U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington

Iranian national pleads guilty in scheme to smuggle military related technology to Iran via China Seattle – A 44-year-old citizen of Iran pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to federal felonies related to his scheme to violate trade sanctions against Iran, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.

Illegal Alien, unlawfully present in U.S., sentenced to six years in prison for trafficking co***ne and fentanyl for an organization that targeted homeless encampments and Seattle’s Chinatown-International District Seattle – A 37-year-old Mexican national, a former resident of Issaquah, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to six years in prison for his role in an armed drug trafficking ring that sought drug customers in Seattle’s homeless encampments and International District...

Auburn, Washington, man sentenced to more than four years in prison for racially motivated attack on Metro bus passenger Seattle – A 25-year-old Auburn, Washington, man was sentenced today for a federal hate crime for violently assaulting and stabbing a Black female passenger because of her race, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.

Illegal Alien, Co-Leader of nationwide drug trafficking ring, who plotted to kill Centralia, Washington Police Officer, sentenced to 15 years in prison Seattle –A 35-year-old Mexican national who was illegally residing in California was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison for her leadership role of a massive drug distribution ring, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.

Kent, Washington, man convicted of 17 felonies related to string of armed dispensary and bank robberies following three-week trial Seattle – A 26-year-old Kent, Washington man was convicted late yesterday of 17 federal felonies connected to the robbery crew he led in armed robberies of ma*****na dispensaries, banks, and credit unions, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.

Armed Kent, Washington, drug trafficker sentenced to six years in prison for role in a family-led drug conspiracy Seattle – A 33-year-old Kent, Washington, resident who evidence shows participated in a drug trafficking conspiracy while armed with fi****ms, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to six years in prison for drug trafficking, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Flo...

Former Seattle area real estate broker sentenced to prison for fraud on investors and the IRS Seattle – A former real estate professional who operated a real estate investment fund was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 55 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and multiple counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud, announced First Assistant U.S....

Jamaican national sentenced to prison for lottery scam that devastated southwest Washington retiree Tacoma – A Jamaican citizen was sentenced late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to three years in prison for wire fraud for his lottery scheme that cost an elderly victim more than $600,000, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.

Federal arrests shut down alien smuggling scheme at the western edge of the U.S. Border with Canada Tacoma – Two residents of British Columbia, Canada appeared in U.S. District Court in Tacoma yesterday afternoon charged in connection with their scheme to smuggle Vietnamese citizens from Canada into the U.S., announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.

Registered s*x offender sentenced to prison for possessing images of child s*xual abuse Seattle – A 55-year-old Marysville man, who is a registered s*x offender, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in prison for possession of images of child s*xual abuse.