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 […]
Release date: 8/21/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a coalition of 17 Attorneys General speaking out in support of HUD’s Disparate Impact Rule that protects people against housing discrimination. In June, HUD began the process to consider rewriting the Disparate Impact Rule. The Attorneys General, who have widespread experience enforcing fair housing laws and […]
Release date: 8/17/2018 Attorney General today called on Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to withdraw his predecessor’s “harmful and deeply flawed” proposal to censor science at the Agency. The call was part of detailed comments Attorney General Stein submitted as part of a 23-member coalition of states, counties, and cities on former EPA […]