Susannah Frame
Chief Investigative Reporter at KING-TV (Seattle, WA)
Chief Investigative Reporter and Reporting Coach at KING 5. Email tips to [email protected]
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1 month ago |
king5.com | Susannah Frame
OLYMPIA, Wash. — When scammers stole Barb Putnam's life savings last year, the 73-year-old retired state worker from Olympia, Washington, lost more than just $300,000. She also lost her self-confidence, sense of security and her health: doctors prescribed medications for anxiety, hypertension and worsening diabetes. "I wasn't sleeping. I wasn't eating. I didn't feel safe," Putnam said. "I didn't feel safe in my own home." But the stress didn’t end there.
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2 months ago |
king5.com | Susannah Frame
OLYMPIA, Wash — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a law Monday that bans a substance that dozens of young people have used to die by suicide. House Bill 1209, which overwhelming passed out of the state House and Senate earlier this year, prohibits the sale of sodium nitrite in concentrations over 10%. Washington is the fourth state in the U.S. to ban the chemical.
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Feb 20, 2025 |
kgw.com | Susannah Frame
OLYMPIA, Wash. — On Tuesday, the House Consumer Protection and Business Committee held a hearing on a bill to better protect vulnerable adults. This comes amid the rise in financial scams involving transfers of money made by consumers under duress from fraudsters.
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Feb 15, 2025 |
kgw.com | Susannah Frame
OLYMPIA, Wash. — After a stellar career as a social worker and mental health program manager for the state of Washington, 73-year-old Barb Putnam, of Olympia, has lost the majority of her life savings through a scam the FBI says is on the rise in western Washington. The scheme involved Putnam initiating, under duress, transfers of large sums of money from her investment account to her local U.S. Bank branch, then having the bank wire all the money to an online gold coin dealer.
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Feb 7, 2025 |
kgw.com | Kipp Robertson |Susannah Frame
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at outlawing a poison that dozens of young people have used to die by suicide. House Bill 1209 passed out of the House with a 91-4 vote on Thursday, Feb. 6. The bill, which would prohibit the sale of highly concentrated sodium nitrite, now heads to the Senate. If passed, the bill would make Washington the fourth state in the nation to ban the chemical.
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