Other LanguagesSEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today Metropolitan Commercial Bank will pay $10 million to Washington state as part of his innovative fraud recovery program to return unemployment funds stolen during the COVID pandemic. This initiative has so far brought in more than $52 million from banks across the U.S. that accepted stolen unemployment funds.
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson and the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) announced today that more than 1,500 Washingtonians will receive letters in the mail to claim their share of more than $2 million as the result of a multistate resolution with Nationstar, one of the country’s largest mortgage servicers.
SEATTLE — A King County judge ruled today that the proposed merger of grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons is unlawful and cannot go forward. The decision came following a September trial in Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s antitrust case challenging the merger. Today’s ruling is the first decision on the merits of the case amongst multiple state and federal challenges of the merger.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson is warning of a scammer posing as the Secretary of State’s Office targeting Washington small businesses. The scam letters demand payment well beyond the cost of state business filings, and threaten business owners with fines or dissolution of their business for failing to comply. The Secretary of State has also received reports of similar telephone scams targeting Latino businesses, where they were also threatened with jail.
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson released his ninth annual data breach report today that shows data breaches reached an all-time high since his office started tracking them nearly a decade ago.
VANCOUVER — A Clark County Superior Court judge has approved a judgment of more than $1.4 million against former directors of three Vancouver-area charities as a result of Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s lawsuit. Founder Ophelia Noble and the former directors of The Noble Foundation misused charitable funds that were meant to serve communities of color and low-income individuals in southwest Washington.
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today he and a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general have won more than $49 million so far in their case against major drug manufacturers that conspired to illegally raise prices on hundreds of generic drugs. The conspiracy caused consumers to pay more than 10 times as much for some drugs, ranging from antibiotic ointment to cancer treatments.
TACOMA — ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ, Pierce ਕਾਉਂਟੀ ਦੇ ਇੱਕ ਜੱਜ ਨੇ ਅੰਡਰਗਰਾਉਂਡ ਤੇਲ ਸਟੋਰੇਜ ਟੈਂਕਾਂ ਲਈ ਕੀਤੇ ਅਧੂਰੇ, ਬੇਲੋੜੇ ਜਾਂ ਘਟੀਆ ਕੰਮ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਗੈਸ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਦੇ ਮਾਲਕਾਂ ਕੋਲੋਂ ਗੈਰ-ਕਾਨੂੰਨੀ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ ਭੁਗਤਾਨ ਲੈਣ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਸਥਾਨਕ ਕਾਰੋਬਾਰ ਦੇ ਮਾਲਕ ਨੂੰ $360,000 ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਦਾ ਜੁਰਮਾਨਾ ਲਗਾਇਆ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਭੁਗਤਾਨ ਵਾਪਸ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਹੁਕਮ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਹੁਕਮ ਅਟਾਰਨੀ ਜਨਰਲ Bob Ferguson ਦੇ ਵਿੰਗ ਲਿਊਕ ਸਿਵਲ ਰਾਈਟਸ ਡਿਵੀਜ਼ਨ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਦਾਇਰ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਖਪਤਕਾਰ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਮੁਕੱਦਮੇ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਜਾਰੀ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ।
TACOMA — 금요일, Pierce 카운티 판사는 지하 연료 저장 탱크에 대한 작업을 완료하지 않았거나, 불필요하거나 부실한 작업을 해놓고 주유소 소유주들에게 불법적으로 비용을 청구한 현지 사업주에게 36만 달러가 넘는 벌금과 배상금을 지불하라고 명령했습니다. 해당 명령은 법무장관 Bob Ferguson의 Wing Luke Civil Rights Division(민권담당과)이 제기한 소비자 보호 소송의 결과로 내려지게 되었습니다.
TACOMA — On Friday, a Pierce County judge ordered a local business owner to pay more than $360,000 in penalties and restitution for unlawfully charging gas station owners for unfinished, unnecessary, or shoddy work on underground fuel storage tanks. The order is the result of a consumer protection lawsuit filed by Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Wing Luke Civil Rights Division.