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Woodinville man indicted for money theft in South King County
Prosecutors say Joshua Shore used his banking jobs to steal cash and make repeated ATM deposits that triggered a federal money-laundering case.
A Woodinville man, Joshua Shore, was indicted for stealing $440,000 from financial institutions in Renton and Tukwila.
Between July 2019 and April 2022, Shore worked as an operations manager at a Wells Fargo cash vault in Tukwila, where he allegedly stole approximately $40,000 on Dec. 6, 2021, and $100,000 on Jan. 28, 2022.
While working at First Financial Northwest from Sept. 2023 to Dec. 2025, Shore allegedly stole approximately $300,000, depositing cash into BECU ATM and Morgan Chase ATMs in Bothell, Issaquah, Mill Creek, and Everett.
First Assistant Attorney Neil Floyd said Shore victimized two financial institutions, casting suspicion on coworkers; Shore allegedly bypassed federal reporting requirements for transactions exceeding $10,000 to conceal his activities.
Facing 30 federal felonies, Shore could receive up to 30 years in prison for theft, with money laundering charges carrying additional penalties of up to 20 or 10 years depending on the count.