For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory achieved a new record of hits in CODIS – the system of local, state, and national criminal justice DNA databases. In fiscal year 2020-2021, the Lab had a total […]
Attorney General Josh Stein July 2021 Earlier this summer, North Carolinians saw just how troubling a ransomware attack can be as the Colonial Pipeline shutdown wreaked havoc at gas stations across the Southeast. But this wasn’t a one-time thing – ransomware attacks are on the rise. Last year alone, nearly a quarter of the 1,644 […]
Monday, July 12, 2021 Our office has seen reports of North Carolinians being contacted and told they’ve won one of the $1 million dollar prizes in North Carolina’s “Your Shot at $1 Million” vaccine cash drawings. While the vaccine lottery is real, scammers are trying to take advantage of this lottery to steal the hard-earned […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, July 9, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein reached two separate civil settlements with ProHealth Dental Inc. and Henry W. Davis, Jr., D.D.S. as part of Operation Root Canal, an ongoing effort to find and stop health care fraud among dental providers. The settlements, totaling $75,000, […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 8, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced his support for confirmation of a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma that will make billions of dollars available nationwide to fund efforts to remediate the opioid crisis. He released the following statement: “Purdue Pharma helped to […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a coalition of 37 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against Google alleging that it harmed consumers by using its dominance to unfairly restrict competition with the Google Play Store, limiting their choices and driving up app prices. […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after he filed an amicus brief defending the SAFE Child Act in a case at the North Carolina Court of Appeals. A copy of the brief is available here. “Thanks to the SAFE […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, June 28, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Andrea Monique Purnell, formerly of Sanford and previously known as Andrea Boatman Hall, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $100 in special assessments […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, June 28, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 North Carolina is the first state in the nation to hold JUUL accountable (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today reached agreement on a consent order with e-cigarette maker JUUL that will require JUUL to pay $40 million and make drastic changes to the […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, June 25, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution repealing the True Lender rule. The resolution will now go to President Biden for his signature. “I’m grateful to Congress for voting to repeal […]