Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning consumers to beware of phone scams involving utilities. Two Ohio consumers reported losing about $800 each after receiving a call from someone claiming to represent a utility company and demanding payment. Dozens of other consumers are reporting unsolicited calls about lowering their energy rates.
A Portage County judge has ruled that Bradley University intentionally interfered with Kent State University’s contract with Gene Ford, its former men’s head basketball coach, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Kent State announced today.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Bowling Green State University President Mary Ellen Mazey today joined community leaders and local law enforcement for the groundbreaking of the new Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) laboratory on the campus of Bowling Green State University (BGSU).
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today joined attorneys general from 48 other states and territories in asking Congress to extend to states the criminal jurisdiction created under the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA). The change is necessary to help fight human trafficking and exploitation of children, as well as reflect changes in internet usage in the past 15 years, the attorneys general wrote in a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate commerce committees.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today filed lawsuits against two Fairfield, Ohio, car dealerships for failing to deliver motor vehicle titles as required by law.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a business found selling synthetic drugs has been ordered to temporarily close after a judge declared the store a public nuisance.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that the owner and president of Alpine Nursing Care, Inc. in North Randall, Ohio, will spend two years in prison after his conviction on federal health care fraud charges.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that a Mahoning County Grand Jury has indicted a former sergeant with the Youngstown Police Department on twelve charges following an investigation by the Attorney General's Crimes Against Children (CAC) Unit in June.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a former Cleveland-area home health aide will be going to prison for improperly billing the Ohio Department of Medicaid for more than $234,000.
In recognition of the first annual Military Consumer Protection Day (July 17), Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is encouraging active-duty military members and their families to report consumer complaints to his office.