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Attorney General’s lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s leads to $21.5 million recovery for Washington state

Key credit-rating firm acknowledges role in financial crisis in one of state’s largest consumer protection recoveries

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC will pay Washington state $21.5 million as a result of an investigation into the company’s misleading of investors when it rated structured finance securities in the lead-up to and the years following the 2007-08 financial crisis.

AG prosecutors seek insurance fraud conviction in case against Spokane deputy sheriff

SPOKANE — Prosecutors from the Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Criminal Litigation Unit are in Spokane today for the start of a trial against a Spokane County Sheriff’s deputy accused of insurance fraud. 

Jeremy Jeske has been charged with two counts of “false claims or proof” for allegedly submitting false claims for property insurance coverage. He’s accused of obtaining coverage then reporting a loss that occurred prior to him securing the coverage.

Jeske is a Spokane County deputy sheriff, and he is currently on administrative leave.

State officials warn of consumer rip-offs by Ebola-related scams

Joint release with the Office of the Secretary of State

OLYMPIA - Secretary of State Kim Wyman and Attorney General Bob Ferguson are urging consumers to be aware of scam artists exploiting the public’s fear of Ebola.

The two statewide officials said rip-off artists follow media coverage of natural disasters and health scares and then attempt to victimize well-intended charitable donors.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson expresses sympathy for Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting victims

SEATTLE—Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following statement after today's deadly shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School.

“My sympathies go out to the victims of the Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting and their families, and to all the other students, teachers and staff in that community. Today we are united in our grief. I want to express my gratitude to the Marysville Police and other first responders who risked their lives today, as they do every day, to defend our communities from senseless violence.”

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