SEATTLE (AP) — Proceeds from the Barefoot Bandit’s movie deal and a strip club sale helped federal prosecutors in Washington collect more than $25 million last year.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Seattle says it hauled in $22 million in criminal and civil actions; the Spokane office reports $3.5 million.Seattle U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan says her office collected six-figure totals in a conspiracy to steal 31 old-growth cedar trees from Olympic National Forest and in the case of airplane thief Colton Harris-Moore, the “Barefoot Bandit.”
The sale of a strip club in Shoreline, seized in the racketeering investigation of the late adult-entertainment boss Frank Colacurcio, brought in $1.2 million.
The money helps compensate victims and supports law enforcement and other federal agencies.
