Release date: 12/13/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that Dr. Jannetta Jordan pled guilty to four felonies in Wake County Superior Court for Medicaid fraud. Dr. Jordan was convicted of Felony Fraud by a Medical Assistance Provider, Felony Accessing a Government Computer to Defraud and two counts of Felony Obstruction of Justice. Dr. […]
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Release date: 3/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged Congress not to preempt state data breach and data security laws, including laws that require notice to consumers and state attorneys general of data breaches. In the letter, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general argue that any federal law must not diminish the important role […]
Release date: 3/15/2018 Legislation Would Dismantle State Oversight of Student Loan Industry – Despite State AGs’ Critical Role in Holding Industry Accountable and Protecting Students from Fraud and Abuse (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today joined with a bipartisan group of Attorneys General to urge Congress to reject legislation that would block states from preventing […]
Release date: 3/9/2018 Department of Interior’s Proposed Plan Would Dramatically Expand Offshore Drilling (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today submitted comments to the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) opposing the Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Plan that BOEM has proposed for 2019-2024. BOEM’s plan, if approved, would open the North Carolina coast […]
Release date: 3/6/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today called on congressional leaders to pass legislation supporting victims of child pornography. The bipartisan bill, the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2017, would make it easier for victims of child pornography to obtain restitution. A similar bill passed the U.S. Senate […]
Release date: 3/6/2018 Lantern Fest Allegedly Failed to Issue Refunds (RALEIGH, NC) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit against event production companies Lantern Fest Productions and Sack Lunch Productions, alleging unfair and deceptive business practices from both companies. The lawsuit alleges that Lantern Fest and Sack Lunch planned, advertised, sold tickets to events […]
Release date: 3/5/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today wrote Secretary Betsy DeVos, criticizing the Department of Education’s (the Department) proposed redraft on borrower defense and financial responsibility regulations. Borrower defense is the process by which students who have been defrauded by their schools can have their federal student loans discharged. “Secretary DeVos needs to focus […]
Release date: 4/9/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today moved to protect healthcare access for hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians by filing a motion to intervene in Texas et al. v. United States et al., a lawsuit filed in federal district court in Texas which seeks to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The […]
Release date: 4/3/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit to block inclusion of a question regarding citizenship in the 2020 decennial Census. Demanding citizenship information would depress Census turnout in states with large immigrant populations, directly threatening those states’ fair representation for billions of dollars in critical federal funds for education, infrastructure, […]
Release date: 9/26/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today alerted North Carolinians about charity scammers who misuse donations meant to help victims of Hurricane Florence. The North Carolina Department of Justice is currently reviewing five charity scam allegations related to Hurricane Florence. “It has been heartwarming to see the many ways North Carolinians have stepped […]