Tag: Washington
Tywan Morris, Second-Degree Murder, District of Columbia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Tywan Morris, a 30-year-old DC man, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the brutal stabbing murder of 27-year-old mother Danielle Stuckey at a Southeast gas station on October 17, 2021. The deadly altercation occurred at the BP gas station on Alabama Avenue SE, after Morris and his girlfriend…
Aaron Michael Scott, Precious Metals Fraud, Washington 2018
SEATTLE, WA – October 3, 2018 – Aaron Michael Scott of Portland, Oregon, is facing charges of fraud and misappropriation related to a precious metals scheme, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today. Scott allegedly defrauded over 130 customers through his now-defunct company, BMC Worldwide, Inc. (d/b/a Blue Moon Coins). The CFTC filed a…
Aaron Michael Scott, Fraud, Washington 2021
PORTLAND, OR – Aaron Michael Scott of Portland, Oregon, was ordered to pay $1,381,461.86 in restitution and permanently banned from the commodity futures and options markets on April 27, 2021, following a consent order entered by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought the action…
Rob Hadick, Advisory Role, Washington 2025
WASHINGTON – Rob Hadick, a General Partner at Dragonfly Capital Partners, has been appointed to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Global Markets Advisory Committee’s (GMAC) Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee, the CFTC announced December 22, 2025. The appointment, made by Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham, recognizes Hadick’s expertise in digital asset investment strategy, market structure…
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…
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…
Cody Easterday, Cattle Fraud, Washington 2021
PASCO, WA – Cody Easterday, co-owner and former president of Easterday Ranches, Inc., is facing civil charges of fraud, false statements, and violating exchange position limits, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on March 31, 2021. The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, alleges a decade-long…
Zachary Tyler Vantuyl, Arson, Washington 2023
⏱ 2 min read A serial arsonist has been brought to justice in Eastern Washington. Zachary Tyler Vantuyl, 34, of Selah, Washington, has been sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for setting multiple wildfires in 2023 and 2024. The fires caused over $1 million in damages. Vantuyl was also found to be a felon…
Robert Anthony Fiore, Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Images, Washington 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 55-year-old registered sex offender, Robert Anthony Fiore, was sentenced to 3 years in prison for possessing images of child sexual abuse in Seattle, WA. Fiore, a Marysville man, came to the attention of law enforcement after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a cybertip report from Dropbox…
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…
