OLYMPIA - July 27, 1998 - In legal papers filed today, the state Attorney General's Office charges that the state Republican Party intentionally violated Washington's campaign finance law to purchase the so-called “Tell Gary Locke” television ad shortly before the 1996 general election. The GOP paid for the $150,000 ads from its “soft-money” account which, under Initiative 134, can only be used for expenses not directly associated with individual candidates.

Company to Provide Details Next Week Surrounding Security Breach

OLYMPIA – Attorney General Rob McKenna issued the following statement regarding developments today in the security breach at CardSystems Solutions, Inc.:

“Officials from the Washington Attorney General’s Office met today at our offices in Olympia with representatives from CardSystems Solutions, including President and CEO John Perry. CardSystems representatives were cooperative and forthcoming in discussing the events surrounding the recent security breach at the company.

Olympia - June 7, 2001 - The Washington Supreme Court today unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the state's anti-spam e-mail law in the nation's first case involving a state law designed to protect Internet users from deceptive commercial e-mail.

SEATTLE -May 1, 1998 -- The Attorney General today announced a national credit insurance sales consulting company will pay $205,000 plus money to settle individual claims for allegedly encouraging auto dealers to hide the costs of extra products in early payment quotes.

OLYMPIA –Attorney General Rob McKenna today issued the following statement in regards to a request from states that CardSystems Solutions provide information about its security breach:

“ While we were encouraged by initial contacts by CardSystems that the company would comply with our request, we are disappointed that we have not received a formal response and documentation that we requested by the July 25 deadline.

“ Consumers affected by the security breach need to be notified, and it is CardSystems’ responsibility, working with its clients, to provide that information.

SUBJECT: MICROSOFT

At this time the Washington State Attorney General's Office has declined to join the lawsuit brought by some Attorneys General against Microsoft. We have reviewed the case with the other states and we have been independently assessing whether Washington consumers have or could be harmed by the conduct of Microsoft.

To date, I have seen no evidence of harm to Washington consumers. Further, I have seen no evidence of harm to the general welfare or economy of our state unlike the allegations of the filing states.

OLYMPIA – The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) today sent a letter to the Senior Vice President and Legal Counsel for CardSystems Solutions, Inc., demanding the company inform all consumers affected by its recent security breach.

The letter, proposed and authored by Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna, was signed by the attorneys general of 44 states, the District of Columbia, and American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico.

Olympia - March 23, 1998 - A record $2.6 million was returned to the state's Medicaid program in 1997 as a result of prosecutions and settlements by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The returned money came in the form of restitution, overpayments, penalties and fines resulting from fraud cases the unit investigated and prosecuted.

"The recoveries are larger because the frauds are getting larger," explained Attorney General Christine Gregoire. "We are getting busier all the time and cases are getting bigger and more complex."

OLYMPIA -- April 6, 2000 - The Attorney General's Office today formally requested that the State Supreme Court review a superior court ruling issued last month, which declared the state's anti-spam law violated the Interstate Commerce Clause of the U. S. Constitution.

SEATTLE – Concerned about the recently reported security breach at CardSystems, Inc., Attorney General Rob McKenna is requesting that the company provide information about affected Washington consumers.

“Remedial steps must be taken immediately to minimize risk to consumers,” McKenna said.