fraud

An eastern Washington rancher has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a federal judge for a massive “ghost cattle” scam that defrauded Tyson Foods and another company out of more than $244 million. Cody Easterday of Mesa, Washington, was sentenced Tuesday afternoon in federal court in Yakima, Washington.

Two artists are facing federal charges that they faked Native American heritage to sell works at downtown Seattle galleries.

Scammers are always looking for opportunities. Lately, they’ve been targeting people who’ve been vaccinated against COVID. Once you’ve gotten your…

The Pierce County Housing Authority has approved a tentative agreement with its former finance director, who is accused of stealing nearly $7 million from…

More than one in five Washington adults are at high risk of falling prey to online scams, according to new research funded by the AARP.Few would be…

The state’s attorney general says an Olympia couple ripped off thousands of people, including about 1,500 in Washington, in a series of timeshare and…

Since the 1970s, banks have been required to report any suspicious house purchases to the FBI. Now that mandatory reporting is netting mortgage brokers,…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-954238.mp3The Seattle School Board could soon decide whether some district employees…

Today’s big global health news: An international fund that was created (with significant support from the Gates Foundation) to fight AIDS, tuberculosis…

It's that time of year when many of us give generously to charitable organizations. But how do we know where the money is really going? In some cases,…