For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Timothy Mark Harron of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and aggravated identity theft. He further agreed to forfeit the proceeds […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged Congress to rescind the so-called True Lender rule, which allows predatory lenders to evade state usury laws and take advantage of people. “I’ve already gone to court to prevent loan sharks from coming back into our […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory has been commended by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for its use of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN). NIBIN is the national network used […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, April 19, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a settlement to resolve allegations against Kingsley Ugochukwu, M.D. and Angier Pediatric and Adult Medical Center (Angier) involving the submission of fraudulent claims to the North Carolina Medicaid program. Dr. Ugochukwu and Angier have agreed to […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, April 19, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today continued leading the fight against unlawful sales of fake vaccination cards by calling on OfferUp, an online mobile marketplace, to act immediately to prevent fraudulent or blank COVID-19 vaccine cards from being sold on its platform. “If […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 Urges the Passage of the No Hate Act (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged Congress to pass the bipartisan Jabara-Heyer No Hate Act, which would help fight hate crimes. “The rise in hate crimes across our country in the past few years […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 Seeks Faster Process to Seal and Expunge Criminal Records (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein called on Congress to provide federal funding to allow states to better seal and expunge criminal justice records. This investment is necessary to streamline record-sealing processes and make the […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, April 9, 2021 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein defended the historic power of states to regulate insurance and protect people from fraud, abuse, or substandard health coverage and unnecessary sharing of their online data. “Everyone deserves access to quality, affordable health care,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “But this case threatens […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 1, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 Stein also calls on education secretary to institute reforms to protect students (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today petitioned the U.S. Department of Education to cancel federal student loan debt for students who attended ITT Technical Institute. The now-defunct for-profit school defrauded thousands […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 1, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein, along with Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery, today led a bipartisan group of 45 attorneys general calling on Twitter, eBay, and Shopify to act immediately to prevent people from selling fraudulent CDC vaccination cards on their platforms. The […]