Fraud
California's Attorney General, Rob Bonta, announced a $15 million settlement against The Pill Club, a Silicon Valley startup operating an online pharmacy for birth control and contraceptives. An investigation by the California Department of Justice found that The Pill Club defrauded Medi-Cal of millions of dollars by dispensing
Fraud
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that Jeong Kim, the owner and operator of Fashion Q and Q retail clothing stores throughout Southern California, was sentenced to two years in prison for sales tax evasion, false income tax returns, failure to pay taxes, and workers' compensation fraud. Attorney General
Fraud
A Tennessee man, Edward Zanes, pleaded guilty to tax crimes and wire fraud for his role in a scheme to claim fraudulent refunds based on false COVID-19 employment tax credits. Zanes conspired with others to file false tax returns seeking refunds from the employee retention credit and paid sick and
Students
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, co-led a multistate coalition in opposing proposed changes to the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights' (OCR) biennial Civil Rights Data Collection. The proposed changes would halt data collection on nonbinary students, remove "gender identity" and "sex characteristics"
Fraud
Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office led a comprehensive investigation into SerenityCare LLC, a Pittsburgh-based provider of home and community-based services for intellectually and physically disabled adults. The investigation revealed that the company's CFO, Kelley Oliver-Hollis, falsified staffing numbers to overbill Pennsylvania Medicaid by over $1.5 million.
Fraud
Attorney General Kwame Raoul has reached a significant settlement with Clearview Electric Inc., an alternative retail electric supplier, resolving allegations of deceptive and unfair business practices that misled Illinois consumers into paying millions more for electricity. The $8.4 million settlement will provide restitution to eligible customers who received residential
Governors
Senator Tom Cotton, alongside Attorney General Tim Griffin and Federal Communications Chairman Brendan Carr, recently toured the Varner Prison in Lincoln County, Arkansas, to highlight the pressing issue of contraband cellphones in prisons. The tour aimed to underscore the threat these devices pose to public safety and security within correctional
Governors
The government of the Brazilian state of Tocantins has taken significant steps to revitalize its leadership, with Acting Governor Laurez Moreira appointing new secretaries to key positions. Cesar Hanna Halum, a veteran agricultural expert, has been appointed Secretary of State for Agriculture and Livestock, bringing his extensive experience in rural
Governors
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, Senator Tom Cotton, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr joined forces to address the alarming issue of contraband cellphones in prisons, which have been used by inmates to plan further criminal activity, including assault, murder, and aiding criminal enterprises. The
Fraud
New York's attorney general, Letitia James, has filed an appeal with the state's Court of Appeals to reinstate the potential half-billion-dollar civil fraud penalty against former President Donald Trump. The penalty was previously reduced by a lower-court decision, citing that it violated the U.S. Constitution&
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New York's attorney general, Letitia James, has filed an appeal to the state's highest court to reinstate a $520 million fine against former President Donald Trump, following a lower-court decision that sharply reduced the penalty from $1 billion to $0. The fine was part of a
Fraud
The New York Attorney General's office has filed a lawsuit against the VDARE Foundation and its leaders, Peter and Lydia Brimelow, alleging years of self-dealing and abuse of charitable assets. The complaint claims that the Brimelows diverted at least $2 million in charitable funds to benefit themselves and
