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Assistant Attorney General wipes window industry sales practices

Settlement with Seattle’s Best Home Improvements is latest in crackdown

SPOKANE – Assistant Attorney General Jack Zurlini does windows. Zurlini, who is spearheading a government push to clear up alleged deceptive sales practices among some window sellers, has negotiated six settlements with Washington businesses in recent months. The latest is Seattle’s Best Home Improvements, actually based in Tacoma.

CONSUMER ALERT: Phony health inspectors target restaurants

SEATTLE – Scammers posing as health inspectors are calling restaurant operators.

Restaurants in Washington state, as well as across the nation and Canada, have been targets of the scam, which apparently involves a series of phone calls. The first caller tells the restaurant that it will receive an automated call providing a numeric confirmation code. A second caller, claiming to be a health inspector, requests the code and seeks to set up an in-person restaurant inspection. The caller threatens fines if the restaurant doesn't cooperate.