A Woodinville man, Joshua Shore, 41, has been indicted for 30 federal felonies related to his scheme to steal $440,000 from financial institutions in Renton and Tukwila, where he worked.
Alleged Theft and Money Laundering
According to the indictment, between July 2019 and April 2022, Shore was employed by Wells Fargo as an operations manager at the company’s cash vault in Tukwila. He allegedly stole approximately $40,000 on Dec. 6, 2021, and approximately $100,000 on Jan. 28, 2022, as cash from the vault. Shore then allegedly made smaller deposits of hundred-dollar bills into BECU ATM locations in Issaquah and Bothell to avoid suspicion.
Shore then worked as a market manager at First Financial Northwest, operated by Global Federal Credit Union, from Sept. 2023 to Dec. 2025. While working there, he allegedly stole approximately $300,000 of cash from the vault, on or close to Oct. 10, 2025. He again allegedly laundered money into JP Morgan Chase ATMs in Mill Creek and Everett.
The indictment said Shore’s role and experience in the banking industry allowed him to be familiar with Wells Fargo’s and First Financial Northwest’s anti-money laundering protocols. Federal law requires those institutions to file a currency transaction report for any cash transaction exceeding $10,000 conducted by or on behalf of a single person in a single business day.
Theft by an employee from a financial institution is punishable by up to 30 years in prison. The types of money laundering alleged in this case are punishable by up to 20 years or 10 years in prison depending on the count.
Original reporting: Renton Reporter — read the source article.
