Seattle, Washington FBI Bureau File - Paperless Archives

SHERIFF
Officer 10:
05070
Address:
KING COUNTY
Name (Last, First, Middle):
Johnson, Christopher T.
King County Sheriff's Office
CaseNbr:
07-120588
OateReportTaken: Time:
05/10107 13:10
To:
Case File
Statem~nt:
Subject:
Brianna Debwa Interview on 05/10/07
SDPA Hobbs showed Debwa a copy of a mileage reimbursement form. Debwa confirmed that she completed this
type of form when she did something like drive workers to a particular location.
SDPA Hobbs showed Debwa a "batch log sheet." Debwa explained that on this form she documented how many
cards she took out of a box. She would then put the cards "out front" and workers would pick up cards to take with
them into the field. At first, the workers took 15 cards, but the number was later bumped to 30 cards. ACORN's
expectation was 20 cards per day per worker.
Debwa discussed what happened after Latch left. She said she (Debwa) took over half of Latch's duties and
Mitchell took over the other half. She said that she stayed with the office work and QC role, and Mitchell did the
field work. She said that these designations were made by Stephanie Moore.
Debwa talked about the "worker batch sheet" next. She said each worker had to fill out and sign this form. A
supervisor would then review and sign the form. Debwa said she didn't usually sign these forms, but would if
there was not a team leader around.
Debwa said one of her roles as QC was the "QC batch sheet." She explained that at the end of the day she would
go through the cards returned by the workers and separate them into specific piles. For example, a pile for
suspicious cards and a pile for good cards. She would tag each pile with a "sticky note." Debwa first said she did
not record suspicious cards on the QC batch sheet, but then said she did.
Debwa said that a "performance investigation sheet" was filled out only if a card was fraudulent.
Debwa said she was instructed to make verification calls on a percentage of cards returned by the workers, but
she said she would make more calls if time permitted.
Debwa said a large number of cards were filled out at homeless shelters, and she was not able to verify these
cards. She started to see duplicate cards from the shelters, and finally told the workers not to go to shelters
anymore.
SDPA Hobbs showed Debwa a copy of a "termination memo." She explained that sometimes after she fired
someone she would let them come back in a week or two if they said they were sorry.
Debwa explained how completed cards were delivered to King and Pierce counties. For King County she mailed
them all at the very end (ultimately, they were mailed late to King County). For Pierce County she put the cards in
a box and hand-delivered them. It was not clear how often she did this, or if she did it personally or if someone
else delivered them. Debwa said for Pierce County she put a "sticky note" specifying piles of good cards and piles
of suspicious cards. She could not say if she did the same for King County, but said that she called and spoke to
a woman at King' County and explained this. She also said she kept notes, which she no longer has.
Debwa said that when the cards were delivered to Pierce County an employee would sign for receipt of the cards.
She said she would keep notes on what was said. Again, she didn't have the notes.
Reporting Officers Name:
Johnson, Christopher T.
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