Maker of Opioid Addiction Treatment Drug Suboxone Accused of Conspiring to Keep Monopoly Profits
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016
Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn and other attorneys general yesterday filed an antitrust lawsuit against the makers of Suboxone, a prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction, over allegations that the companies engaged in a scheme to block generic competitors and cause purchasers to pay artificially high prices. Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, now known as Indivior, […]
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 […]
Brothers From Dover Sentenced to Prison For Drug Activity
Consumer Protection | Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Friday, July 8, 2016
Others sentenced for home improvement fraud, rape, assault, and robbery Following are recent results obtained in cases pursued by the attorneys, investigators and staff of the Delaware Department of Justice: Two brothers both received significant prison sentences for their roles as main players in a group selling drugs out of the Capitol Park neighborhood near […]
Delaware E-book Purchasers to Receive Over $1.3 Million from Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Delaware residents who purchased electronic books – known as E-books – from a number of sources between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012, should begin receiving account credits or checks this week, as a result of the successful prosecution of a price-fixing case against Apple, Inc. Delaware consumers are estimated to receive over $1,300,000 […]
Home Improvement Contractor Arrested for Defrauding Delaware Homeowners
Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Friday, May 27, 2016
Department of Justice Consumer Protection Unit asks other potential victims to come forward The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Unit announced that a New Castle County-based contractor faces criminal charges for defrauding multiple Delaware homeowners. Mario Mareno, 49, doing business as Tradesmen Services, was arrested on Friday, May 13 by the First State Fugitive Task Force […]
