THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2021 A13
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TODAY
WEDNESDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
52°
LOW
28°
Mostly sunny and milder
SATURDAY
49°
33°
Breezy in the morning;
otherwise, cloudy
Mostly cloudy
ALMANAC
FRIDAY
58°
34°
62°
42°
Clear
SUNDAY
47°
29°
Partly sunny and cooler
with a few showers
A couple of showers
possible
OREGON WEATHER
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday Normal
Record
43°
51° 74° in 1994
28°
28° -13° in 1906
High
Low
THURSDAY
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.05"
Record
0.39" in 2011
Month to date (normal)
0.13" (0.38")
Year to date (normal)
1.22" (3.00")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.01"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Wed.
Sun
7:16am/7:13pm 7:14am/7:14pm
Moon
8:58am/10:44pm 9:20am/11:46pm
Mercury 6:29am/4:55pm 6:29am/4:58pm
Venus
7:18am/6:56pm 7:17am/6:59pm
Mars
10:09am/1:30am 10:07am/1:29am
Jupiter
5:56am/4:00pm 5:53am/3:57pm
Saturn
5:28am/3:07pm 5:25am/3:04pm
Uranus 8:52am/10:49pm 8:48am/10:46pm
First
Full
Last
New
Mar 21
Mar 28
Apr 4
Apr 11
Tonight's sky: Uranus at magnitude of +5.8
is just above the waxing crescent moon.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
3
4
4
3
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
ROAD CONDITONS
For web cameras of our passes, go to
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I-84 at Cabbage Hill: Sun and clouds today.
Mainly clear and cold tonight.
US 20 at Santiam Pass: Partly sunny today.
Clear tonight. Clouds, sun Wednesday.
US 26 at Gov't Camp: Increasing amounts of
sun today. Clear and cold tonight.
US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Partly sunny today.
Clear tonight. Partly sunny Wednesday.
ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Partly sunny
today. Clear and seasonably cold tonight. Partly
cloudy Wednesday.
ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Clouds and sun
today. Partly cloudy tonight.
SKI REPORT
EAST: Partly sunny
and chilly Tuesday.
Clear and cold
Tuesday night. Mostly
sunny Wednesday; a
milder afternoon.
CENTRAL: Partly
sunny and cool Tues-
day. Clear and cold
Tuesday night. Mostly
sunny Wednesday; a
milder afternoon.
WEST: Partly sunny
Tuesday, then partly
cloudy and chilly at
night. Partly to mostly
cloudy and mild
Wednesday.
Seaside
49/33
Cannon Beach
48/34
Hood
River
NATIONAL WEATHER
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: OnTheSnow.com
Travel
Sams
Continued from A11
Continued from A11
Parker said American’s
bookings are now running just
20% below 2019 levels. A fac-
tor appears to be traveler con-
fidence now that more people
are getting vaccinated against
COVID-19. About 70 million
Americans, or 21%, have re-
ceived at least one dose, and 37
million have completed their
vaccination, according to the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed
Bastian said Monday that
bookings began picking up five
or six weeks ago.
Since the pandemic hit,
air travel has picked up a few
times — mostly around hol-
idays — only to drop back
down. This time, the recov-
ery “seems like it’s real,” Bas-
tian said during the same J.P.
Morgan investor conference at
which Parker spoke.
United Airlines CEO Scott
Kirby said his airline will gen-
erate “core” cash instead of
burning cash for March, and
he expects the positive trend to
continue in the months ahead.
Southwest Airlines CEO
Gary Kelly said during a Wash-
ington Post webcast that his air-
line could break even by June,
“where you have had much of
the population vaccinated.”
Southwest said in a regula-
tory filing that March and April
will be better than expected
as passenger traffic and fares
rise. The airline said people are
booking leisure trips to beach
and mountain destinations, but
business travel is still lagging.
He was surprised when
Brown offered him a seat
on the council. The pair had
talked about appointments
to other bodies in the past,
but the Northwest Power and
Conservation Council wasn’t
one of them.
But for Sams, 50, the offer
had appeal.
Between stints in tribal gov-
ernment, Sams was the di-
rector for several energy and
environmentally focused non-
profits, including the Colum-
bia Slough Watershed Coun-
cil, the Earth Conservation
Corps and the Community
Energy Project.
Sams, an enrolled member
of the Confederated Tribes
of the Umatilla Indian Res-
ervation, climbed the ladder
in tribal government after re-
turning home in 2012, culmi-
nating in a second stint as in-
terim executive director in late
2020. Despite the opportunity,
Sams quickly told the board
that he would not consider the
job on a permanent basis.
Established in 1980, the
Fraud
Continued from A11
Claypool, the company’s
general manager at the time,
called the misbranding scheme
“getting creative” and used it to
defraud customers of $1 mil-
lion, according to Assistant
U.S. Attorney Ryan Bounds.
In a separate pyramid fraud,
Claypool directed an accom-
plice to create a limited liability
corporation called Green Pyr-
amid LLC to pose as an inde-
pendent grass seed broker, ac-
Exports
Continued from A11
Ships are routinely delayed
or canceled outright, often
with little time for exporters
to make alternative arrange-
ments.
Those delays create addi-
tional and expensive back-
cording to Bounds.
That was necessary because
Claypool was responsible for
negotiating much of Jacklin’s
grass seed sales overseas, gen-
erating millions of dollars in
orders for the company, but he
was a salaried employee and
didn’t receive commissions for
the orders.
Claypool and a colleague
conspired to route a portion of
Jacklin’s overseas sales through
a competing grass-seed seller,
ProSeeds Marketing Inc.,
based in Jefferson, Oregon, the
Chance for a couple of
showers
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
76/47/0.00
Akron
42/21/0.01
Albany
30/11/0.00
Albuquerque
58/34/0.00
Anchorage
22/16/0.11
Atlanta
70/60/0.00
Atlantic City
43/29/0.00
Austin
86/37/0.00
Baltimore
47/30/0.00
Billings
48/25/0.00
Birmingham
78/62/0.81
Bismarck
35/28/0.01
Boise
62/37/0.00
Boston
30/17/0.00
Bridgeport, CT 35/20/0.00
Buffalo
36/18/Tr
Burlington, VT
20/8/Tr
Caribou, ME
10/0/Tr
Charleston, SC 66/57/0.00
Charlotte
58/55/0.00
Chattanooga
69/56/0.08
Cheyenne
30/10/0.01
Chicago
35/33/0.21
Cincinnati
38/34/0.29
Cleveland
39/25/Tr
Colorado Springs 40/21/Tr
Columbia, MO
53/43/0.50
Columbia, SC
66/58/Tr
Columbus, GA
80/54/0.00
Columbus, OH
40/26/0.04
Concord, NH
23/10/Tr
Corpus Christi
73/55/0.01
Dallas
80/48/0.00
Dayton
36/29/0.19
Denver
39/16/0.64
Des Moines
35/33/0.61
Detroit
37/24/Tr
Duluth
34/23/0.00
El Paso
70/48/0.00
Fairbanks
14/-5/Tr
Fargo
34/28/0.03
Flagstaff
40/23/Tr
Grand Rapids
38/25/0.01
Green Bay
36/23/Tr
Greensboro
51/46/0.00
Harrisburg
44/27/0.00
Hartford, CT
33/17/0.00
Helena
59/26/0.00
Honolulu
79/68/0.06
Houston
80/58/Tr
Huntsville
69/60/0.09
Indianapolis
38/34/0.33
Jackson, MS
80/60/0.72
Jacksonville
80/55/0.00
Today Wednesday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
80/49/t
65/41/s
53/37/c
58/44/pc
37/28/pc 45/32/pc
51/33/pc
59/33/s
23/3/s
19/3/s
63/57/r
69/62/r
43/42/c
48/41/pc
80/61/c
80/48/s
42/39/r
57/44/pc
42/25/sn 53/28/pc
73/61/r
77/59/r
44/28/c
46/26/sf
57/35/pc
63/44/c
39/30/pc 47/36/pc
38/33/c
44/37/c
42/34/sn
48/33/c
38/24/pc 49/34/pc
25/9/s
42/24/c
75/59/r
71/62/sh
52/46/r
67/58/r
65/53/r
67/59/r
32/21/c
35/17/c
46/32/pc
47/38/c
64/42/c
63/52/c
50/36/c
54/41/c
40/25/sf
38/23/c
58/45/pc
57/42/r
59/53/r
69/61/r
74/62/r
78/64/r
57/37/sh 60/48/pc
40/23/pc 51/30/pc
81/69/c
86/53/t
81/59/pc
71/46/s
58/39/c
61/50/c
33/23/c
36/21/c
46/35/c
42/34/r
47/32/c
53/39/pc
38/28/c
44/32/pc
70/40/s
69/40/s
6/-9/pc
11/-11/s
40/27/c
43/28/c
32/20/pc
48/22/s
45/28/c
52/37/pc
40/28/c
45/32/c
49/42/r
66/53/r
40/36/c
54/42/pc
38/29/pc
46/34/c
51/29/c
57/32/pc
79/68/pc
78/67/c
80/69/c
78/50/t
72/56/r
73/56/t
55/39/pc
62/50/c
78/66/r
81/50/t
85/62/pc 85/63/pc
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
46/39/c
62/47/pc
73/59/pc
84/58/pc
96/81/c
54/36/pc
67/55/pc
44/32/pc
64/50/sh
52/34/pc
76/66/t
77/55/pc
76/56/s
46/25/s
84/78/s
56/37/sh
57/39/sh
46/35/c
75/60/pc
80/71/s
54/43/r
61/47/s
79/60/pc
80/72/c
70/52/s
56/41/sh
66/43/s
91/79/t
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
36/24/0.39
52/44/0.31
39/21/0.01
66/54/Tr
43/39/0.52
42/40/0.22
76/50/0.61
58/51/0.38
46/39/0.36
34/27/0.22
77/56/0.41
83/65/Tr
37/33/0.04
32/30/0.29
68/54/0.20
83/70/0.58
39/24/0.00
41/24/0.00
45/42/0.00
67/42/0.00
41/37/1.00
84/60/0.00
70/55/Tr
35/32/0.83
43/27/0.00
74/50/0.00
40/21/Tr
21/10/Tr
32/18/0.00
52/45/0.00
33/27/0.36
41/33/0.00
51/36/Tr
28/17/0.00
55/37/0.14
51/45/0.51
62/41/0.00
84/44/0.00
59/56/0.17
55/45/0.18
54/42/0.07
57/33/0.00
74/61/0.00
48/35/0.13
33/31/0.70
48/40/0.00
66/46/0.73
82/62/0.00
69/44/0.00
70/49/0.00
48/32/0.00
62/46/0.00
52/39/0.06
74/54/0.00
Today Wednesday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
39/34/c
41/28/r
58/45/pc
53/37/r
44/28/c
56/36/pc
61/44/s
65/50/s
67/44/c
65/53/c
49/38/c
42/33/sn
75/61/c
70/45/t
61/47/s
65/50/pc
69/46/c
67/57/c
41/27/c
45/33/pc
76/62/pc
73/49/t
82/72/s
84/73/pc
42/31/c
43/37/c
39/30/c
45/34/pc
74/52/c
67/57/r
82/70/r
82/59/t
38/35/c
47/41/c
38/36/c
49/40/c
49/46/r
56/47/pc
77/48/pc
61/37/s
48/37/c
43/34/sn
87/64/pc
89/66/s
69/48/s
74/52/pc
48/35/pc
52/42/c
41/37/c
52/41/pc
62/45/s
71/49/s
53/39/sh 58/45/pc
34/25/s
46/33/pc
38/30/pc
46/36/c
47/41/r
66/53/c
35/27/sn
41/20/c
52/29/pc
59/37/c
43/39/r
60/46/pc
39/33/sn
48/31/c
59/35/s
60/46/c
58/45/pc
59/51/r
55/38/c
59/41/c
79/62/c
81/50/s
61/48/pc 63/51/pc
58/45/s
59/51/c
60/41/s
62/47/c
51/27/sf
56/25/s
83/63/c
77/63/sh
51/35/pc
57/42/c
37/30/c
40/31/sn
51/33/c
57/38/pc
68/52/pc
64/38/r
83/67/pc
83/69/s
59/37/pc
70/43/s
76/60/c
69/40/pc
44/41/r
60/47/pc
69/48/c
54/35/r
59/29/pc 60/34/pc
67/43/pc
73/47/s
98/74/0.00
80/55/0.00
21/5/0.00
37/34/0.18
84/57/0.00
81/62/0.00
88/63/0.00
60/41/0.00
43/27/0.00
21/7/0.00
52/45/0.21
88/76/0.00
57/36/0.00
66/55/0.00
84/68/0.00
47/32/0.00
61/37/0.08
75/53/0.56
90/79/0.28
43/28/0.00
70/57/0.00
81/61/0.00
71/55/0.00
64/47/0.00
30/16/0.00
46/34/0.00
50/37/0.02
45/27/0.00
100/66/s
79/53/s
34/22/pc
38/31/r
79/61/pc
81/71/pc
91/65/pc
65/42/sh
40/19/s
36/20/pc
52/43/c
86/75/s
61/36/pc
74/53/pc
83/67/t
44/32/r
55/31/s
58/48/c
89/77/t
41/27/pc
71/65/sh
84/63/s
69/56/s
69/51/s
35/32/sn
48/36/c
46/34/sh
47/34/pc
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 90°
at Zapata, TX
National low: -5°
at Antero Reservoir, CO
Precipitation: 1.09"
at Rochester, MN
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Ski resort
New snow
Base
Anthony Lakes Mtn
0
0-81
Hoodoo Ski Area
1
0-96
Mt. Ashland
0
62-68
Mt. Bachelor
2
105-123
Mt. Hood Meadows
0
0-213
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl
0
65-90
Timberline Lodge
2
0-173
Willamette Pass
0
0-65
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
11
55-77
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
5
65-100
Squaw Valley, CA
8
0-126
Park City Mountain, UT
0
52-69
Sun Valley, ID
0
66-85
Chance for a couple of
showers
NATIONAL
Yesterday
Today Wednesday
Yesterday
Today Wednesday
Yesterday
Today Wednesday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
46/35/0.02 49/33/pc 53/41/c
La Grande
38/35/0.00 51/25/pc 59/41/c
Portland
48/33/0.04 55/35/pc 60/43/c
Baker City
47/38/0.00 53/28/pc 58/38/c
La Pine
38/25/0.07 48/23/s 55/34/c
Prineville
41/28/0.00 55/27/pc 55/43/c
Brookings
50/37/0.02 51/38/pc 51/45/c
Medford
46/37/0.19 55/32/pc 62/43/c
Redmond
45/29/0.04 51/25/pc 62/39/c
Burns
40/34/0.08 51/26/pc 56/35/c
Newport
45/34/0.06 48/33/pc 51/41/pc
Roseburg
48/36/0.26 55/33/pc 60/43/c
Eugene
49/32/0.13 52/32/pc 59/40/c
North Bend
48/37/0.25 50/35/pc 54/44/pc
Salem
50/30/0.29 52/31/pc 58/39/c
Klamath Falls
39/27/0.11 47/22/pc 52/33/c
Ontario
61/37/0.00 61/33/pc 64/40/pc
Sisters
39/28/0.00 54/26/pc 64/35/c
Lakeview
35/26/0.05 45/22/s 52/32/c
Pendleton
41/33/0.05 55/31/pc 65/46/c
The Dalles
50/39/0.02 58/32/s 62/37/c
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
-0s
51°
28°
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
60/29
Rufus
Hermiston
57/31
60/29
58/32
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
58/31
54/30 55/35
50/24
Wasco
49/26 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
Tillamook
47/25
56/29
55/31
Sandy
58/32
McMinnville
50/33
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
52/32
Maupin
Government
54/31
51/25
47/25
Camp
54/29 Condon 53/29
Union
Lincoln City
49/30
48/27
51/27
Salem
49/34
Spray
Granite
Warm Springs
52/31
Madras
53/29
Albany
50/26
Newport
Baker City
56/28
56/28
Mitchell
48/33
51/29
53/28
Camp Sherman
48/30
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
55/27
51/25
51/31
Day
Prineville
47/35
55/28
Ontario
Sisters
55/27
Paulina
49/30
61/33
Florence
Eugene 54/26
Bend Brothers 49/25
Vale
50/36
52/32
52/28
44/23
Sunriver
63/33
Nyssa
51/26
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
63/33
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
48/23
45/24
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
55/32
52/32
54/30
Fort
Rock
50/33
51/26
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
47/22
50/26
High: 61°
47/23
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Ontario
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
49/36
55/33
46/22
49/29
Low: 16°
Marsh
Lake
44/26
Port Orford
46/22
47/22
at Crater Lake
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
51/39
Pass
54/27
Chiloquin
45/24
59/34
Rome
Medford
50/20
Gold Beach
55/32
56/30
48/37
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
45/26
53/32
47/22
45/27
51/38
45/22
-10s
52°
28°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Astoria
49/33
MONDAY
Northwest Power and Conser-
vation Council is responsible
for devising long-term plan-
ning for the Columbia Basin,
taking both energy and con-
servation needs into account.
Sams is joining an eight-per-
son council with represen-
tation from Oregon, Wash-
ington, Idaho and Montana.
A full-time job, each council
member earns $120,000 per
year.
Sams said he will become
the only enrolled tribal mem-
ber on the board and only the
second American Indian in
the council’s 30-year history.
The Umatilla Tribes have
often joined the other tribes
of the Columbia Plateau in
trying to protect the river’s
salmon from the adverse ef-
fects of the river’s hydroelec-
tric system.
When asked for comment,
the governor’s office men-
tioned their work in appoint-
ing him to the council and
recommending him to a job
with national implications.
“The governor counts her-
self as one of the many Ore-
gonians who has learned so
much from him about the
logs at processing plants and
packing sheds. And things are
about to get worse as export-
ers who haven’t sold all of last
year’s crop now brace for this
year’s harvest.
In a few months, for exam-
ple, hay farmers in the Pacific
Northwest will start cutting
the first crops of 2021, “and
prosecutor said.
Claypool would negotiate
for Jacklin through ProSeeds,
which would add its own
mark-up to the sales and kick
back outsized commissions to
Claypool through the Green
Pyramid corporation, accord-
ing to Bounds.
Claypool also generated
commissions from ProSeeds
by having Green Pyramid pur-
port to broker bogus sales of
Jacklin’s own seeds back to
Jacklin at a mark-up, according
to court papers.
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Chuck Sams, then the communications director for the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, gives local high school ath-
letes some insight on tribal history and beliefs in 2018.
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the past four years.
Sams said he was honored
by Brown’s recommenda-
tion, but he added that he will
also be pleased to stay in the
Northwest and serve on the
council if he doesn’t get the
parks director position.
Although the council’s of-
fices are in Portland, Sams
said he intends to stay at his
residence on the Umatilla In-
dian Reservation and work
remotely.
Sams’ last day in tribal gov-
ernment came on Friday,
March 12, and he left with
some warm words from one of
his former bosses.
“I can’t thank Chuck
enough for his service to the
Tribe,” Kat Brigham, chair of
the Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reserva-
tion board, said in a statement.
“We are sad to see him go, but
happy that he has received
such a prestigious appoint-
ment from Gov. Brown. We
know that he will work for the
benefit of the entire region.
We wish him nothing but the
best.”
history and cultures of the In-
digenous and Tribal peoples
who have lived in Oregon
since time immemorial,” said
Charles Boyle, a spokesman
for Brown. “In December, she
wrote a letter recommending
him to lead the National Park
Service, and she is extremely
pleased for his commitment to
now serve on the” council.
Addressed to then Presi-
dent-elect Joe Biden, Brown’s
letter ran through Sams’ qual-
ifications and qualities before
sharing her vision for the Na-
tional Parks Service under
Sams’ leadership.
If appointed to the position,
Sams would be the service’s
first full-time director since
the Obama administration.
Former President Donald
Trump nominated a candi-
date, but he was never con-
firmed by the Senate, and the
agency has been overseen by
a series of acting directors for
we’ve still got a lot of last year’s
crop that needs to be moving,”
says Ellensburg hay exporter
Mark Anderson. His, com-
pany, Anderson Hay, normally
sells 90% of its product to for-
eign buyers, but now struggles
to find cargo space.
“It’s become, really, a com-
plete supply chain meltdown
on the Pacific Ocean,” said
Anderson, who worries that
some customers may switch to
Australian hay.
Trade economists and poli-
cymakers expect the capacity
shortages to fade as the pan-
demic ends and normal con-
sumer patterns return. But
many exporters fear that by
then, they may have perma-
nently lost some market share.
“My biggest worry is that
suddenly what seemed like a
blip in exports and a tempo-
rary problem becomes, well,
now China is going elsewhere
for their apples and their cher-
ries and their hay,” says Rep.
Kim Schrier, D-Sammamish.
lin employee based in China
and the employee’s wife, con-
spired to embezzle more than
$12 million in commissions
transmitted to bank accounts
in Hong Kong and elsewhere
of bogus entities posing as for-
eign sales partners, according
to Bounds.
They laundered the money
through multiple wire trans-
fers from foreign banks to U.S.
banks for investments in Ha-
waiian real estate for Claypool’s
benefit, the prosecutor said.
Claypool used the money to
make investments in four real
estate properties in Hawaii un-
der his control. Claypool sold
one house for $4.8 million, an-
other for $6.4 million, accord-
ing to Bounds. Claypool netted
$9.5 million through the fraud-
ulent real estate investments,
Bounds said.
In the final scheme, Clay-
pool pleaded guilty to con-
spiring with the owner of an
independent travel agency in
Spokane to inflate the pur-
ported costs of his interna-
tional business travel.
From December 2018
through August 2019, Clay-
pool generated more than
$369,000 in fraudulent com-
missions, according to Bounds.
The prosecutor described
Claypool’s most lucrative fraud
as the Hawaiian properties
scheme.
Claypool was responsible
for international sales and had
authority to approve payment
of commissions to foreign in-
dustry partners that facilitated
the sales.
Claypool, along with a Jack-
Oregon Capital Bureau reporter Gary
A. Warner contributed to this report.