Fraud fighter.

Washington recently launched a website to combat consumer fraud. It combines information from the departments of revenue, labor and industry, and licensing, as well as the attorney general's office, to give consumers as much information as possible in one place so they can avoid being ripped off by bad businesses. The information includes consumer complaints and which businesses are unregistered. The loss of revenue from unregistered businesses is estimated to cost the state about $457 million a year.