New York AG Launches Sandy Price-Gouging Probe
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman launched an investigation into post-Sandy price gouging after receiving hundreds of complaints from consumers across the state.
View ArticleSchneiderman gets a fat Madoff settlement
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a settlement of over $210 million with the Ivy Asset Management, LLC, a Bank of New York Mellon subsidiary that advised clients to invest with...
View ArticleNY AG Strikes Again, Sues Credit Suisse On Mortgage Securities Fraud
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is on a roll in his pursuit of wrongdoers in the financial crisis.
View ArticleSchneiderman works at exposing mortgage fraud
State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman recently announced the filing of a Martin Act complaint against Credit Suisse Securities LLC and its affiliates, accusing them of making fraudulent...
View ArticleAttorney General Seeks to Force Disclosure of More Political Donors
The proposal by the attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, takes direct aim at tax-exempt organizations that spend heavily on political advertising but have not been required to reveal the donors...
View ArticleNY AG Schneiderman says more sex predators offline
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says more than 2,100 more accounts of registered sex offenders have been purged from online gaming platforms as part of an initiative to keep them from...
View ArticleAG: Telemarketers reap rewards of charity phone drives
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman released his annual aEURoePennies for Charity, Where Your Money GoesaEUR? report on telephone fundraisers Friday. He concluded that nearly 62 percent of all...
View ArticleAttorney general unveils hotline to help homeowners
More than 730 Hudson Valley homeowners at risk of foreclosure have received financial counseling or legal services during the first three months of the Homeowner Protection Program launched by Attorney...
View ArticleNY recovers $335M from Medicaid fraud, abuse
Attorney General Schneiderman's office recovered more than $335 million last year from Medicaid fraud and abuse.
View ArticleSyracuse, Albany gun shows to follow new safety rules
The new procedures were announced today by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as part of an agreement reached between his office and the New York State Arms Collectors Association Inc.,...
View ArticleStates push political groups to reveal secret donors
The most sweeping push is underway in New York where the state's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman plans to issue rules that will require tax-exempt groups that spend $10,000 or more on state and...
View ArticleAlbany bust nets 226 counts, 31 arrests
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman called the sweeping indictment a "take down of one of the more violent criminal enterprises we've encountered in some time."
View ArticleEx-Sen. Huntley pleads guilty to covering up theft of funds from non-profit
Ex-Queens state Sen. Shirley Huntley pleaded guilty this morning to an additional state felony charge for her role in the theft of funds she steered to sham non profit group. Huntley pleaded guilty in...
View ArticleIn DOMA Supreme Court Case, 15 States Say Not Recognizing Gay Marriage Is...
Fifteen states will urge the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, arguing that the law preventing the federal government from recognizing gay marriage is unconstitutional. New York...
View ArticleBronx contractor to cough up $1 million for construction workers who were...
A Bronx contractor is set to pay nearly $1 million to workers stiffed during taxpayer-funded construction of affordable housing for seniors. Procida Construction Corp. must reimburse dozens of...
View ArticleManhattan Tailor-to-the-Stars Admits $2M Tax Fraud
A Manhattan tailor-to-the-stars has pleaded guilty to failing to pay nearly $2 million in taxes... He agreed to pay back $5.5 million. He faces up to three years in prison, Attorney General Eric...
View ArticleUndercover Inquiry Leads Gun Shows to Tighten Checks
An overwhelming majority of New York State gun show operators have agreed to new rules to ensure that criminal and mental health background checks are conducted on buyers.
View ArticleNFL Warned Against Asking Players About Sexual Orientation
The National Football League has been warned against inquiring into the sexual orientation of prospective players and urged to do more to make sure teams do not ask those questions, New York Attorney...
View ArticleA Deadly Loophole, Gone
In New York, the gun show loophole has been closed, thanks to timely work by State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has come to an agreement with the vast majority of gun show operators in the...
View Article2 Big Banks Face Suits in Mortgage Pact Abuses
New YorkaEUR(TM)s top prosecutor plans to sue two mortgage titans, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, over claims that they breached the terms of a multibillion-dollar settlement intended to end...
View ArticleSchneiderman Strikes Back
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who headed a group of state attorneys general that won homeowners and former homeowners a $26 billion settlement from five mega-banks over their foreclosure...
View ArticleEditorial: Attorney general to shed light on political contributions
New measures from Schneiderman require nonprofits, including 501(c)(4) aEURoesocial welfareaEUR? organizations aEUR" that is their designation under the Tax Code aEUR" to file itemized schedules of...
View ArticleEric Schneiderman, New York Attorney General, Imposes 'Dark Money' Disclosure...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Wednesday imposed new regulations to close major disclosure loopholes for money spent on New York state elections.
View ArticleSF, NY officials to meet over cellphone thefts
Top law enforcement officials from San Francisco and New York plan to meet with some of the nation's largest smartphone makers next week to help thwart the rise in cellphone thefts and robberies.
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