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McKenna Announces New Legislation to Combat Criminal Gangs

Tougher penalties provided, new crime created

OLYMPIA– Attorney General Rob McKenna announced today that new legislation to combat the activities of criminal gangs, a growing problem throughout the state, has now been introduced in both the state Senate and the House of Representatives.

The request legislation from the Attorney General’s Office would create the new crime of tagging/gang graffiti and provide longer sentences for crimes committed by members of criminal gangs and those attempting to join criminal gangs.

McKenna Announces Settlement with Seattle Business that Ticketed Parked Cars

SEATTLE – Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced a settlement with a Seattle company accused of making misrepresentations in the course of offering parking lot monitoring services to local businesses. The Attorney General’s Office alleged that Parking Enforcement Services, Inc., misrepresented its authority to enforce trespassing laws, operated in a way that deceived people as to the company’s authority to act as law enforcement, and offered an illusory “appeal” process to individuals who disputed fines.

Attorney General’s Consumer Complaint List Suggests Changes in Internet Commerce

Office Recovered $12.5 Million for Consumers in 2006

SEATTLE – Washington consumers filed 18,354 complaints with the Attorney General’s Office in 2006. Consumers reported fewer complaints about online auctions while communications companies and retailers, which have held the No. 1 and No. 2 spots for at least the last six years, continued to top the list.

McKenna Announces Fifth Computer Spyware Case; Washington Sues Three Internet Affiliate Advertisers

{Editor's note: Secure Links Networks corrected to Securelink Networks.}

SEATTLE – Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced a lawsuit against three California-based Internet affiliate advertisers and their respective business entities. The defendants are accused of sending anonymous “Net Send” messages to consumers’ computers that simulate Windows operating system warnings, transmitting bundled software that changes Internet browser home pages, and marketing registry-cleaner programs through the use of deceptive free scans.

Attorney General McKenna, Advocates Band Together to Support Legislation to Prevent Identity Theft

New AARP Survey Shows Overwhelming Public Support for Credit Report Security Freeze

OLYMPIA – Attorney General Rob McKenna joined legislators and leaders from AARP and the Washington Credit Union League today in encouraging the state Legislature to give all Washington residents the opportunity to freeze access to their credit reports. They believe a preventative security freeze bill is needed to help individuals protect themselves from potential identity theft and financial destruction.

States Obtain $90 Million for Consumers Harmed by Alleged Semiconductor Price-Fixing Conspiracy

SEATTLE - Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced a $90 million nationwide settlement with Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. (“Samsung”), resolving allegations that Samsung and others major computer chip manufacturers fixed prices of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM). 

Media Advisory: Attorney General McKenna, AARP and Washington Credit Union League to Discuss Need for Proposed Credit Security Freeze Legislation

OLYMPIA – Attorney General Rob McKenna will conduct a press conference tomorrow on proposed legislation that would give all Washington residents the opportunity to freeze unauthorized access to their credit reports.

McKenna will be joined by legislators, representatives of the Washington Credit Union League and AARP, which will reveal results from a new survey that found the vast majority of Washington state consumers support security freeze legislation.

Public Counsel Raises Questions about Qwest Alternative Regulation Petition

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Attorney General’s Public Counsel Section filed testimony today with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) questioning key parts of a proposal by Qwest that would allow the company to increase residential telephone service prices without review by the WUTC. Customers can share their thoughts about the proposal during a hearing March 6 in Tacoma.

Media Advisory: Washington to Celebrate Consumer Protection Week

Events include workshops for Spanish-speaking consumers, press conference

SEATTLE & SPOKANE – The Washington State Attorney General’s Office has teamed up with nonprofit organizations and government agencies to sponsor several events in conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week (Feb. 4-10).

WHAT: National Consumer Protection Week Activities including consumer workshops in South Seattle and a press conference in Spokane

WHEN/WHERE: Seattle and Spokane. See below for specific activities.

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