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AG Ferguson files lawsuit against T-Mobile for massive data breach
Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit today against T-Mobile for failing to adequately secure sensitive personal information of more than 2 million Washingtonians. -
Former Douglas County physician’s assistant sentenced for sexually assaulting patients
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that a Douglas County Superior Court judge sentenced a former physician’s assistant from Waterville to the maximum sentence of 364 days confinement, with one year of community custody. -
AG Ferguson nets $10M more through his innovative unemployment fraud recovery initiative
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today Metropolitan Commercial Bank will pay $10 million to Washington state as part of his innovative fraud recovery program to return unemployment funds stolen during the COVID pandemic. -
Claims forms on the way to Washington homeowners affected by mortgage servicer mismanagement
Attorney General Bob Ferguson and the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) announced today that more than 1,500 Washingtonians will receive letters in the mail to claim their share of more than $2 million as the result of a multistate resolution with Nationstar, one of the country’s largest mortgage servicers. -
AG Ferguson awards funds to combat gun violence to law enforcement agencies across Washington
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that his office is awarding nearly $2 million to 12 local law enforcement agencies across Washington state for gun violence prevention efforts. -
Attorneys General stand in support for National Veterans and Military Families Month
As we celebrate National Veterans and Military Families Month this November, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) proudly supports the efforts of state and territory attorney general offices in their commitment to military families. -
AG Ferguson files lawsuit against TikTok for harming youth mental health
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that he is suing TikTok for putting profits before the well-being of millions of its most vulnerable users by creating a platform that is addictive to youth. -
$400K restitution in the mail to Ilwaco mobile home park residents as a result of successful AG lawsuit
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that approximately $400,000 in restitution is on its way to current and former residents of an Ilwaco mobile home park. -
AG Ferguson’s lawsuit returns more than $5.2 million from uncashed checks to Washingtonians
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that he recovered more than $5.2 million plus interest that Washingtonians can claim through the state’s unclaimed property program. -
AG Ferguson’s Organized Retail Crime Unit files two new criminal prosecutions against three defendants
Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Organized Retail Crime Unit filed two new felony criminal cases. -
AG Ferguson: Final week for eligible Washington families to claim $120 or $50 restitution payment as a result of price-fixing on common food items
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that 24,492 claims checks will head to Washingtonians in the next week as a result of his antitrust lawsuits against chicken and tuna producers. -
AG Ferguson files charges against Clarkston man for judge intimidation, harassment of other local officials
The Attorney General’s Office announced that it filed felony charges against Trevor Lunney, of Clarkston, in Asotin County Superior Court for intimidation of a judge and four counts of harassment against local officials. -
As a result of AG Ferguson’s lawsuit, Teva begins delivery of more than 54,000 free naloxone kits to Washington
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that the first of more than 54,000 naloxone overdose reversal kits started arriving in Washington. -
AG Ferguson announces DNA collection from more than 2,600 serious offenders
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that more than 2,600 serious criminal offenders provided their DNA to law enforcement after previously failing to do so as required by law. As a result of Ferguson’s lawfully owed DNA project, these samples are now in a national DNA database critical to identifying perpetrators of unsolved rapes, murders and other violent crimes. -
AG Ferguson’s statement on ruling in Washington v. Gator’s Custom Guns
Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following statement after a Cowlitz County Superior Court judge presiding over an enforcement action against Gator’s Custom Guns ruled that Washington’s ban on the sale of high-capacity magazines is unconstitutional. -
Judge sentences Everett man to three years of supervised mental health treatment after animal cruelty prosecution by Attorney General’s Office
A Snohomish County Superior Court judge sentenced an Everett man on Wednesday following a criminal prosecution by Attorney General Bob Ferguson. -
AG Ferguson: $500K will fund genetic genealogy testing for all unidentified remains in Washington
Attorney General Bob Ferguson provided the following statement after the Legislature approved his budget request for $500,000 to fund genetic genealogy and DNA testing for the entire backlog of unidentified remains in Washington. -
Federal judge dismisses challenge to AG Ferguson-requested law to hold gun industry accountable
A federal judge agreed with Attorney General Bob Ferguson and dismissed a challenge to Washington’s new law that ensures gun manufacturers and dealers — like other purveyors of dangerous goods — must take reasonable steps to prevent their products from getting into the wrong hands. -
Legislature adopts AG Ferguson’s proposal to launch Artificial Intelligence Task Force
Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s bipartisan proposal to create an Artificial Intelligence Task Force in the Attorney General’s Office passed the Legislature today in a bipartisan 30-19 vote. -
AG Ferguson: Providence debt collector Harris & Harris to pay $1 million for failing to inform patients of their medical debt collection rights
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that debt collection agency Harris & Harris will pay his office $1 million to resolve a lawsuit, which asserted the company unlawfully collected medical payments from more than 160,000 Washington patients without providing them with disclosures about their rights when faced with medical debt.