OLYMPIA – The Washington Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has successfully stopped deceptive marketing by a prescription drug discount card.

Wyeth Pharmaceutical to
pay $491M, Washington state will receive $261K

SEATTLE — Attorney General
Bob Ferguson announced today that Washington has joined with other states and
the federal government in
a $491 million settlement against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., a
pharmaceutical company acquired by Pfizer Inc. in 2009.

Courtesy of Department of Labor and Industries

TUMWATER – The Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) says a 54 year old Seattle man has been charged with 15 counts of second degree theft in connection with more than $262,000 he received in workers’ compensation and other benefits.

OLYMPIA—The Attorney General’s Office this week successfully committed a sexually violent predator (SVP) to the state’s Special Commitment Center, preventing his release into the community.

Garner “Dennis” Chastain, 60, pled guilty to Attempted Child Molestation in the second degree in Cowlitz County for molesting his step-grandson on multiple occasions in 2007. He was sentenced to 60 months and scheduled for release on December 28, 2011.  He was previously charged with four counts of sexual abuse of a minor for molesting multiple boys in Alaska in 1996.

State environmental laws would be preempted under proposed law

SEATTLE — Today, Attorney General Bob Ferguson and eight other Attorneys General from around the country released a letter they sent to Congress strongly objecting to provisions in the proposed Chemical Safety Improvement Act (S.1009) that would override state environmental laws.

SPOKANE — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a complaint against two businessmen and their credit card processing companies for allegedly scamming small business owners.

“Scamming small business owners in Washington will not be tolerated,” said Ferguson. “When businesses don’t play by the rules, the Attorney General’s Office will hold them accountable.”

SEATTLE — The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) today filed suit against an insurance agent and his two business partners who allegedly preyed on elderly consumers and duped them out of thousands of dollars. Many of the 30-plus victims were widows, usually over 80-years-old.  

Since 2007, the defendants, Henry William “Bill” Dailey, Janet Sparks, and Deborah Higgins of TEAM Services LLC, and TEAM Insurance Services LLC sold reverse mortgages, annuities and living trusts to senior citizens.

Courtesy of the Department of Labor & Industries 

 TUMWATER - An Idaho woman faces felony charges after allegedly receiving more than $12,000 in workers’ compensation benefits and nearly $4,000 for vocational rehabilitation while claiming she was unable to work.

The Attorney General’s Office filed charges Wednesday against Donna Childers-Adams in Thurston County Superior Court. She faces first and second degree theft charges and two counts of perjury – all felonies.

Attorneys General send letter to Congress calling for an amendment to the Communications Decency Act

OLYMPIA—The Attorney General’s Office this week filed a petition asking a Benton County judge to find probable cause to believe that convicted multi-victim pedophile Stephen Robinson may be a sexually violent predator (SVP). If the judge ultimately agrees, Robinson would be civilly committed at the state's Special Commitment Center, preventing his release into the community.