Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Nick Brown

Court orders estate-planning company to immediately halt deceptive “trust mill” practices

CLA Estate Services, Inc. and CLA USA, Inc. made millions deceptively selling estate-planning services, annuities in a scheme targeting Washington seniors

SEATTLE — Following a lawsuit by Attorney General Bob Ferguson, a King County Superior Court judge issued a preliminary injunction ordering an estate-planning company to immediately halt its deceptive conduct. The lawsuit asserts the Texas-based company operated a “trust mill” scheme targeting hundreds of Washington seniors.

AG recovers $500K donated by Washingtonians to bankrupt sham charity

Department of Health will use money to pay for breast cancer screenings for underinsured women, as donors originally intended

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson joined Washington Secretary of Health John Wiesman today to announce that more than half a million dollars from the recovered assets of a bankrupt sham charity will fund breast cancer screenings for underinsured women, as donors originally intended.