A former Eastside real estate broker was sentenced to 55 months in prison on Friday for a scheme that stole more than $2 million from 22 victims, most of whom were Seattle residents.
Tamara King, also known as Tamara Waln, who now lives in Ohio but previously lived in Bellevue and Kirkland, was convicted of eight counts of wire fraud, two counts of money laundering, and three counts of filing a false tax return after an 8-day jury trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington announced in a news release.
At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez said that King had refused to take accountability for her actions…