For Immediate Release: Monday, May 19, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson and the North Carolina Department of Justice helped 161 North Carolina tenants secure refunds from real estate company FirstKey Homes after tenants were mistakenly required to transfer utilities to their name and incurred significant and unexpected fees. […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, May 16, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined 39 Republican and Democrat attorneys general opposing an attempt by Congress to prevent states from implementing and enforcing laws regulating artificial intelligence. This would eliminate important consumer protections from harmful uses of AI already in […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson reached a $4,711,159 consent judgment with Steven Osbey of Kernersville for fraud against the state’s Medicaid program. “If health care providers try to game the system to pocket millions in taxpayer dollars, they should know that we’re […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, May 12, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that he is leading a bipartisan, multistate coalition of attorneys general targeting the Chinese-owned messaging and payment platform WeChat over its connection to money laundering and fentanyl trafficking in the United States. Fentanyl has contributed […]
For Immediate Release Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy 984-383-9038 RALEIGH — Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson released the following statement on Griffin v. Riggs: “North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin just conceded the election — six months, and three rounds of vote tallies, after he lost. Our office led the legal defense […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and the North Carolina Justice Academy honored North Carolina’s fallen officers and their families at the 40th Peace Officers’ Memorial Day Ceremony. The annual ceremony pays tribute to officers who died in the line of duty […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, May 5, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson took legal action against Stone Brook Partners, and its CEO, Antony Mitchell, to require them to respond to the Department of Justice’s investigative demands. Mitchell is also the CEO of MV Realty, and Attorney General Jackson is […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 Ryan Park Leaves Department of Justice after Eight Years, Five as Solicitor General RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that Deputy Solicitor General Nick Brod will become North Carolina’s Solicitor General on May 1, succeeding Solicitor General Ryan Park. […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson filed suit against the Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps) for unlawfully terminating congressionally approved grants that fund jobs and critical programs supporting western North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Helene. “These funds – which Congress […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson is warning North Carolina homeowners to be on the lookout for contractor fraud as they continue to rebuild from Hurricane Helene. “More than six months after Hurricane Helene, many families are just getting started with hiring contractors to […]