Tag: seattle
Jahri Asad Cunningham, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Washington 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jahri Asad Cunningham, 48, of Houston, Texas, was the mastermind behind a COVID rental assistance fraud ring that sought to defraud over $6.8 million in benefits. Alongside his sister, Paradise Williams, Cunningham submitted fake applications to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program in 2021 and 2022, posing as…
Octavio Salazar Palma, Fentanyl Trafficking, Washington 2025
⏱ 2 min read Octavio Salazar Palma, a 34-year-old Federal Way resident, led a wide-ranging drug distribution network that peddled fentanyl, cocaine, and meth in Seattle’s International District and nearby homeless encampments. The operation was uncovered in May 2025, following a lengthy wire-tap investigation. Palma’s greed-driven conspiracy put the community at risk, prompting law enforcement…
Hector Duran Aldaco, Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, Washington 2026
⏱ 2 min read Hector Duran Aldaco, a 25-year-old from Federal Way, led a massive drug trafficking ring that flooded Western Washington with large loads of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine. Despite multiple law enforcement seizures, the ring persisted, using rental cars and intercity bus lines to transport the drugs. In May 2024, Aldaco and over…
Jose Manuel Frias Lopez, Cocaine Trafficking, Washington 2026
⏱ 4 min read A 65-year-old Colombian resident, Jose Manuel Frias Lopez, has been sentenced to 96 months in prison for conspiring to ship loads of cocaine to Seattle and other US destinations. The sentencing follows a joint investigation by the DEA and the Seattle Police Department, which began in April 2023 and led to…
Isai Gamboa Pacheco, Methamphetamine and Cocaine Trafficking, Washington 2024
⏱ 2 min read Isai Gamboa Pacheco and Sang Tran, two Seattle-area men, have been sentenced for their role in a large-scale drug trafficking operation that plagued Seattle’s International District and homeless encampments along I-5. The operation, which involved the distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine, fueled addiction and violence in the community. Pacheco, 56, of…
Raymond Lawrence Massey, Loaded Firearm Possession, Washington 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 40-year-old Seattle man, Raymond Lawrence Massey, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for illegally possessing a loaded ‘ghost gun’ after failing to register as a sex offender and absconding from community supervision in Washington. Massey was convicted in 2011 of assault with sexual motivation and was required to register…
Keith Witt, Sex Assault, Washington 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 58-year-old Seattle man, Keith Witt, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman on a flight from Billings, Montana to Seattle. The incident occurred on August 11, 2023, during a 90-minute flight. Witt, who was sitting in the aisle seat next to the victim,…
Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, Wire Fraud, Washington 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 42-year-old Nigerian national, Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, was sentenced to five years in prison for running a $3.5 million romance scam that targeted eight victims across the US, including in Washington state. The scam, which lasted for over 15 years, involved Nwadialo posing as ‘Giovanni’ on dating websites such as Match,…
Manuel Garcia Hernandez, Methamphetamine Distribution, Washington 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 41-year-old Mexican national, Manuel Garcia Hernandez, was sentenced to 7 years in prison for his role in distributing pound quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine in Western Washington and Western Kentucky. Hernandez, a long-time resident of Renton, Washington, was arrested in June 2024, following a wiretap investigation of a drug trafficking…
Tamara King, Real Estate Investment Scam, Washington 2009
⏱ 2 min read Tamara King, a 56-year-old former real estate broker from the Seattle area, was sentenced to 55 months in prison for running a decade-long real estate investment scam that swindled 22 victims out of $2.25 million. King, who operated in Bellevue and Kirkland, Washington, promised investors their money would be used to…
