Abilia Healthcare and owner accused of fraudulently billing Medicaid more than $5M

SPOKANE — Today the Washington Attorney General announced the filing of charging documents in Spokane County Superior Court filing numerous felony charges against Paul Means and his business, Abilia Healthcare.

Means is charged with:

TACOMA — A Pierce County jury today found Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer not guilty of false reporting and making a false or misleading statement to a public servant after an early morning encounter with a newspaper carrier in 2021.

The Attorney General’s Office filed the charges against Troyer after Gov. Jay Inslee referred the case to the office.

State recoveries from opioid industry top $800 million to fund opioid abatement, treatment programs

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that he signed onto a resolution with Walmart that will bring an estimated $62.6 million to Washington state. This resolution from Walmart will bring Washington state’s total recoveries to approximately $802 million to help fund opioid abatement and recovery programs. These resources must be used to combat the opioid epidemic. 

Lawsuit over 2017 strike threatens to undermine federal labor law

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced he’s leading a coalition of 16 attorneys general in an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court defending workers’ rights.

Case uncovered as part of a sweep of 25 retailers across the state

Appeals court upholds campaign finance ruling against Tim Eyman

OLYMPIA — A Washington state appeals court today upheld virtually all of the ruling against initiative promoter Tim Eyman in the campaign finance case brought by Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

Special edition of the report focuses on protecting Washingtonians’ sensitive data in wake of record cybercrime

Murder of Marysville teen cold for two decades, prior to genetic genealogy testing

SEATTLE – Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that his office’s DNA forensic genetic genealogy program has now helped solve a 24-year-old cold case from Marysville.

Ferguson seeks funding to hire a 10-person unit, including prosecutors and investigators, to combat organized retail crime

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that he is pursuing funding from the Legislature to establish an Organized Retail Crime Unit in his office.

Organized Retail Crime involves a group of individuals that steal products not for their own personal use, but to resell them for a profit. This does not include general retail crimes like petty theft, shoplifting or poverty-driven crimes.  

WALLA WALLA — A Walla Walla County jury denied release to a sexually violent predator after prosecutors the Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Sexually Violent Predator Unit (SVP) proved that he remains mentally ill and sexually dangerous.