News Releases

Attorney General Mike DeWine said Christopher Gibbs, the second of three individuals charged in a tree-trimming scam that targeted the elderly in Greene, Franklin, Butler, and Montgomery counties, was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $32,940. The case represents a collaboration among the Attorney General's Office, the Greene County Prosecuting Attorney, and other law enforcement agencies.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien announced today the indictment of a Columbus man who allegedly ran a video game console scam on Craigslist. The indictments were the result of a collaborative investigation by the Worthington Police Department and the Attorney General's Economic Crimes Division.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today filed a lawsuit against The Serenity Group, which operates Floral Hills Memory Gardens (Floral Hills) cemeteries in Chillicothe and Circleville, Ohio. The lawsuit charges the company with failure to deliver grave markers to consumers.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a new program to help local governments collect debt owed to them. The Local Government Collections Services Program will allow the Attorney General to collect debt on behalf of local governments.

Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that the permanent revocation of Douglas B. Karel's Ohio medical license was affirmed Friday by Judge Richard Sheward of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. The State Medical Board approved in July of last year a hearing officer's proposed order that Karel's license should be revoked because of his "conduct in repeatedly making large amounts of narcotics and other controlled substances available to patients with relatively little examination or scrutiny…."

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine held the second in a series of Child Safety Summits today in Cleveland at Cuyahoga Community College.  DeWine called for a comprehensive, holistic review of the entire foster care system in this state.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against the individuals who operated paving company C & C Construction for multiple violations of Ohio's consumer laws.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today appealed the stay of the execution of convicted murderer Charles Lorraine to the United States Supreme Court.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today certified the petition for the proposed Ohio Medical Cannabis Amendment to the Ohio Constitution.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today warned Ohioans to be on the lookout for sweepstakes scams. In 2011, the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section logged nearly 1,500 complaints about sweepstakes and prizes that reportedly cost Ohioans about $2 million in losses.