fraud

A card skimmer is a device used to capture personal data, including pin numbers, from card-swiping device. These were found inside the Richland Walmart

Man allegedly staged at least one fake accident to defraud insurance company

(Yakima, WA) -- 51-year-old Cody Easterday of Mesa, Washington, was sentenced to serve 132-months in federal prison for defrauding Tyson Foods and another company out of more than $244 million by charging them for approximately 265,000 head of cattle that did not exist...

(Tacoma, WA)  --  A former employee of the Washington State Employment Security Department has been sentenced for fraud.  Reyes De La Cruz, of Moses Lake, worked processing pandemic-related unemployment claims.  He modified claims, so the people would receive large lump sum amounts and then he would collect a portion for himself.  He defrauded 360-...

The car pictured is NOT the actual stolen vehicle but is almost identical.

KPD is seeking to ID and locate these two.

Man tried it twice, once after being let out of jail.

A Bothell, WA  asbestos removal contractor will spend 105 days in jail and pay over $13K to defrauded customers.   The contractor was decertified four years ago but kept performing services Derrick Boss, the owner of Above and Beyond Asbestos Removal of Bothell, was charged by the State Attorney General's office after complaints were filed against him over his business practices. The AG's... Read

Spoofing is where a suspect is able to make fraudulent calls using a legitimate number, it shows up on caller ID.

Man used fake contract to get janitorial services at the Yakima Training Center, using a Goodwill industries type of group in Yakima