Port Angeles – 39-year-old Pralay Kar of Bothell was sentenced Thursday in Clallam County Superior Court to 12 months and 1 day in prison for four counts of theft in the first degree. The sentence followed a guilty plea.
The charges stemmed from a scheme that targeted elderly individuals in both Clallam and Jefferson counties. Under the scheme, elderly individuals were tricked into handing over thousands of dollars in cash, which they were directed to secure inside a lock box and then cover in duct tape. Gold bars were also handed over.
Kar was identified as being involved in the scheme through video footage. He was later located in Bothell and found in possession of one of the lock boxes…