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AG obtains guilty plea in first-of-its-kind criminal sales tax case

Restaurant owner and corporation ordered to pay restitution for using “sales suppression” software to pocket more than $300k in sales tax

OLYMPIA — A Bellevue restaurant owner today pleaded guilty in a criminal tax theft case prosecuted by Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The restaurant owner used “sales suppression” software to hide cash transactions, pocketing an estimated $395,000 in sales tax collected from her patrons.

This case is the first prosecution in the United States for the use of sales suppression software.

AG Ferguson statement on national monument report

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson released the following statement in response to today’s report from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on his review of national monuments:

“In May, I sent a letter to the Trump Administration promising legal action if President Trump attempted to harm Washington’s national monuments. While I’m glad to see Washington’s national monuments appear to be safe from this attack, I’m troubled that Secretary Zinke and President Trump appear ready to overstep their authority in an unprecedented way.

AG prosecutors seek to prevent community release of Clark County sex offender

VANCOUVER — Prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Sexually Violent Predator Unit are in Clark County Superior Court this week, fighting to prevent a dangerous sex offender from being conditionally released into the community. The trial is expected to continue for two weeks.

Timothy McMahon, 56, has been convicted of multiple sex offenses against children, dating back to 1985.  In the interest of public safety, the AGO’s Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) unit is seeking to prevent his conditional release to the community.

Attorney General’s Office seeks US Supreme Court review in culverts case

Washington committed to protecting salmon, seeking to resolve challenges with lower court ruling

OLYMPIA — The Attorney General’s Office today filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the “culverts case,” officially referred to as United States of America et al. v. State of Washington. Today was the deadline for filing the petition for Supreme Court review.

AGO files campaign finance complaint against Pierce County Democrats

OLYMPIA —The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) today announced that it filed a complaint in Thurston County Superior Court alleging campaign finance violations by the Pierce County Democratic Central Committee. Specifically, the AGO asserts the committee failed to timely report a total of $63,643 in contributions, $90,357.95 in expenditures, and $34,791 in debts over a three-year period.

AG prosecutors seek to prevent release of Clark County sex offender into community

VANCOUVER — The Washington Attorney General’s Office filed a petition today in Clark County Superior Court seeking to civilly commit a sex offender and prevent his release to the community.

Charles Alfred Boling, 70, was convicted of two counts of first-degree child molestation in 1992 and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Boling was released in 2014 on community custody in Vancouver but twice violated the conditions of his release and was returned to confinement to finish out his sentence.

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