LANSING – Many people are using the mail to send gifts to loved ones during the holidays. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning residents about fraudulent smishing text messages purporting to be from the United States Postal Service (USPS) this holiday seaso
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Greg MacKinnon, 58, of Wheatfield, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to defraud the United States, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. MacKinnon was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $3,067,341 to the IRS.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is poised to finally issue a new rule in January that would cap credit card late fees at $8. The cap would apply to all credit cards, but credit unions say it would disproportionately hurt their business, CNBC reported.
BALTIMORE, MD (December 21, 2023) – Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown is applauding the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for passing the new Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Rule – which was supported by the Maryland Attorney General’s Office in conjunction with a coalition of 17 other Attorneys General. The Rule will go into effect on July 30, 2024.
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today sued SiriusXM Radio, Inc. (SiriusXM) for trapping consumers in subscriptions and maintaining deliberately long and burdensome cancellation processes. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) found that SiriusXM forces its subscribers to call or chat online with an agent to cancel a subscription, then deliberately draws out those interactions as part of its strategy to prevent subscribers from canceling.
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