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Police: Convict Targeted Firefighters In Fraud Scheme From Behind Bars
By seattle.cbslocal.com
Published: 06/26/2013

(CBS Seattle) — The man convicted of setting a 1995 warehouse fire that killed four Seattle firefighters is now accused of working from behind bars to steal the identities of firefighters and police officers connected to his case, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Martin Pang is currently serving a 35-year sentence at Monroe Correctional Complex for setting the fire. The Washington State Department of Corrections discovered in March that Pang had been working with a partner outside of prison to craft the scheme.

According to police, Pang and his accomplice were planning to set up credit accounts in the names of firefighters, police and witnesses involved in Pang’s manslaughter conviction and funnel that money into offshore accounts. Investigators say Pang and his accomplice, Charles McClain, were also plotting to steal money from the Tulalip Casino, where McClain used to work.

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