Release date: 5/18/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and the members of the Attorney General’s Council on Collegiate Opioid Misuse today released a toolkit to help guide students seeking to combat the opioid epidemic on college campuses. The Attorney General’s Council on Collegiate Opioid Misuse, a delegation of students from college and universities across North […]

Release date: 1/3/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein, along with attorneys general from 48 states and the District of Columbia, and more than 40 state mortgage regulators, have reached a $45 million settlement with New Jersey-based mortgage lender and servicer PHH Mortgage Corporation. The settlement resolves allegations that PHH, the nation’s ninth largest non-bank residential […]

Release date: 12/21/2017 Lawsuit Centers on Deceptive Scheme to Sell Addictive, Potent Fentanyl Drug (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit against drug manufacturer Insys Therapeutics, Inc. alleging an extensive scheme involving kickbacks, deception and fraud in marketing its drug Subsys. Subsys is a spray form of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, which is […]

Release date: 12/19/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the U.S. Department of Transportation not to withdraw a rule to require airlines and third-party booking companies to disclose baggage fees and other charges upfront. “Air travel can be stressful and expensive enough as it is,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “It’s even more frustrating […]

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. […]

Release date: 11/27/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he has reached a settlement with Antiquities Vending Company over deceptive business practices. The settlement resolves allegations that the Granite Falls company deceived consumers by taking advance payments from them, promising to restore vintage soda machines or similar collectibles, and failing to perform the […]

Release date: 11/15/2017 (RALEIGH) North Carolinians who were deceived into sending payments to scammers using Western Union’s wire transfer service may now apply for compensation from a $586 million fund administered by the United States Department of Justice’s Victim Asset Recovery Program. This fund is related to a multi-state settlement Attorney General Josh Stein and […]

Release date: 11/14/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today called on Congress to repeal legislation that shields drug distributors from enforcement actions. Recently highlighted on 60 Minutes and in the Washington Post, this law strips the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) of its ability to issue an immediate suspension order against a drug distributor whose unlawful conduct poses […]

For Immediate Release: Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017 North Carolina Joins FTC and Eight States to Resolve Robocall Case (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that North Carolina successfully settled charges against a company that assisted the cruise line in making unwanted robocalls. The Florida-based cruise line company flooded consumers with billions of unwanted robocalls […]

Release date: 2/22/2017 AG Stein reinforces need to protect students from bad actors in for-profit colleges  (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today joined attorneys general from 16 states and Washington, D.C. to send a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Elisabeth DeVos and Congressional leaders expressing their continued support of recent federal protections for […]