Other LanguagesOLYMPIA—Assistant Attorneys General Brooke Burbank and Kristie Barham with the AG’s Sexually Violent Predator Unit won a civil commitment case that prevents the unconditional release of a dangerous sexually violent predator into the community.
SEATTLE – The Public Counsel Section of the Washington State Attorney General’s Office today filed an appeal challenging the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission’s approval of Avista’s last electric and gas rate general rate increases that took effect on Jan. 1.
SEATTLE – Unemployed workers in Washington and the rest of the country are targets for crooks posing as headhunters, the Attorney General’s Office warned today. Scams include bogus job offers and realistic-looking e-mail messages that contain links to computer viruses or phishing sites.
OLYMPIA—Four bills requested by Attorney General Rob McKenna are scheduled for public hearings this week.
SEATTLE – The Attorney General’s Office today issued a warning about schemes targeting Washington residents whose homes were damaged by recent floods.
McKenna praises Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate convictions of accomplice in drive-by shooting
OLYMPIA—Attorney General Rob McKenna today applauded the U.S. Supreme Court for reinstating the murder convictions of an accomplice in a gang-related drive-by shooting at Seattle’s Ballard High School.
Two bills requested by Attorney General Rob McKenna that would protect Washington consumers are scheduled for public hearings this week.
Spokane--The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has charged a Spokane County woman with overbilling the Medicaid program that provides health care services funding for low-income citizens.
SPOKANE – The Washington Attorney General’s Office is suing a convicted equity skimmer a second time, claiming the Colfax man and his wife ran a real estate investment business that misled distressed homeowners and property investors.
OLYMPIA -- Attorney General Rob McKenna announced today that Washington state has joined with other states and the federal government in reaching an agreement in principle with Eli Lilly and Company to settle allegations it engaged in an off-label marketing campaign to improperly promote the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa.