Tag: Tacoma
Roshard Carty, Wire Fraud, Washington 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 73-year-old southwest Washington retiree was swindled out of over $600,000 by a Jamaican lottery scammer who posed as a Publisher’s Clearinghouse employee. Roshard Carty, 34, convinced the victim she had won $22 million, but needed to pay taxes and fees to access her winnings. Between August 2020 and February 2024,…
Van Phuong Vu, Alien Smuggling, Washington 2026
⏱ 3 min read Two Canadian nationals, Van Phuong Vu and Johnny Huynh, were busted for smuggling eight Vietnamese nationals into the US via Point Roberts, Washington. The group, including the would-be smugglers, was intercepted at Bellingham Airport last week. According to authorities, the scheme began early on May 5, 2026, when US Border Patrol…
John S. Winslow, Wire Fraud, Washington 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 57-year-old former financial advisor from Fox Island, Washington, was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing nearly $1 million from an elderly client. John S. Winslow, who worked at a national financial services firm, was fired after it was discovered that he had stolen over $920,000 in life savings…
Manjit Bedi, Food Stamp Fraud, Washington 2024
⏱ 2 min read Tacoma’s economy may be thriving, but one of its small business owners has been caught in a desperate bid to pad his profits. Manjit Bedi, a 64-year-old grocery store owner from Kent, Washington, allegedly ran a brazen food stamp scam that netted him at least $600,000 in stolen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
