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AG’s office charges Bremerton woman for claiming she was caring for dead mother

OLYMPIA – The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) charged a Bremerton woman Wednesday with nine counts of Medicaid fraud for billing the government for care she claimed to have provided to her mother long after her mother had died.

Dominique S. Lowe was traveling in Michigan and Virginia on dates she says she was providing Medicaid Personal Care Services for her mother, who had died months earlier.

McKenna announces appeal of water rights decision

OLYMPIA – Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced the state will appeal a recent King County Superior Court ruling that suggests three sections of the Municipal Water law are invalid.

“We respectfully disagree with the Superior Court’s decision to strike down three of the eight challenged sections of the Municipal Water Law,” McKenna said. “We believe that the law as crafted by the Legislature is a constitutionally-sound way to protect our growing water needs while protecting the environment. I’m confident that our view will ultimately prevail in court.”

McKenna announces $1.1 million agreement with MoneyGram to help prevent wire transfer fraud

SEATTLE – Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced a multi-state agreement with MoneyGram Payment Services intended to help prevent U.S. residents from becoming victims of wire transfer scams. MoneyGram will pay $1.1 million to fund a national peer-counseling program to be overseen by the AARP Foundation.

Spokane County nursing facility employee is sentenced for Medicaid Fraud

OLYMPIA — A former Spokane County adult family home operator was sentenced yesterday for six felony counts of Medicaid fraud.

Bonnie L. Olsen, operator of Precious Times Adult Family Home, pleaded guilty to one count of Theft in the First Degree and five counts of Medicaid False Statement.

Olsen was sentenced to 30 days electronic home monitoring; $5,890 in restitution plus fees and costs, 12 months of community supervision, and a prohibition against providing services to vulnerable adults, particularly Medicaid clients.