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2003 News Releases

• (12/16/2003) FTC and U.S. Postal Service crack down on Envelope Stuffing Scams.
  
  
• (11/25/2003) Kevin L. Lawrence sentenced to 20 years for his part in HMC/Znetix stock scam.
  
  
• (11/5/2003) Alert issued on mortgage interest rates.
  
  
• (10/06/2003) Date changed for Ocean Shores Escrow/Cornerstone meeting.
  
  
• (9/30/2003) Sammamish Man Pleads Guilty to conspiracy and tax charges in Znetix Stock Fraud Scam, will receive up to 8 years in prison. (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
  
  
• 8/14/2003) 12,000 Washington consumers eligible for state's $21M settlement with Household International.
  
  
• (8/14/2003) TIME TO FILE ZNETIX CLAIMS - Go to Receiver's Web Site.
  
  
• (8/10/2003) New names are being added to the Fraud Alert list of companies purportedly based in Seattle or using unverified Washington-based references.
  
  
• (7/29/2003) Ringleader of HMC/Znetix stock fraud scam pleads guilty. (U.S. Dept of Justice)
  
  
• (06/26/2003) New Internet fraud surfaces. Learn more.
  
  
• (05/27/2003) Cease and Desist Order issued against Redmond Escrow company.
  
  
• (5/7/2003) North American securities administrators have collaborated on a quiz to help you identify your vulnerability to fraud -- read about it and take the Quiz (PDF)*
  
  
• (4/28/2003) Settlements announced between securities regulators and Wall Street firms (PDF)*.
  
  
• (3/27-31/2003) More defendants charged in HMC/Znetix case. (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
  
  
• (3/18/2003) Warning about opportunistic scams related to war effort
  
  
• (3/6/2003) Warning issued about con artists pushing oil and gas schemes (PDF)*
  
  
• (2/10/2003) California Mortgage Lender Fined $457,575; $712,000 to be returned to Washington Borrowers. Read more here.
  
  
• (1/7/2003) Securities and Exchange Commission initiates proceedings in Resource Development International case.

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