For Immediate Release: Monday, January 27, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein reached a settlement of more than $825,000 against Florida-based payday lender Approved Financial Inc. in a case he filed alleging illegal, unlicensed lending practices, usury, unlawful debt collection, and unfair and deceptive practices. The settlement will give North Carolina consumers who got loans […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 24, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein joined a federal lawsuit to challenge the federal government’s latest effort to allow 3-D printed firearm blueprints to be released online. These files would allow plug-and-play access to 3-D printed unregistered, untraceable, hard-to-detect firearms, also known as “ghost guns.” Even though they are […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 23, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today took action to ensure that states can continue to use powerful tools under federal law to protect consumers from fraud and abusive consumer practices. Attorney General Stein and 23 other attorneys general filed an amicus brief in Seila Law, LLC v. Consumer […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 23, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein opposed a federal proposal that would exempt payday and other high-cost lenders from North Carolina’s usury laws that prevent predatory lenders from charging high interest rates on loans and taking advantage of customers. The proposal by the Office of the Comptroller of the […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein reached a $39.5 million multistate settlement to resolve allegations of Medicaid fraud with ResMed Corp, a Minnesota corporation that sells health care goods and services. The settlement resolves allegations that ResMed caused the submission of false claims to several state Medicaid programs and […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 16, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 Stein releases the North Carolina Department of Justice’s 2019 annual report (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today shared the top 10 consumer complaints that his office received in 2019. He also released the North Carolina Department of Justice’s 2019 annual report, which delves […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today supported congressional efforts to reject the U.S. Department of Education’s 2019 Borrower Defense Rule, which fails to protect students and taxpayers from school misconduct. Attorney General Stein and 19 other attorneys general argue that the final rule provides no realistic prospect for […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, January 13, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein is urging the Trump administration to withdraw a proposal that would allow for the bulk transport of refrigerated liquid methane, more commonly known as liquefied natural gas (LNG) along existing rail corridors without any added safety measures. The proposal lacks basic safety precautions to […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 10, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released consumer protection information to help military servicemembers and their families as servicemembers from North Carolina deploy overseas in response to international events. The military community is frequently targeted by scammers and con artists. “Members of the armed forces deploying from North Carolina […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 3, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a petition to the United States Supreme Court seeking review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Texas v. United States that held that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate was unconstitutional and called into question whether […]