SEATTLE — An Internal Revenue Service agent has been arrested on charges related to soliciting a bribe and accepting payment from a Seattle marijuana business owner.
Paul G. Hurley of Seattle was charged Monday in U.S. District Court with soliciting and agreeing to receive a bribe by a public official and two counts of receiving a bribe by a public official.
Court records say the 42-year-old Hurley reportedly asked for $20,000 cash from the business owner in exchange for giving lenience in an audit although the owner never requested it.
Seattlepi.com reported that Hurley said he was living paycheck to paycheck and was saving the owner over $1 million in the audit.
Hurley appeared in court Monday and was released on his own recognizance pending future hearings.
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