Friday, February 2, 2024 Valentine’s Day is approaching, and while celebrating love and finding a connection is exciting, scammers leave people heartbroken far too often. Sweetheart scammers prey on people who are looking for love or even just friendship, and often target unsuspecting seniors. The scammer will befriend a potential victim on social media or […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 1, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. North Carolina will receive more than $11 million from the settlement to […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 1, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $150 million bipartisan multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Hikma Pharmaceuticals for its role in fueling the opioid crisis. Hikma produces a range of generic opioid products and sells hundreds of millions of opioid […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced the launch of an online, searchable public depository that will contain nearly four million documents from his lawsuit against e-cigarette manufacturer JUUL. The depository was created and is being housed by the University of North Carolina […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 Coalition of 24 Attorneys General Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Reverse Lower Court’s Ruling Restricting Access to Mifepristone (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. Attorney General Stein and […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 26, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the North Carolina Department of Justice’s 2023 data breach report ahead of Data Privacy Day on January 28. In 2023, more than 4.9 million North Carolinians were affected by a record 2,033 data breaches. The report […]
Friday, January 26, 2024 When a new technology emerges, scammers are the first to exploit it to target unsuspecting consumers. Our office has been hearing reports of bad actors using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to clone popular figures’ voices to try and trick you out of your money or personal information. They may even clone the […]
January 2024 In 2023, North Carolina consumers filed 21,544 complaints with my office, and we recovered more than $1.4 million for them. As we start the new year, I hope you will arm yourself to protect your hard-earned money by reviewing some tips to avoid the top 10 consumer complaints reported to my office last […]
January 23, 2024 Recently, the North Carolina Department of Justice published our 2023 annual report and shared the top 10 consumer complaints we received in 2023. Our office’s Consumer Protection Division works hard to educate the people of North Carolina about ways to protect themselves from scams, fraud, unfair business practices, and bad actors. When […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced that a federal appeals court has upheld a court order that North Carolina, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and six other states won against convicted criminal Martin Shkreli for engaging in illegal behavior to maintain a monopoly […]