Release date: 9/28/2018 (RALEIGH) – Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit against Alva Wilson Lewis, doing business as A1 Tree & Storm Relief, A1 Tree and Storm Damage Relief, and Big Al & Sons Tree Service, for allegedly charging a Wilmington homeowner an excessive amount for tree removal during the state of emergency […]
Release date: 9/28/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Robert Lee Harrington pled guilty to misdemeanor assault on a handicapped person. Harrington, an employee of Trotter Bluff Group Home in Holly Springs, struck a resident of the Home. “Patient abuse and neglect are serious allegations,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “We will investigate […]
Friday, September 28, 2018 The North Carolina Secretary of State is warning the public about recent mailings from private entities. These entities solicit business owners to pay unnecessary and excessive additional fees to use its private services to file their annual reports. These letters may appear to be from government representatives, state that a company […]
Release date: 9/25/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit against Sterling Paint & Body, LLC, Collision Warehouse, LLC, Sterling Gabriel, and Nichole Gabriel over auto repair schemes in the Charlotte area. The suit alleges that these defendants pretend to be associated with car insurance companies to push consumers to turn their cars […]
Friday, September 21, 2018 As North Carolinians begin recovering from Hurricane Florence, our office has started to receive some complaints about tree removal scams. While our Consumer Protection Division works to resolve issues on behalf of all consumers, the best way to protect yourself from scams is to be diligent about the business you hire. […]
9/13/2018 Attorney General Josh Stein September 2018 As we prepare for and recover from Hurricane Florence and its devastation, there are a number of ways we can all be prepared. We’re all thinking about our emergency kits, food, batteries, and keeping safe, but here are some things to be aware of before and after the […]
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 As Hurricane Florence approaches our coast this week, all of North Carolina is under a state of emergency. This means that our state’s price gouging law is in effect as well. Price gouging occurs if businesses or vendors charge excessively high prices in a time of crisis. If you notice businesses […]
Release date: 9/5/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a coalition of 14 attorneys general urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Acting Director Mick Mulvaney to continue protecting the rights of consumers against credit discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The Attorneys General, who share authority with the CFPB to […]
Release date: 8/31/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today criticized the U.S. Department of Education (Department) and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for putting the interests of predatory for-profit schools ahead of the students she is sworn to protect. Secretary DeVos has proposed changes to the Department’s borrower defense protections that, if adopted, would make it more […]
Release date: 8/23/2018 (RALEIGH) – Attorney General Josh Stein today called on Congress today to help end the opioid epidemic and close a loophole that allows those who traffic deadly fentanyl to stay a step ahead of law enforcement. “The rate of death from opioid overdose is climbing in large part due to fentanyl and […]