For Immediate Release: Thursday, November 17, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and the Attorneys General of Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Oregon today led a bipartisan group of 33 attorneys general calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to consider stronger surveillance and data security protections to prevent misconduct […]
Friday, September 16, 2022 Our office has received reports of phone scams in which callers claim to represent the North Carolina Department of Justice and other government agencies and officials. Remember: state government officials will not reach out to you via text or phone to threaten you with arrest or ask for your personal information. […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein filed testimony with the North Carolina Utilities Commission calling for a stronger, affordable clean energy approach than the one proposed by Duke Energy. Attorney General Stein is pushing for an alternative carbon plan that would dramatically reduce carbon emissions […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 19, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Haaland v. Brackeen urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a challenge to longstanding protections guaranteed to Native American children, their families, and tribal communities under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). “Protecting our kids is job one for the […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein has reached an agreement in principle with opioid maker Endo International plc and its lenders that would provide up to $450 million to participating states and local governments and ban promotion of Endo’s opioids. “Every drug company that helped […]
Attorney General Josh Stein August 2022 As our children go back to school, there’s nothing more important than keeping them safe whether in person or online. Technology and internet access offer new avenues for students to learn and engage in the classroom, but our increasingly online environment poses risks for children’s mental health and safety. […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he has hired J. Jeffrey Smythe, former chief of police for the Burlington Police Department, as the new director of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Standards Division. Smythe will replace Steven Combs, who left the […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, June 28, 2021 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein is taking action to protect North Carolinians struggling to make their mortgage payments from unlawful debt adjusting and mortgage relief scams. He filed a lawsuit against California debt adjuster Michael Grinnell and his businesses, Home Relief Services and Amstar Services, and a second […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Pamela Grace Faulkner of Greensboro was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Faulkner was also ordered to pay $213,927.55 in […]
Martes, 2 de marzo de 2021 Nuestra oficina ha visto miles de quejas de consumidores durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Según la FTC, los informes de estafas se dispararon el año pasado, especialmente entre los estadounidenses mayores. El miedo y la confusión en torno al coronavirus, los pagos de estímulo, las vacunas y las pruebas […]