A former employee of the Northwest Seaport Alliance could face criminal prosecution over what a state fraud investigation called a “misappropriation” of public funds.
The fraud report from the Washington State Auditor’s Office, published April 30, said the case dates to May 28, 2025, when NWSA officials notified the Auditor’s Office of “a potential loss of public funds” tied to questionable credit-card charges.
The charges were made using what NWSA calls the “p-card system,” a purchasing-card program that is a Port of Tacoma system utilized by the NWSA…