New cases involve passing fake checks from state treasurer, reselling high-end liquor

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Organized Retail Crime Unit filed two new felony criminal cases today. This marks five prosecutions since Ferguson established the new unit last year.

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson offers the following statement in response to the King County Superior Court denying a request to enforce his office’s subpoena against the Seattle Archdiocese in his Catholic Church investigation:

Ferguson used funds from chicken and tuna price-fixing cases to send checks to those most affected by conspiracies