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For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein, along with the Federal Trade Commission and 46 agencies from 38 states and the District of Columbia, today shut down a massive telefunding operation by Associated Community Services (ACS) and a number of related defendants that bombarded 67 […]

Author: Cami Marshall-Anthony, Tanya Rivera Published: 5:03 PM EST February 23, 2021 Updated: 7:13 AM EST February 24, 2021 GREENSBORO, N.C. — In 2020, the Consumer Protection Division of the North Carolina Department of Justice received 31,019 consumer complaints. More than 10,000 of them were robocall and do not call complaints. Since so many scams originate through […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced that Maryland resident Christian Anthony Ekberg was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for health care fraud by Chief United States District Judge Richard E. Myers II in United States […]

For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 4, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he has reached a $573 million multi-state settlement with one of the world’s largest consulting firms, McKinsey & Company, resolving investigations into the company’s role in advising opioid companies how to promote their drugs and […]

For Immediate Release: Friday, January 15, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged leaders in the North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives to address our state’s digital divide – especially during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – when they appropriate the $13,426,560 he won in a settlement from Dish […]

For Immediate Release: Friday, January 15, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today commended the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for expanding access to treatment for opioid use disorder. Specifically, HHS eliminated some unnecessary barriers on physicians who wish to prescribe buprenorphine, an important medication for those […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court decision: “North Carolina voters had a huge win tonight at the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court upheld the State Board of Elections’ effort to ensure that every eligible vote […]

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $85,151,210.15 multistate settlement with American Honda Motor Co Inc. and Honda of America Mfg. Inc. (collectively “Honda”) over allegations they concealed safety issues related to defects in the frontal airbag systems installed in certain Honda […]

For Immediate Release: Monday, August 3, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the attached guidance for North Carolinians as Tropical Storm Isaias reaches North Carolina. The included video and column can be used for all media purposes. Additionally, North Carolina’s price gouging statute is in effect after Gov. […]

For Immediate Release: Monday, July 13, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $117 million settlement with Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS, Inc.) and UHS of Delaware Inc. to settle allegations of conduct violating the Federal False Claims Act and the North Carolina False Claims Act and resulting […]