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  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases


Biden secures nearly $2 million in consumer relief for Delaware in ongoing investigation of foreclosure abuses by banks

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Attorney General Beau Biden today secured nearly $2 million for Delaware homeowners as part of a state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer SunTrust to address mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses.




Pair’s 2013 conviction for possession of contraband cigarettes upheld by State Supreme Court

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, June 13, 2014

“Trafficking in contraband cigarettes is a growing trend that funds criminal enterprises and it’s a concern to law enforcement,” Attorney General Biden said. “We are working with our local and national law enforcement partners and with our sister states to enforce criminal penalties for those who possess contraband cigarettes and use our roadways to smuggle them across state lines.”




Attorneys General Reach $105 Million Settlement With Pharmaceutical Company

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and 44 of his colleagues announced a $105 million settlement today with GlaxoSmithKline to resolve claims that the pharmaceutical giant unlawfully marketed asthma and anti-depressant medications.




Attorney General’s Office arrests Millsboro man in home improvement scam

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, June 2, 2014

Attorney General Beau Biden’s General’s Consumer Protection Unit has secured the arrest of 42 year-old Eric Lepkowski on multiple charges in a scheme to defraud a 68 year-old Sussex County homeowner.




Kent County man receives prison sentence for killing his girlfriend

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2014

A Kent County man who killed his girlfriend in their Leipsic residence last summer and attempted to dispose of her remains in a wooded lot nearby was convicted of her death this morning and was sentenced to prison, Attorney General Beau Biden announced today.







  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases

Biden secures nearly $2 million in consumer relief for Delaware in ongoing investigation of foreclosure abuses by banks

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Attorney General Beau Biden today secured nearly $2 million for Delaware homeowners as part of a state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer SunTrust to address mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses.




Pair’s 2013 conviction for possession of contraband cigarettes upheld by State Supreme Court

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, June 13, 2014

“Trafficking in contraband cigarettes is a growing trend that funds criminal enterprises and it’s a concern to law enforcement,” Attorney General Biden said. “We are working with our local and national law enforcement partners and with our sister states to enforce criminal penalties for those who possess contraband cigarettes and use our roadways to smuggle them across state lines.”




Attorneys General Reach $105 Million Settlement With Pharmaceutical Company

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and 44 of his colleagues announced a $105 million settlement today with GlaxoSmithKline to resolve claims that the pharmaceutical giant unlawfully marketed asthma and anti-depressant medications.




Attorney General’s Office arrests Millsboro man in home improvement scam

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, June 2, 2014

Attorney General Beau Biden’s General’s Consumer Protection Unit has secured the arrest of 42 year-old Eric Lepkowski on multiple charges in a scheme to defraud a 68 year-old Sussex County homeowner.




Kent County man receives prison sentence for killing his girlfriend

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2014

A Kent County man who killed his girlfriend in their Leipsic residence last summer and attempted to dispose of her remains in a wooded lot nearby was convicted of her death this morning and was sentenced to prison, Attorney General Beau Biden announced today.