Release date: 1/28/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today was granted a temporary restraining order against a contractor involved in a lawsuit he filed over alleged deceptive trade practices. The temporary restraining order prohibits George Edward Hall, Patricia Roberts, Carolina Structures, Inc., Titan Concrete, Inc., Valley Sheds Plus, LLC, Carolina Buildings, LLC, Titan Outdoor Impressions, […]
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Release date: 1/23/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a suit against George Edward Hall, Patricia Roberts, Carolina Structures, Inc., Titan Concrete, Inc., Valley Sheds, LLC, Carolina Buildings, LLC, Titan Outdoor Impressions, Inc., Kahuna Concrete, and Affordable Contractors over an alleged contractor scheme in the Triangle area. The suit alleges that these defendants take […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 13, 2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein took action this week to oppose efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. AG Stein is seeking to join 16 other state attorneys general to file an amicus brief that challenges an Ohio law that would defund Planned Parenthood and other health service providers. “Planned […]
AG Stein Announces $273,000 Settlement with Pharmaceutical and Laboratory Companies Release date: 3/10/2017 AG Stein Announces $273,000 Settlement with Pharmaceutical and Laboratory Companies (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that North Carolina has settled allegations against Forest Laboratories LLC, and Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc., (“Forest”). Forest violated the anti-kickback statute, which prohibits providing payment and […]
AG Stein Joins 46 States and DC in $18.5M Settlement with Target Corporation Release date: 5/23/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that North Carolina has joined 46 other states and the District of Columbia in a settlement with Target Corporation over a 2013 data breach. The $18.5 million agreement is the largest multistate […]
AG Stein Reaches $131,000 Settlement over Medicare and Medicaid False Claims Act Allegations Release date: 5/16/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that North Carolina has reached a settlement with TeamHealth Holdings, as successor in interest to IPC Healthcare Inc., f/k/a IPC The Hospitalists Inc. (IPC). The agreement resolves allegations that IPC violated the […]
Release date: 4/16/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that North Carolina will receive $43,671.23 as part of a $9.95 million settlement with Rotech Healthcare Inc., a Florida-based respiratory equipment supplier. This settlement comes in response to allegations that Rotech knowingly submitted false claims for portable oxygen contents to Medicaid and Medicare. “When companies […]
Attorney General Josh Stein Announces $220 Million Settlement with Deutsche Bank over Interest Rate Benchmark Manipulation Release date: 10/25/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $220 million settlement with Deutsche Bank for fraudulent conduct involving the manipulation of LIBOR. LIBOR is a benchmark interest rate that affects financial instruments worth trillions of dollars […]
Release date: 3/22/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that Christopher Leon Brown and Mark Rayfield Brown, Jr., both of Raleigh, have been sentenced to 40 months in prison and 30 months in prison, respectively, for health care fraud conspiracy. Together with Darryl Stanford, another co-conspirator who has pleaded guilty, the defendants are to […]
Attorney General Josh Stein Settles with GM for $120 Million over Defective Ignition Switch Release date: 10/19/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today a $120 million settlement with General Motors Company (“GM”) over allegations GM concealed safety issues related to ignition-switch-related defects in GM vehicles. The settlement, reached between the attorneys general of 49 […]