DOJ Consumer Protection Unit Announces Outreach Effort to Delaware Residents Qualifying For Student Loan Forgiveness
Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, September 5, 2016
Forgiveness applies to eligible students who attended Corinthian Colleges, including Everest and WyoTech The Consumer Protection Unit of the Delaware Department of Justice is seeking Delaware residents who attended Corinthian Colleges who may qualify for complete discharge of their federal student loans. Students who attended a program at the for-profit Corinthian Colleges, including Everest and […]
Attempted Murder Conviction In Kent County Brings Life Sentence
Consumer Protection | Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 26, 2016
Other defendants face prison time for gun offenses, endangering a child, and burglaries. Also: Fraudulent firefighter charity investigated by Delaware to be shut down in Michigan. A 37-year-old Camden man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced for Attempted Murder and Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of […]
Delaware Participates In $100 Million Settlement with Barclays for Manipulating LIBOR
Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, August 8, 2016
Manipulation of benchmark interest rate hurt government and not-for-profit organizations in Delaware and across the country when they invested Delaware and other states announced a $100 million settlement with Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc. for fraudulent and anticompetitive conduct involving the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). This is a […]
Drug Company To Pay Consumers And State For Precluding Competition
Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016
Anticompetitive Conduct Delayed Generic Competition, Causing Consumers And The State To Pay More For Provigil A settlement between Delaware, 47 other states, the District of Columbia and the drug company Cephalon could result in up to $250,000 to be paid to Delaware consumers to resolve claims the company delayed generic versions of Provigil from entering […]
DOJ Asks Court to Ban Company From Delaware For Defrauding Businesses
Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2016
The Department of Justice’s Consumer Protect Unit has filed a complaint in the Court of Chancery to prohibit a Michigan-based company from conducting business in Delaware. DOJ claims the principals of the company, The Mandatory Poster Agency, Inc. d/b/a Delaware Council for Corporations, are the same three men who, under the name of a different […]
