For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today asked all North Carolinians who may have been impacted by the August 2021 massive T-Mobile data breach to take steps to protect their information from identity theft. The breach impacted more than 53 million people, including 1,041,556 […]
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Throughout the pandemic, many businesses and services added QR codes to more easily connect consumers to information and links. When scanned with a smart phone, these QR codes take customers to a website. But like all popular technology, scammers have looked to take advantage of QR codes to scam others. Our […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, February 25, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 Drug Distributors and Johnson & Johnson Commit to $26 Billion Opioid Agreement North Carolina to Receive $750 Million to Fight the Opioid Crisis (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today the final approval of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to adopt national protections against impersonation scams, also known as imposter scams. Americans reported more than $2.3 billion in losses caused by imposter scams to the FTC in 2021. “Scammers […]
Give Your Heart a Break: Don’t Fall Victim to Sweetheart Scams Attorney General Josh Stein February 2022 This Valentine’s Day, make sure a scammer can’t break your heart or your bank account with a sweetheart scam. We all want to experience love and build relationships. But bad actors who want our money will prey on […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 11, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would allow people to file workplace sexual assault and harassment lawsuits instead of being forced into arbitration. The House of Representatives passed the […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 10, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and Sen. Jim Burgin (R-12) today held a roundtable at Central Carolina Community College in Sanford to discuss the recent wave of health care consolidation in North Carolina and how it affects North Carolinians’ health care costs, quality, […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced two civil health care settlements through his office’s Medicaid Investigations Division (MID) that will refund nearly $1.5 million to the North Carolina Medicaid Program. “When health care providers defraud the Medicaid program, they take away taxpayer […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 28, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (Raleigh) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the North Carolina Department of Justice’s 2021 data breach report recapping a record 2,009 data breaches affecting more than 2.4 million North Carolinians. “2021 saw a record number of data breaches reported to my office,” said Attorney […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 27, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today marked a key milestone in bringing billions of dollars in much-needed resources to communities across the country via the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – and […]