A Renton man receives five years in Federal prison for money laundering and dealing drugs with his son and daughter.

On Jan. 16, the Western District of Washington Department of Justice said in a press release that Frank Lozano Graves, 57, was arrested in July 2023 following an investigation of drug trafficking and money laundering through a phony construction business that laundered over $800,000 in drug proceeds over three years. The release states that Graves involved his son, his daughter Adrianna Kinsey and other co-conspirators in his drug trafficking organization.

Records filed in the case found that, as early as July 2022, communications between Graves and his son, Frank Marquis Graves, 31, made it clear that the former was dealing opioids. At the time of the July 2022 communications, Graves’ son was incarcerated, but when he was released, the pair were heard on wiretapped phone calls discussing their drug conspiracy, the release states.

The release states that Graves was even posting on social media about his drug trafficking, and further investigation revealed that the drugs were coming from a source in Las Vegas. Adam Jobes, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation’s Seattle Field Office, said that Graves enabled addiction in his own community for money. Jobes added that the Internal Revenue Service follows the money to stop criminal organizations from profiting at the expense of human lives.

“You knew the havoc that drugs wreak and yet you endangered your family…. you modeled for your children that drug dealing was okay, and you got them involved in it,” said U.S. District Judge Tana Lin.

Following Graves arrest, the release said that agents with the Criminal Investigations department of the IRS (IRS-CI) began analyzing Graves’ bank accounts and financial records. The release said Graves and his son set up a phony construction company to launder their drug proceeds and could trace the proceeds going into his accounts, totaling about $800,000 over three years.

The release said that as part of his sentence, Graves is forfeiting his vehicle, jewelry and more than $15,000 in cash seized from his home to the government.

“IRS-Criminal Investigations is a key partner in our efforts to take the profit out of drug distribution,” said U.S. Attorney Tessa Gorman. “The IRS-CI agents truly ‘follow the money,’ providing the evidence we need to seize bank accounts and assets such as homes or vehicles that have been purchased with drug money. In this way they do their part to remove the financial incentive of drug trafficking.”

Graves’ daughter, who was 31 when she was sentenced in May 2024, was also charged and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. She received three years of probation.

Graves’ son pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and assault for an attack on another inmate at the Federal Detention Center at SeaTac. He is scheduled for sentencing on April 16, 2025.