Court rules GMA intentionally violated state disclosure laws in AG’s enforcement case

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Charged $600-$1,400 in illegal fees for services not qualified to provide

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Cobraba de $600 a $1,400 en honorarios ilícitos por servicios que no estaba calificada para brindar.

Law proposed by AG Ferguson requires stricter reporting, consumer notification

OLYMPIA — Nearly half a million Washingtonians had their personal information compromised as a result of data breaches between July of 2015 and July of this year, according to a report issued today by Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The release coincides with National Cyber Security Awareness Month.

OLYMPIA — The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that it filed a complaint in Thurston County Superior Court today alleging campaign finance violations by the Freedom Foundation. Specifically, the AGO alleges that the Freedom Foundation failed to properly and timely file independent expenditure reports disclosing money it spent to oppose statewide ballot measures.

TACOMA — The Attorney General’s Office has filed a petition in Pierce County Superior Court seeking to civilly commit a Pierce County sex offender to prevent his release into the community. 

Washington’s Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) law allows the Attorney General’s Office to petition for the civil commitment of violent sex offenders who, because of a mental abnormality and/or personality disorder, are proven likely to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence if released.

KELSO — A Cowlitz County jury today denied the release of a sexually violent predator after a prosecutor from the Attorney General’s Sexually Violent Predator Unit proved that he remains mentally ill and sexually dangerous.

Joel Reimer, 47, was convicted of two sexually violent offenses in Cowlitz County in 1985: first-degree rape and second-degree assault.

Convicted rapist Paul Harell had sought unconditional release

COUPVILLE — An Island County jury on Thursday decided not to release a sexually violent predator after prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Office proved that he remains both mentally ill and a danger to the community.

Paul Harell, 44, was convicted in 1994 of first-degree rape and two counts of second-degree rape by forcible compulsion in Island County.

Defendants will pay $115,000 in restitution over improper renovations

SPOKANE — Two individuals and a corporation pled guilty today in Spokane County Superior Court to multiple violations of the Washington Clean Air Act. Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed the criminal charges in May, over the defendants’ illegal handling of hazardous asbestos.

NOTE:  The Attorney General’s Office’s policy is not to comment on ongoing, non-public investigations, including confirming whether a particular matter is under investigation.  Because WAFLA challenged our CID in a public court filing, the AGO can confirm it is investigating the group for possible antitrust violations relating to wages for temporary agricultural workers under the H-2A program.