Other LanguagesSEATTLE – La Oficina del Procurador General del Estado de Washington pone sobre aviso a residentes acerca de una estafa telefónica en la que personas llamando en español precien ser representantes de una compañía de seguros.
SEATTLE – The Washington Attorney General’s Office is alerting residents about a phone scam in which Spanish-speaking callers claim to be representatives of an insurance company.
OLYMPIA—Attorney General Rob McKenna today emphasized the need to leverage the power of technology to protect kids and other victims of modern crimes.
SPOKANE — A Spokane woman was sentenced Friday for fraudulently billing the government for in-home care she did not provide to a vulnerable adult male who suffers from a traumatic brain injury and other illnesses.
SEATTLE – A TV commercial for the Yaz birth control pill showed women singing “We’re not gonna take it,” while kicking and punching balloons printed with words such as “irritability,” “moodiness” and “bloating.” Alas, suggestions that the Yaz birth control pill could treat premenstrual syndrome and all severities of acne were exaggerated, say a group of 27 attorneys general. They announced today that Bayer Corporation will pay $20 million on an advertising campaign to correct misperceptions caused by its earlier marketing.
SEATTLE – Pink elephants may go mysteriously unnoticed, but not BlueHippo. The company, which pitches personal computers to those with less-than-perfect credit, was the target of a federal lawsuit resolved last year. BlueHippo made a splash again when the Washington Attorney General’s Office announced today that it, too, reached a settlement.
OLYMPIA--Attorney General Rob McKenna joined 50 Attorneys General in sending a letter Wednesday urging Congress to restore federal funding for crime and drug enforcement efforts.
SPOKANE – A father-and-sons’ contracting business that built up a heap of customer complaints about shoddy service and unfair billing practices agreed to partial refunds for homeowners under two settlements announced today by the Washington Attorney General’s Office.
Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced the appointment of Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey D. Goltz as chairman of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC).
SEATTLE – A New York-based charity named the Reserve Police Officers Association agreed to stop soliciting donations in Washington under an agreement with the Attorney General’s Office.