Seattle, Washington FBI Bureau File - Paperless Archives

1 Debwa said that the Tacoma office was closed and everything shipped out by October 23,
2006.
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Next, Debwa discussed day-to-day operations. She said that she and Latch were the
3 first persons to arrive each day, between 8:30 and 9:00 AM. Workers would show up
around noon and work until around 6:00 PM.
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Workers could go anywhere they wanted, unless there was a prior planned site to go to.
5 At the end of the day the workers would say where they went. Debwa then corrected and
said in the morning before the workers left they would designate a general area.
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7 Workers signed in daily. Debwa was responsible for time sheets.
8 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
9 particu~ar location.
10 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
11 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
12 expectation was 20 cards per day per worker.
13 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
14 with the office work and QC role, and Mitchell did the field work. She said that
these designations were made by Stephanie Moore.
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Debwa talked about the "worker batch sheet" next. She said each worker had to fill
16 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.
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Debwa said one of her roles as QC was the "QC batch sheet." She explained that at the
18 end of the day she would go through the cards returned by the workers and separate
them into specific piles. For example, there was a pile for suspicious cards and a
19 pile for good caras. 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.
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Debwa said that a "performance investigation sheet" was filled out only if a card was
21 fraudulent.
22 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.
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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