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Attorneys General Meet to Discuss Critical Legal Issues of State-Federal Concern
Park City, Utah – Attorney General Rob McKenna along with thirty-two other Attorneys General, their staff, and members of law enforcement are in Utah today as part of the National Association of Attorneys General’s (NAAG) annual winter meeting. Attendees will be hearing from new U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey.
OLYMPIA— A care giver in Lincoln County pled guilty Tuesday to three counts of First Degree Theft and five counts of Health Care False Claim (as Medicaid False Statement).
Terry L. Garvin’s crimes occurred between April 2004 and October 31, 2006. She has agreed to $99,433.09 in restitution for having wrongfully obtained Medicaid funds intended to compensate her for care she claimed to have provided her mother.
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August 3, 2007
OLYMPIA—The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit today filed separate charges in King County against two King County women accused of falsely billing for services.
Eunice D. Laupati was charged today with one count of theft in the first degree and eight counts of Medicaid False Statement.
It is alleged that Laupati billed and was paid $11, 178.18 for providing services to a deceased Medicaid client.
Laupati is scheduled to be arraigned on August 13, 2007.
OLYMPIA—The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit today filed 14 felony counts against a Thurston County woman accused of falsely billing for services.
Sandra Gillihan was charged today with 1 count of theft in the first degree, 10 counts of money laundering, and 3 counts of Medicaid False Statement. Due to the amount alleged to have been stolen, an aggravating factor was alleged in conjunction with the theft charge.
OAK HARBOR – An Oak Harbor couple who took thousands of dollars from aspiring authors is prohibited from marketing ghostwriting and publishing services unless they pay back customers, the Attorney General’s Office announced today.
OLYMPIA--At a hearing in Seattle today, Attorney General Rob McKenna urged Federal Communications Commissioners to take adequate time to fully study the impacts of its proposed rules on media consolidation before adopting them.
OLYMPIA…The Washington State Supreme Court today upheld King County Superior Judge Mary Roberts’ June 13 ruling that Initiative 747 is unconstitutional.
Attorney General Rob McKenna, whose office defends initiatives and other state laws when challenged, said he was concerned by the 5-4 ruling because of its chilling effect on the people’s right to initiative.
McKenna says Redmond-based company violated court order
SEATTLE – The Washington Attorney General’s Office announced today that it filed a petition to enforce a court order concerning Internet Advancement, a Redmond-based company that sells search-engine optimization services for thousands of dollars to small businesses.
Olympia – A Cowlitz County jury returned a guilty verdict today in the Frederick Russell case. Russell was convicted on three counts of vehicular homicide and three of vehicular assault.
Russell had been standing trial following the 2001 car wreck that killed three in Whitman County. Shortly before the trial in 2001, Russell fled to Ireland. He was ultimately arrested and extradited to the United States last November. The trial had been moved to Cowlitz County to provide a jury unfamiliar with details of the case.
SEATTLE – Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced a settlement with a Kirkland-based company that sells leads to real estate agents on a subscription basis. HouseValues, Inc., is accused of misrepresenting the quality of information it provides and misrepresenting subscribers’ cancellation rights.
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