(Phoenix,
AZ)-- Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is warning businesses to be
cautious of the “invoice scam” that seems to be recirculating. Some of the
common “invoice scams” include fraudulent charges for printer toner, directory
listings and compliance services. Scammers are sending invoices to businesses
hoping they will pay the invoice without verifying its legitimacy.
“At the Attorney
General’s Office, we are fighting every day to protect hardworking Arizona
taxpayers,” said Attorney General Brnovich. “If you get an invoice for a
product or service you did not request, please call my office and file a
consumer complaint.”
(Phoenix,
AZ)— Attorney General Mark Brnovich and the attorneys general of 30 other
states announced today a major settlement with the three largest national
credit reporting agencies— Equifax Information Services LLC, Experian
Information Solutions Inc., and TransUnion LLC. An assurance of discontinuance
was reached to settle concerns that the credit reporting agencies engaged in
conduct that violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The settlement
is the result of a multi-state investigation initiated in 2012 by a group of
state attorneys general. The investigation, which Arizona was a part of,
focused on consumer disputes about credit report errors, monitoring and
disciplining data furnishers (businesses or creditors that provide credit
reporting information to credit reporting agencies), accuracy in consumer
credit reports, and the marketing of credit monitoring products to consumers
who call the credit reporting agencies to dispute information on their credit
report.
All 50 States, D.C. and FTC File Lawsuit Against Phony Cancer
Charities
(Phoenix, AZ)-- Arizona Attorney General Mark
Brnovich, along with law enforcement partners in every other state in the
nation, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),
jointly filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
against four phony cancer charities and their operators, who allegedly scammed
more than $187 million throughout the country.
(Phoenix,
AZ)-- Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced today that Arizona will receive
approximately $450,000 from national lawsuits against Sprint and Verizon.
Brnovich, along with the Attorneys General from 49 other States and the
District of Columbia, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Federal
Communications Commission, reached settlements with Sprint Corporation and
Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon Wireless totaling $158 million. The settlement
resolves allegations that Sprint and Verizon placed unauthorized charges for
third-party services on consumers’ mobile telephone bills, a practice known as
“mobile cramming.”
Consumers who
have been “crammed” often have charges, typically $9.99 per month, for
“premium” text message subscription services (also known as “PSMS”
subscriptions) such as horoscopes, trivia, and sports scores that the consumers
have never heard of or requested.
(Tucson, AZ)—Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich
announced today that 65-year-old Charles Arthur Cagle has been sentenced to 62
years in prison for committing 15 felonies. The Tucson Police Department and
the Arizona Attorney General’s Special Investigations Section executed a search
warrant on Cagle’s apartment on September 27, 2012 where they found nearly
$10,000 in methamphetamine, more than 12 firearms, and numerous
knives.
