FBI IC3

This is general information, not legal advice.

Why

IC3 (ic3.gov) is the FBI's online complaint center. Individual complaints aggregate into one federal picture, and the FBI Seattle Field Office is reviewing this matter. Dwellings collected rent electronically through its online portal, so IC3 accepts these reports. Filing takes about fifteen minutes and puts you on the federal record. Volume and timing matter — the more of us who file, the stronger the pattern.

Before you start

Have these ready: your total loss, the date of your management agreement, the months rent was collected but not remitted, and your other case numbers (DOL, Seattle Police, King County District Court) if you have them.

Step by step

Go to ic3.gov → File a Complaint. On the first screen ("I want to report…") choose Cyber-Enabled Frauds, Scams, or Cyber Threats and Intrusion.

1. Who is filing: "Were you the one affected?" → Yes. Enter your name, phone, and email.
2. Complainant information: your name, age range, and address. In County, put your own county (the county of your mailing address) — not the state, and not necessarily King. Enter phone numbers as digits only (e.g. 2065551234, not (206) 555-1234).
3. Business information: "On behalf of a business targeted by a cyber incident?" → No. (Answer No even if you hold your property through an LLC. This question is about hacked business systems.) Leave the business IT and critical-infrastructure fields blank.
4. Transaction: click Add Transaction. Transaction Type → Other; in "If other, please specify" (about 50 characters) put Trust funds withheld by property manager. "Was the money sent or lost?" → Yes. Transaction Amount → your total loss. Transaction Date → the month your remittances stopped. The date field's format varies by browser (it may show mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy), so enter it carefully and confirm it reads the date you intend. "Did you contact your bank?" → No for most owners. Leave every bank and account field blank — you don't have the firm's account details, and that's what the investigation traces. One transaction is enough.
5. Subjects: enter two — the company, then the firm's owner/president of record (click Add Subject for the second).

   Subject #1 — the company (leave the personal Name blank)

   • Business Name: Dwellings Seattle, Inc. (d/b/a Dwellings Seattle Real Estate)
   • Address: 3806 California Ave SW LOWR, Seattle, WA 98116-3704
   • Phone: 2068668437 (digits only)
   • Website: www.dwellingsseattle.com

   Subject #2 — the firm's owner/president of record

   • Name: the owner/president named on your management agreement or on the firm's Secretary of State filing (ccfs.sos.wa.gov, UBI 604 007 760)
   • Business Name: Dwellings Seattle, Inc.
   • Address: the registered business address above — never a home address
6. Description of incident: describe what happened in your own words (3,500-character limit). Use the template below and add your own specifics. Do not upload evidence here — keep your originals.
7. Other information: optional, but helpful — note that rent was collected through Dwellings' AppFolio portal; that you're one of 100+ affected owners (dwellingslandlordimpact.com); and list the agencies you've already reported to with their case numbers. "Is this an update to a previously filed complaint?" → No.
8. Privacy & signature: type your full legal name as the digital signature, complete the reCAPTCHA, and click Submit Complaint. You're affirming the information is true to your knowledge (18 U.S.C. § 1001), so only include what you can support.

Description template

Replace the bracketed parts with your own facts. Keep it factual.

I am a residential rental property owner. On [agreement date] I signed a written Property Management Agreement with Dwellings Seattle, Inc. (real estate firm license #20206; UBI 604 007 760), a licensed Washington real estate firm at 3806 California Ave SW, Seattle. Dwellings collected rent from my tenants, was required to hold that rent [and, if applicable, my tenants' security deposits] in trust, and to remit the net to me each month.

Dwellings collected rent electronically through its online AppFolio portal. Over [months] it collected my tenants' rent but remitted none of it to me. [If applicable: It has not accounted for or returned my tenants' security deposits or my owner reserve.] My net loss is $[amount]. My written demand went unanswered, and the company then ceased operating and took its systems offline.

This is not isolated. An owner group of more than 100 owners reports combined losses of more than $1.3 million in rent, reserves, and tenant deposits the firm was required to hold in trust. The firm's real estate license now shows as canceled / out of business. The Washington Department of Licensing completed its investigation and referred the matter to its Regulatory Compliance Unit for possible administrative action against the firm and its designated broker, and there is an active Seattle Police investigation.

Subjects: Dwellings Seattle, Inc. (d/b/a Dwellings Seattle Real Estate) and its owner/president of record, [name from your management agreement], 3806 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116. I can provide my management agreement, owner statements, written demands, and related records to law enforcement on request.

After you file

IC3 shows your submission ID once, on the confirmation screen — it is not emailed to you. Save or print that page immediately. Then add your IC3 submission ID to your record in the owner portal (My record → Case numbers → FBI IC3 #) so the group can give the FBI real submission numbers.