Tuesday, July 6, 2021 The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted North Carolinians in unprecedented ways, especially as it relates to their pocketbooks. On account of those financial issues, the government suspended evictions for much of the pandemic. Unfortunately, that’s now coming to a close: North Carolina’s evictions moratorium ended on June 30 and the CDC’s […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, June 28, 2021 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein is taking action to protect North Carolinians struggling to make their mortgage payments from unlawful debt adjusting and mortgage relief scams. He filed a lawsuit against California debt adjuster Michael Grinnell and his businesses, Home Relief Services and Amstar Services, and a second […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, June 28, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Andrea Monique Purnell, formerly of Sanford and previously known as Andrea Boatman Hall, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $100 in special assessments […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, June 28, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 North Carolina is the first state in the nation to hold JUUL accountable (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today reached agreement on a consent order with e-cigarette maker JUUL that will require JUUL to pay $40 million and make drastic changes to the […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, June 25, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution repealing the True Lender rule. The resolution will now go to President Biden for his signature. “I’m grateful to Congress for voting to repeal […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 24, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. Attorney General Stein filed an amicus brief in the case in February. “Keeping our kids safe is job one for us all. But when […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today called on the U.S. Senate to pass the Equality Act, legislation that protects people from discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. “When we don’t protect LGBTQ people, we fail them, and we fail everyone,” […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 NCDOJ Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 USAO MDNC Contact: Lynne Klauer 336-333-5351 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina Sandra Hairston today announced a $330,000 settlement to resolve allegations that Dr. George Osei-Bonsu, M.D., Palladium Primary Care, P.A., […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein opposed U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s efforts to slow down first-class mail and other essential postal services. Forty percent of all first-class mail in the United States will be slowed down by these proposed changes. “Postmaster General DeJoy […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, June 18, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein filed a lawsuit against Jason Dudley of Fuquay Varina and his company, Jason’s Mobile Outboard Repair, for allegedly failing to complete the repair work that his customers had already paid for and refusing to refund their money. “It’s […]