Trial starts tomorrow against Optimum Outcomes, last defendant in Ferguson’s charity care lawsuit against Providence and its debt collectors

Maple Valley woman charged with stealing more than $200K in fragrances, cosmetics in six counties

SEATTLE — Today Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Organized Retail Crime Unit filed its second-ever felony criminal case, charging a Maple Valley woman over a string of organized retail thefts in western Washington.

King County judge already ruled that the store and its owner violated the law

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that Federal Way Discount Guns and its owner, Mohammed Baghai, will pay $3 million for violating Washington’s prohibition on selling high-capacity magazines with the capacity to hold more than ten rounds of ammunition.

King County judge already ruled that the store and its owner violated the law

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that Federal Way Discount Guns and its owner, Mohammed Baghai, will pay $3 million for violating Washington’s prohibition on selling high-capacity magazines with the capacity to hold more than ten rounds of ammunition.

Resolution benefits nearly 100,000 Washingtonians

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that Providence, one of the nation’s largest health care systems, must forgive more than $137 million in medical debt and refund more than $20 million to patients the company billed for services despite knowing they likely qualified for free or reduced-cost health care. The $157.8 million resolution will provide full refunds, plus interest, and debt forgiveness for 99,446 individuals. It is the largest resolution of its kind in the country.

Publicis worked with doctors to record intimate patient conversations for marketing purposes

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today public relations firm Publicis Health will pay Washington state more than $7.9 million for its role in fueling the opioid epidemic. The Washington Attorney General’s Office has recovered more than $1.2 billion and counting that must be used to combat the fentanyl and opioid crisis in Washington as a result of legal actions against entities that helped fuel the epidemic.

TACOMA — Following a trial prosecuted by Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Sexually Violent Predator Unit (SVP), a Pierce County Superior Court judge has ruled that a 36-year-old Pierce County sex offender is a sexually violent predator will be civilly committed.

In December 2016, a mother reported that John L. Brewer molested her daughter, a developmentally disabled 7-year-old girl, while he babysat her and three other children. The girl reported to her mother what he had done and she confronted him. He said the girl was lying.

Decision to reject national settlement results in additional $24.4M to combat Washington’s fentanyl crisis