The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the resolution of allegations against Dr. Joseph Upton, a physician based in Bellevue, Washington. Dr. Upton has agreed to pay $65,680 to settle claims that he caused false submissions to Medicare,...
Stephen Baird, the former CEO of S-Ray, Inc., is now a fugitive after failing to appear for his sentencing in U.S. District Court in Seattle. U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman announced that Baird, formerly of Bainbridge Island, Washington, defrauded...
A man from Olympia, Washington, Mikey Diamond Starrett, also known as Michael Jason Layes, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for a series of arson attacks and a shooting spree targeting Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Halls in 2018. U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman announced the sentencing, which took place at the U.S. District Court in Tacoma.
A former King County Jail guard has been sentenced to over eight years in prison for accepting bribes and distributing narcotics within the facility. Mosses Ramos, aged 40 from Milton, Washington, received a 102-month sentence from U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez at a hearing in Seattle's U.S. District Court.
A former lawyer from Tacoma, Washington, has been indicted on twelve counts of wire fraud related to the embezzlement of funds from a client's trust account. U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman announced that Colby Parks, 65, is accused of stealing more than $570,000 from a client who was awarded approximately $1.66 million following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.