fraud

(Tacoma, WA)  --  A former employee of the Washington State Employment Security Department has been sentenced for fraud.  Reyes De La Cruz, of Moses Lake, worked processing pandemic-related unemployment claims.  He modified claims, so the people would receive large lump sum amounts and then he would collect a portion for himself.  He defrauded 360-...

The car pictured is NOT the actual stolen vehicle but is almost identical.

KPD is seeking to ID and locate these two.

Man tried it twice, once after being let out of jail.

(Kennewick, WA) -- It's being called a "BIN Attack." Gesa Credit Union says it resulted in some members recently having thousands of dollars stolen from their accounts. It's an incident in which a thief takes mostly random numbers and attempts to use them for credit and debit card purchases ...

(Seattle, WA) -- The former owner of an electronics recycling firm in Seattle is receiving an extra six months in prison for defrauding his company and the IRS. Jeffrey Zirkle was sentenced to over two years in prison for secretly shipping electronic waste to Hong Kong, instead of recycling the material back while he was in charge of Total Reclaim ...

(Olympia, WA) -- Three Republican State lawmakers are accused of using taxpayer money to travel to South Dakota to attend an election "cyber symposium" hosted by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. The Seattle Times reports that public records show Representatives Brad Klippert of Kennewick, Robert Sutherland of Granite Falls, and Vicki Kraft of Vancouver requested and received expense reimburse

(Olympia, WA) -- Washington state is recovering nearly 500-thousand dollars in stolen unemployment benefits. Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson's office says the stolen funds were found in bank accounts allegedly used by suspects involved in last year's 650-million-dollar unemployment fraud ...

RICHLAND, Wash.-- Unfortunately for many Tri-Cities residents, another round of card skimming is making its way through the region, with dozens of people reporting that has has been taking out of their accounts with cloned debit cards. The Richland Police Department is currently investigating 15 cases of fraud, resulting in cash being withdrawn from customer accounts from an ATM, using the victim'