Seattle, Washington FBI Bureau File - Paperless Archives

1 KCPAO also se~t registered letters to the shelters in the names of the
persons listed on the ACORN-submitted cards using the shelter address.
2 anticipated that all of the registered letters will be returned.
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3 F. Pierce County
4 The Elections Division of the Pierce County Auditor's Office was made aware
of the investigation in King County. Pierce County, with the input of the
5 Secretary of State, found a number of fraudulent Cards submitted by two of
the suspects identified by.the investigation in King County. There were 29
6 Cards submitted by Tina Johnson that appear to be fraudulent and 20 Cards
submitted by Jayson Woods that appear to be fraudulent.
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The determination that the Cards were fraudulent was made based on the same
8 cr~teria discussed above (i.e., not passing VRDB verification, similar
handwriting) .
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G. Identify and Locate Suspects
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I used the information described above to identify and locate suspects. In
11 addition to the suspects initially identified by Mellor (Johnson, Olson and
Woods), the following persons were also identified as suspects: Clifton
12 Mitchell, Robert Greene and Kendra Thill.
13 The above persons were identified as suspects because their initials were
found on numerous Cards submitted to REALS. I compared their initials
14 against the employee list supplied by ACORN. I then used databases available
to me to locate the suspects.
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H. Witness Interviews
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The following persons were interviewed prior to the suspect interviews: Brian
17 Mellor, Anita Latch and Brianna Debwa.
18 Mellor discussed ACORN and Project Vote's goals as they pertain to ¥oter
registration drives. He discussed the Tacoma office, who was hired" and for
19 what position, and their job responsibilities. He then discussed in detail
ACORN's quality control procedures. The interview was conducted over the
20 phone. A detailed report of that interview is included in the case file.
21 Latch discussed how she was hired by ACORN, the training she went through,
and then she went into detail about the hiring and training of employees and
22 the location and set-up of the Tacoma office. She discussed briefly her
departure from her position at ACORN. The interview was in-person and tape
23 recorded. A transcription of that conversation is included in the case file.
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Certification for Determination
of Probable Cause
Norm Maleng
Prosecuting Attorney
W 554 King County Courthouse
Seattle, Washington 98104-2312
(206) 296-9000