Seattle, Washington FBI Bureau File - Paperless Archives

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1 1762 Cards from the VRDB. The challenge is being made because the abovedetailed
investigation has shown that the Cards are fraudulent and therefore
2 should not be on the VRDB. The cost to REALS for their ,efforts to date, and
on~going, is large and has resulted from Tacoma ACORN office employees,
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The Elections Division of the Pierce County Auditor's Office may conduct
4 further investigation into Cards submitted to its o~fice by ACORN, above and
beY9nd the Cards already mentioned above.
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6 VII. Summary
7 Investigation has shown that the above named Tacoma ACORN office employees
engaged in fraudulent activities in both Pierce and King Counties in
8 violation of RCW 29A.84.130(1): Providing False Information on a Voter
Registration.
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That fraudulent activity is evidenced by the fact that the Cards submitted to
10 King County and to Pierce County did not pass the VRDB verification process
described above. Further, a portion of the fraudulent Cards bear the initials
11 of the ACORN employee who gathered the Card. Those initials have been
matched to specific employees, and those employees (with the exception of
12 Thill, who has ,not been located) have admitted to their crimes. Moreover,
the similarity of handwriting on Cards bearing the same initial~ appears to
13 be the same.
14 In the case of Johnson and Woods, they admitted that in addition to making
fraudulent Cards in King County, they also admitted to making fraudulent
15 Cards in Pierce County.
16 As it pertains to Debwa, evidence has shown that she was aware of the
fraudulent activity by other ACORN employees. Debwa received fraudulent
17 Cards from other employees on a daily basis and was responsible for quality
control. This entailed verification of the information on the Cards, which
18 was done,by several means, including calling the phon~ numbers listed on the
Cards. Documentation completed by Debwa during the timeframe that the
19 fraudulent Cards were completed shows that she did not make any phone calls
for the Cards submitted. She admitted that she did not make the calls and
20 that she knew that the Cards were fraudulent. These actions show Debwa's
complicity in the actions of the above suspects, which is in violation of RCW
21 29A.84.130(1).
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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