For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Lakia Lateefah Washington of Clayton pleaded guilty to defrauding the North Carolina Medicaid program of more than $800,000. She faces up to 10 years in prison and a potential fine. “This person defrauded Medicaid of money […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit against real estate brokerage firm MV Realty and the company’s leaders alleging that they violated North Carolina’s laws prohibiting unfair and deceptive practices, usurious lending, abusive telephone solicitation practices, and unfair debt collection practices by […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 20, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today applauded the Raleigh Police Department for its work in an investigation that led to an arrest in a 1990 sexual assault case. On Friday, Raleigh Police arrested Deandre Marcel Smith for the alleged rape of a 73-year-old woman […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 20, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today called on Kia America and Hyundai Motor Company to act swiftly to address the crisis of car thefts that are occurring as a result of the companies’ failure to equip vehicles with anti-theft immobilizers. Alarmingly high theft rates […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 16, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 Attorney General Josh Stein to Pactiv Evergreen: Uphold Your Obligations to the State and the People of Canton (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein is demanding Pactiv Evergreen to uphold its legal obligations to its employees, the town of Canton, and the state after the […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today applauded the North Carolina House of Representatives for passing legislation to fight back against the next phase of the opioid epidemic before it takes off. The Novel Opioid Control Act (HB258) was sponsored by Reps. Hugh Blackwell, Dean […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, March 10, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Raed Abel Amra of Apex was indicted by a Wake County grand jury on 15 counts of aiding and abetting the embezzlement of state property in violation of NCGS §14-91. Amara is the president of two […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, March 10, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a friend-of-the-court brief pushing back against the ongoing, misguided effort led by Texas to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. North Carolina is home to approximately 24,000 DACA grantees who contribute to our economy […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 6, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 **Video from today’s event is available here for media use. (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced two wins for consumers: a temporary restraining order against an unlicensed contractor who our office alleges was running a fraudulent contracting scheme and a win shutting down […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 6, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today won judgments shutting down a massive robocall operation involving John Caldwell Spiller II and his business partner Jakob Mears, the owners of Texas-based Rising Eagle Capital Group LLC and JSquared Telecom LLC, as well as Rising Eagle Capital Group–Cayman. The […]