Two Bellevue residents are part of a five-man scam group that was indicted on Aug. 28 in the Western District of Washington in connection with a nationwide fraud scheme taking funds from elderly victims.
Bellevue’s Hung Chieh Kuo, 27, and Tung Wei Yeh, 31, are two of the defendants charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, 10 counts of money laundering by concealment, and 10 counts of money laundering by spending, according to a United States Department of Justice (DOJ) press release.
Two of the other defendants are from Seattle and one is from Bothell. Three of the men are being detained pending hearings and a trial, one man is being sought by law enforcement and one was released pending trial…