For Immediate Release: Friday, August 11, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that James Craig Bell, the owner of Townsend’s Pharmacy in Robeson County, was sentenced to two years in prison for conspiracy to commit health care fraud. His fraudulent practices cost Medicare and the North Carolina Medicaid program […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 10, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement as the North Carolina General Assembly continues to delay passing a budget that helps North Carolina families. “School will start later this month and North Carolina’s teachers still don’t know their salary. After years […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged Congress to protect military veterans by passing the Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding (G.U.A.R.D.) Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits Act. The bipartisan legislation will hold accountable unaccredited and unregulated bad actors who prey upon veterans applying for federal VA […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 4, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Aspirar Medical Lab LLC in Cary and its owner Pick Chay have agreed to pay $1,951,090 to resolve allegations that they violated the law by billing the North Carolina Medicaid program for unnecessary urine drug tests […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement as the Reidsville Police Department announced an arrest in the 1994 cold case murder of Edward Ware. The State Crime Lab re-tested evidence earlier this year that helped law enforcement officers identify the alleged […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged Congress to strengthen a federal program so financially vulnerable North Carolinians can continue to get affordable medications and health services. “Drug companies can’t ignore the rules and leave North Carolinians without access to life-saving medications,” said Attorney […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein filed a friend-of-the-court brief challenging an Idaho law restricting out of state travel to get lawful abortion care. The law was challenged in court by an attorney working with sexual assault victims, the Northwest Abortion Access Fund, and the […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, July 31, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement as the North Carolina General Assembly fails to pass a budget for North Carolina that will ensure our communities can grow and thrive. “North Carolinians deserve leaders who work together on their behalf. This […]
Friday, July 28, 2023 Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been all over the news as we all grapple with how it will impact our lives. Some forms of AI might make some tasks easier, but as with any new technology, scammers will try to use it to deceive people. Scammers are already at it; they’re using […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 27, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement as another week goes by without the North Carolina General Assembly passing a budget for the state. “I know I’m not the only North Carolinian who is fed up with the Republican supermajority’s lengthy […]