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Clark County woman charged with Medicaid fraud

VANCOUVER – The Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) announced today that Michelle Zabroski, 46, of Ridgefield was charged in Clark County Superior Court with one count of First Degree Theft and 32 counts of Medicaid False Statement.

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Washington Supreme Court lifts stay of execution for Cal Brown

Decision upholds state’s authority to develop death penalty protocol

Olympia — The Washington State Supreme Court today issued an important opinion dismissing various challenges to Washington's method of carrying out lethal injection and lifting the stay of execution for convicted killer and rapist Cal Coburn Brown.

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Spokane woman sentenced for Medicaid fraud

SPOKANE – The Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) announced today that Dea Ann Wagner, 55, of Spokane, has pled guilty to First Degree Theft, Second Degree Theft and five counts of Medicaid False Statement in Spokane County for billing for care not provided to multiple recipients.

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Procurador General le pone fin a tres servicios ilegales de inmigración

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Inmigrantes latinos en riesgo de ser explotados por “notarios”

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Attorney General puts an end to three illegal immigration services

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Latino immigrants at risk of being exploited by “notarios”

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Attorney General settles case under state’s “trust mill” law

Seminar speakers weren’t qualified to sell estate planning documents

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New child porn law used to prosecute molester

Seattle man with prior convictions could be kept behind bars for years

OLYMPIA — A new law requested by the state attorney general is already being used by at least one prosecutor to go after some of the most dangerous sexual predators.

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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.

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Attorney General’s Office testifies before Blue Ribbon Commission

Kennewick, Wash.—Ecology Division Chief Mary Sue Wilson today represented Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna before the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Wash., focusing on three subjects:

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Washington company that promised Web hits will reboot its sales tactics

Visible.net and Captures.com settle with Attorney General’s Office

SEATTLE – A Redmond-based seller of e-commerce services agreed to change course after customers complained the company promised Web hits but struck out, the Washington Attorney General’s Office announced today.

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