Release date: 2/8/2018 Deadline to file a claim is May 31, 2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein is encouraging North Carolinians who were deceived into sending payments to scammers using Western Union’s wire transfer service to apply for compensation soon. The payout comes from a fund related to a multi-state settlement Attorney General Stein and […]

Release date: 2/5/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today wrote to U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta in opposition to his proposal to rescind a rule that allows employees to keep the tips they have earned. The rule, issued in 2011, clarified that, consistent with long-established cultural and legal understanding, gratuities are the sole […]

Release date: 2/1/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to terminate his plan to allow offshore drilling off the coast of North Carolina. “Thousands of North Carolinians and 30 coastal communities have voiced their opposition to drilling off North Carolina’s shores,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “I will […]

Release date: 7/5/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that North Carolina has settled with Rotech Healthcare Inc., a Florida-based respiratory equipment supplier, over civil allegations that Rotech knowingly submitted false claims for portable oxygen contents to Medicaid and Medicare. The settlement is joined by 22 other states and the federal government. The total […]

Release date: 6/12/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that Dr. Duke Ellington Ellis, II was sentenced today in federal district court in the Middle District of North Carolina for health care fraud and false medical entries. Ellis was paid to help Nature’s Reflections, LLC, a North Carolina company based in Durham, submit fraudulent […]

Attorney General Josh Stein Announces $325,000 Settlement over Medicaid Fraud Release date: 6/1/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that the State of North Carolina has agreed to settle allegations against Atlanticare Home Care Agency involving the submission of fraudulent claims to the North Carolina Medicaid program. According to the allegations, Atlanticare, a Greenville […]

Attorney General Josh Stein Announces $100,000 Settlement Over Medicaid Fraud Release date: 6/1/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that the State of North Carolina has agreed to settle allegations against Brooke Stiles, D.D.S., over fraudulent Medicaid claims. Stiles allegedly billed for services that were not medically necessary, had no supporting clinical documentation, and/or […]

Release date: 2/1/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today submitted comments to the North Carolina Utilities Commission regarding utility rates and the Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Please view those comments here and see Attorney General Josh Stein’s statement below: “The federal government recently slashed corporate income tax rates – a change that will […]

Release date: 1/25/2018 Conversations Will Discuss Solutions to Help Colleges and Students Navigate Loans and Combat Sexual Assault and Substance Misuse (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today launched a statewide college tour to discuss three issues that impact many college students: student loans, sexual assault and substance misuse. Today’s initial event was held at The […]

Release date: 1/23/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and Gov. Roy Cooper urged U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to withdraw his plan to allow offshore drilling off the coast of North Carolina. Failure to do so, the letter states, will result in legal action from the State of North Carolina. “North Carolina’s coast […]