For Immediate Release: February 11, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today launched Operation Silver Shield, a North Carolina Department of Justice (NCDOJ) effort to confront scammers and fraudsters who target older North Carolinians. Operation Silver Shield launches today with new action in Attorney General Stein’s ongoing work to confront robocalls, where many scams originate. Attorney General Stein […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, February 10, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today won a $122,000 judgement against Charlotte-area repairman John Jackson and his companies Appliance Maxx, Appliance Max LLC, Professional Appliance Service, Rapid Response Appliance Repair, All Seasons Refrigeration Heating & Cooling, and Star Appliance & HVAC LLC. The judgment, entered by Judge George […]
Monday, February 10, 2020 If last week’s storms damaged your home or property, don’t let scammers take advantage of you as you try to repair the damage. After most storms our office hears from North Carolinians who have been the victim of of tree removal and disaster cleanup scams. Sadly, when North Carolinians are trying […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 6, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein opposed a proposal by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to preempt state laws that regulate payday and other high-cost lending. The FDIC’s proposed regulations would let predatory lenders circumvent state laws through “rent-a-bank” schemes, in which banks act as lenders in name […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today again asked U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to use her authority to forgive federal student loans for all students who were enrolled in now-closed schools operated by Dream Center Education Holdings LLC. In July 2018, Dream Center abruptly announced that […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $118,642,000 settlement with web-based electronic health records company Practice Fusion over allegations that the company accepted payments from some drug manufacturers in exchange for using its software to promote their drugs to physicians. These payments constituted kickbacks in violation of […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that a record number of data breaches had been reported to the North Carolina Department of Justice in 2019 as he released the department’s 2019 data breach annual report. In 2019, 1,210 breaches were reported to the North Carolina Department of […]
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 […]