For Immediate Release: Friday, August 20, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today encouraged the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to make clear that ghost guns are firearms under federal law. By doing so, the ATF would dramatically reduce the availability of these unserialized, untraceable guns. “This […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 19, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 Ruben Matos Sentenced to 3 1/2 Years in Prison, Ordered to Pay Nearly $2 Million in Restitution (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced that Ruben Samuel Matos of Angier was sentenced to 42 months in prison and three years of supervised release for […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 19, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) North Carolina’s price gouging law is in effect with Gov. Roy Cooper’s Wednesday declaration of a statewide state of emergency in response to the heavy rains and flooding that have impacted areas of western North Carolina over the past week. “Our hearts […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today co-led a coalition of 31 attorneys general urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help stop the surge of young people getting addicted to nicotine by eliminating flavors in e-cigarette and oral nicotine products that appeal […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that as a result of his January coal ash settlement with Duke Energy, electricity customers will save approximately $215 million in future energy costs. These funds are a result of 14 settlements that Duke Energy reached […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein reached a $75 million multistate settlement with pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb over allegations that it overcharged state Medicaid programs for drugs. North Carolina will receive $2,490,905.91. “Bristol-Myers Squibb cheated North Carolina’s Medicaid program of funds it should have […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, Aug. 1 7, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement on the Pistol Purchase Permit Repeal (HB 398), which would eliminate the sheriff’s background check before granting a permit to a person before they can purchase a pistol: “When sheriffs grant or […]
Attorney General Josh Stein August 2021 The real estate market is booming in many North Carolina communities as many families move neighborhoods, towns, or states. We’re glad so many people want to live and work in our beautiful state, but moving can be stressful. Adding to that stress? Movers who lose your belongings, damage your […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, August 9, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 Urges the FCC to Accelerate Deadline for STIR/SHAKEN Adoption (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan group of 51 attorneys general urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to fight back against the scourge of illegal robocalls by moving up the deadline […]
Friday, August 6, 2021 As millions of North Carolinians get vaccinated to protect themselves and others against COVID-19 and the dangerous Delta variant, fraudsters are buying and selling fake vaccine cards. These fake cards are illegal, and buying or selling a falsified government seal is a federal crime. Our office is leading the fight to […]