America v. Edward James Creed
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of images of child sexual abuse
Registered Sex Offender sentenced to 10 years in prison for possession of images of child sexual abuse
A 53-ye... More...
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(12-20-2024 - WA)
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United States of America v. Lucas Daniel Murphy
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually and Physically Abused a Young Teen
New Mexico Man Who Sexually and Physically Abused a Young Teen Following Abduction from a Kennewick Home, Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison <... More...
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(08-15-2024 - WA)
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United States of America v. Gerald Alan Nott
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Receipt of Child Pornography
Richland Sex Offender Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison on Child Pornography Charges
Between Decem... More...
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(08-16-2024 - WA)
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United States of America v. Ashton Connor Garcia
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Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with extensive illegal harassing activity
Bremerton Washington, man sentenced to 3 years in prison for extensive swatting campaign targeting victims in US and Canada More...
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(06-05-2024 - WA)
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United States of America v. Dirk Tichgelaar
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child sexual abuse crimes.
Traveled from Portland, Oregon to Whatcom County, Washington, believing he would rape a 5-year-old
A 49-year-old Portland, Oregon man w... More...
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(03-18-2024 - WA)
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United States of America v. Dirk Walter Tichgelaar
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child sexual abuse crimes .
Traveled from Portland, Oregon to Whatcom County, Washington, believing he would rape a 5-year-old
A 49-year-old Portland, Oregon man was sentenced to 2... More...
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(03-18-2024 - WA)
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United States of America v. Larry Jay Halls
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Richland, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Traffickimg.
Kennewick Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Prison for Possessing More Than a Dozen Weapons
Larry Jay Halls, age 54, of the Tri-Cities, was sentenced after pleading g... More...
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(03-14-2024 - WA)
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United States of America v. Sakiru Olanrewaju Ambali
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Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud on COVID relief programs.
Canadian resident sentenced to 3+ years in prison for more than $1 million fraud on COVID relief programs
A 45-year-old Nigerian citizen who defraud... More...
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(03-14-2024 - WA)
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United States of America v. Changpeng Zhao
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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 .
Binance Holdings Limited (Binance), the entity that operates the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.com, pleaded guilty today and has agreed to pay... More...
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(11-22-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Lamar Allen Thompson
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Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing and possessing images of child sexual abuse.
A 2018 investigation revealed that Lamar Allen Thompson, who was on state supervision as a sex offender for a 2016 conviction for molesting two minor children, filmed his molestation of two different minor children. Washington State Department of Correc... More...
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(09-11-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Allen Richard Smith
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Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with producing images of child pornography depicting minor boys in the Philippines.
Allen Richard Smith, 66, of Richland, Washington, first came to the attention of law enforcement because Facebook reported that he was distributing images of child pornography on Facebook from April 2019 through May 2020. Special A... More...
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(08-14-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Jaiden Gyvan Petersen
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with production of child pornography.
This case stemmed from a CyberTip or a notice to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) reporting the online exploitation of children. The FBI received the CyberTip, which originated from Snapchat, indicating child pornography had traveled across Snapcha... More...
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(06-08-2023 - WA)
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Bob Dawson, et al. v. Porch.com, Inc., et al.
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Seattle, Washington consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theories.
Defendants claimed to have identified “a real question” regarding the viability of plaintiffs' autodialer claims, and plaintiffs have not shown that they will be prejudiced if a stay is ordered. Wood v. McEwen, 644 F.2d 797, 802 (9th Cir. 1981).<... More...
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(03-28-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Miguel Antonio Mondaca
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Child Sex Trafficking, Online Enticement, and Child Pornography Production and Receipt.

Federal Courthouse - Spokane, Was... More...
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(02-21-2023 - WA)
United States of America v. Paul Von Nahme
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of child pornography.
Paul Von Nahme was arrested in April 2021, after an overseas law enforcement agency reported that Von Nahme was using the ‘Kik’ social media platform to send images of child sexual abuse to a person overseas. The agency also reported Von Nahme was making claims online that ... More...
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(07-08-2022 - WA)
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United States of America v. Lorenzo Jimenez Alanis
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing methamphetamine, along with downloading and possessing a large collection of child pornography.
Lorenzo Jimenez Alanis, 47, of Mabton, Washington, was a source of supply for pound level quantities of methamphetamine associated with a drug trafficking organization operating directly out of Mexico. ... More...
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(06-07-2022 - WA)
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United States of America v. Fainyan Kain James Kimmerly
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with persuading a 13-year-old to produce sexual images of the 13-year-old and send the images to the Defendant.
In the summer of 2019, Fainyan Kain James Kimmerly, age 22, of Spoken, used Facebook to communicate with a 13-year-old whom he knew to be a minor. In a series of Facebook Messenger communications, Kimmerly... More...
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(05-19-2022 - WA)
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United States of America v. Richard Dale Wright, Jr.
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with downloading images of child pornography.
An undercover FBI Special Agent went online in the Spring of 2019 to identify people in the Spokane community who were sharing large volumes of known or suspected child pornography. The agent downloaded a number of child pornography files from Richard Dale Wright’s co... More...
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(05-19-2022 - WA)
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United States of America v. Monica Linker
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with receipt of child pornography.
Monica Linker, age 32, of Walla Walla, Washington, was indicted for Receipt of Child Pornography.
According to court documents, an FBI Special Agent went online in an undercover role to locate people in the community who were trading child pornography. The agent downloa... More...
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(11-18-2021 - WA)
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United States of America v. Gary Stensland
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.
In September 2018, Gary Stensland, age 33, traveled to Portland to meet a 13-year-old whom he had contacted via an internet app. Stensland returned to Seattle with the minor and paid the minor for sex. Stensland then drove the youth back to Portland. The youth disclosed the... More...
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(11-07-2021 - WA)
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Bob Dawson, et al. v. Porch.com, Inc., et al.
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Seattle, WA: Consumer law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 U.S.C. 227) violations.
See: 47 U.S.C §227. Restrictions on use of telephone equipment
(a) Definitions
As used in this section—
(1) The term “automatic telephone dialing system” means equipment which has the capacity—
(A) to store or... More...
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(08-17-2021 - WA)
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United States of America v. Cova Campbell
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Tacoma, WA: Wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Cova Campbell, a former Pierce County Housing Authority executive, who was indicted for sealing nearly $7 million from her employer.
Campbell pleaded guilty in January 2021, admitting that between March 2016 and July 2019, she used a variety of schemes to divert $6.9 million in public money to her own bank accounts. A... More...
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(08-27-2021 - WA)
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United States of America v. Brandon Culp
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Tacoma, Washington Brandon Culp was charged and convicted for a second time for child exploitation.
Culp was living in Tacoma as a registered sex offender in 2019, when a social media company alerted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an account associated with Culp had shared images of child sexual abuse. In January 2020, law enforcement executed a court-autho... More...
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(06-22-2021 - WA)
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United States of America v. Gail Lynn Burnworth and Michael Kellar
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Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with distribution of child porn.
Gail Lynn Burnworth, 53, and her boyfriend Michael Kellar, 59, were arrested in August 2017, after an alert passenger on a July 31, 2017, flight to San Jose, California, noticed disturbing texts between Kellar, who was on the plane, and Burnworth, who was in Tacoma. The investigati... More...
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(05-19-2021 - WA)
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United States of America v. James Lee Crooker
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Spokane, Washington attempted child porn production charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, James Lee Crooker, age 36, who was charged with three counts of attempted production of child pornography, each involving a different victim, on June 17, 2020.
Crooker had previously entered a guilty plea to one count of production of child pornography pertaining to one minor aged v... More...
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(04-19-2021 - WA)
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United States of America v. Kelly Thomas Jackson
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Seattle, Washington "Molotov Cocktail" possession charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kelly Thomas Jackson, age 21, who was charged with unlawful possession of a destructive device in violation of 26 U.S.C. 2561 and 5845.
Jackson was arrested in September 2020 when he was identified as the person who used Molotov cocktails to burn two Seattle Police vehicles in downtown ... More...
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(04-01-2021 - WA)
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United States of America v. Mukund Mohan
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Seattle, Washington wire fraud and money laundering charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Mukund Mohan, 48, of Clyde Hill, who was charged in July 2020 fraudulently making loan applications, making numerous false and misleading statements about the companies’ respective business operations and payroll expenses.
Mohan submitted fake and altered documents, including fake ... More...
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(03-16-2021 - WA)
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United States of America v. Juan Rivera
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Spokane, Washington conspiracy to produce child pornography charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Juan Rivera, age 47, of Moses Lake, Washington, who was charged with Conspiracy to Produce Child Pornography.
Rivera is a citizen of Mexico who was previously removed from the United States in 2003 and 2009.
According to information disclosed during court proceedings... More...
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(01-19-2021 - WA)
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United States of America v. Cova Campbell, a/k/a Cova Hunter
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Tacoma, Washington wire fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Cova Campbell, a/k/a Cova Hunter, who was charged with wire fraud in connection with her scheme to steal nearly $7 million. She used a variety of schemes to divert $6.9 in public money to her own bank accounts.
According to records filed in the case, CAMPBELL initiated wire transfers of as much as $50... More...
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(01-18-2021 - WA)
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United States of America v. Ryan S. Hernandez
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Seattle, Washington computer hacker criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Ryan S. Hernandez, who was charged with federal crimes related to his computer hacking scheme and his possession of child pornography found on his digital devices.
Hernandez, aka Ryan West, who used the online moniker RyanRocks, pleaded guilty to a two-count information in January 2020.
According... More...
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(12-09-2020 - WA)
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United States of America v. Dennis Michael Hogan
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Spokane, WA - The United States of America charged Dennis Michael Hogan, age 60, with for Online Enticement of a Minor Girl to Engage in Production of Child Pornography and Attempted Illicit Sexual Conduct in Foreign Places.
According to information disclose... More...
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(09-10-2020 - WA)
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United States of America v. Samuel Phillips
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Tacoma, WA - The United States of America charged Samuel Phillips, age 27, with the production of child porn using a 5-year-old child.
According to the plea agreement, in March 2018, PHILLIPS was residing in a Tacoma apartment with a child under the age of 5, w... More...
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(09-10-2020 - WA)
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United States of America v. Mukund Mohan
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Seattle, WA - The United States of America charged Mukund Mohan, age 48, with fraudulently seeking over $5.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and laundering the proceeds.
Mohan, of Clyde Hill, Washington, ... More...
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(07-29-2020 - WA)
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Kent Morlan, Esq.
Editor & Publisher
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