Tag: Washington
William Scott Morse, Sex Trafficking, Washington 2024
⏱ 2 min read William Scott Morse, a Spokane man, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for soliciting minors for sex in Spokane, Washington. In September 2024, Morse responded to a 15-year-old’s babysitting ad on Craigslist, asking if she wanted to make quick money, but not for babysitting. He corresponded with the child, describing…
Clinton Paul Patterson, Fentanyl Trafficking, Washington 2024
⏱ 2 min read Clinton Paul Patterson, a 42-year-old fentanyl kingpin, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking operation that distributed tens of thousands of pills across Eastern Washington. The operation, which was uncovered by the Spokane Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration, involved a sophisticated…
Raymond Kenneth Musgrove, Identity Theft, Washington 2026
⏱ 2 min read Raymond Kenneth Musgrove, a 78-year-old Spokane man, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for a decades-long identity theft and fraud scheme. Musgrove’s scheme, which spanned over 25 years, involved impersonating a real Vietnam veteran to unlawfully obtain government benefits and services. The fraud continued even after the real…
Michael Janisch, Possession of Controlled Substances with Intent to Distribute, Washington 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 27-year-old Mercer Island resident, Michael Janisch, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking scheme that involved hundreds of thousands of dollars in illicit proceeds and a stockpile of firearms, including Glock switches and 3D printed guns, in Seattle, Washington. Janisch pleaded…
Sung Hong, Fraud, Washington 2017
BELLEVUE, WA – Sung Hong, also known as Lawrence or Laurence Hong, and his wife, Hyun Joo Hong, also known as Grace Hong, were arrested June 2, 2017, following a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investigation and subsequent charges of fraud. The couple, along with their company Pishon Holding LLC, are accused of defrauding…
Joseph Clark Lavin, Forex Fraud, Washington 2007
WOODINVILLE, WA – August 2, 2007 – Joseph Clark Lavin, also known as Joseph Ivcevic, is facing civil charges of fraud following an enforcement action filed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on August 1, 2007, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Lavin allegedly defrauded customers out of…
Joseph Clark Lavin, Forex Fraud, Washington 2008
WOODINVILLE, WA – Joseph Clark Lavin, also known as Joseph Ivcevic, has been ordered to pay over $23 million in restitution and penalties for defrauding customers in a foreign currency (forex) options scheme, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today. The judgment, issued by U.S. District Court Judge Robert S. Lasnik for the…
William Snyder, Commodity Pool Fraud, Washington 2008
Reno, NV – December 11, 2008 – William Snyder of Issaquah, Washington, and his company, Alliance Development Company, based in Reno, Nevada, have been ordered to pay a combined $3.65 million in restitution and penalties for defrauding investors through a commodity pool scheme, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today. Snyder was penalized $1.65…
Senen Pousa, Forex Fraud, Washington 2012
BELLINGHAM, WA – Senen Pousa, along with Joel Friant and their company, Investment Intelligence Corporation (IIC), are facing charges of operating a $53 million fraudulent foreign currency (forex) scheme, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced September 19, 2012. The scheme allegedly targeted over 960 clients globally, including at least 697 in the United…
Texas Duo, Armed Robbery, Texas 2023
⏱ 3 min read Two Texas men, Carlton Pierre Mitchell, 30, and Aaron Thompson, 42, flew to Seattle with a deadly plan: rob a marijuana dealer who’d sold them weed before. It went horribly wrong. Mitchell and Thompson teamed up with Samuel Solomon, who’d scored the pot from the dealer, in November 2022. They rented…
