SPOKANE—A Spokane jury today decided in favor of Attorney General Rob McKenna’s petition to send convicted rapist Kevin Coe to the state’s Special Commitment Center at McNeil Island.

“Today’s decision keeps the state’s most notorious sexual predator off the streets,” McKenna said. “Kevin Coe has never shown regret for the pain he’s inflicted and never agreed to treatment. Perhaps he’ll reconsider during his stay at McNeil Island.”

Florida company accused of charging homeowners for empty promises

SPOKANE – They call themselves “United Home Savers” and pledge to help homeowners facing foreclosure. But the Attorney General’s Office says a Florida-based business and its owners actually preyed on Washington residents.

“United Home Savers is a misnomer,” Attorney General Rob McKenna said. “The company promised to rescue homeowners from foreclosure while looting the emergency change jars of families already at high risk of losing their homes.”

Loan servicers and housing counselors offer help for borrowers

SEATAC – Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna will join housing counselors and loan servicers at a free workshop Saturday geared at helping homeowners find solutions to their mortgage problems.

Shell agrees to adopt procedures at nearly 600 Washington stations

OLYMPIA -- Attorney General McKenna today announced a new effort to help extinguish minors’ access to cigarettes.

OLYMPIA -- Attorney General McKenna today announced that he, along with 33 other attorneys general, reached a record $62 million settlement with Eli Lilly and Company concerning allegations that the company marketed its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa for unapproved uses. The settlement is the largest multistate consumer protection pharmaceutical settlement and follows closely on the heels of the states’ $58 million agreement with Merck in May 2008 regarding its product Vioxx.

Seattle—On Monday Attorney General Rob McKenna will announce Washington’s share of a multi-state, multi-billion dollar settlement with Countrywide Financial Corporation over allegations of deceptive lending practices.

SEATTLE—Attorney General Rob McKenna and five interpreters will arm Seattle’s Asian communities with fraud-fighting tools Saturday.

McKenna’s office, the Asian Pacific American Resource Network (APARN), and the Asian Counseling & Referral Service (ACRS) organized the Theft and Medical Fraud Prevention Event, being held this Saturday at the Asian Counseling & Referral Service office.

OLYMPIA–The Attorney General’s Office today filed a lawsuit against the Washington State Republican Party for alleged violations of the state’s campaign finance disclosure law.

New lawsuits announced today under state’s improved anti-spyware law

SEATTLE – Attorney General Rob McKenna stood at the frontlines with Microsoft Corp. in the war against spyware in 2006. Now armed with tougher legislation, the state’s top law enforcement officer, with the world’s largest software company, is charging forward with new lawsuits targeting scareware purveyors.

Rob McKenna, Washington State Attorney General
Special to Institut national des hautes études de sécurité (INHES)