AG Jennings takes action against financial adviser for charging unreasonable fees
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, July 19, 2024
Attorney General Kathy Jennings this week filed a complaint against former Delaware investment adviser Elbert C. Smalls and his investment advisory firm, known as Winyah Financial Services, LLC or Winyah Financial, LLC (formerly operating in Delaware as Sun Financial Services, Inc.). The complaint is the culmination of an investigation by the Investor Protection Unit (the […]
DOJ secures significant prison time for habitual shoplifter turned robber
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2024
The Delaware Department of Justice has secured five years in prison followed by probation for a Wilmington woman who stole thousands of dollars worth of goods from Delaware retail chains between 2023 and 2024. On July 10, Jasmine Williams, 36, was sentenced to five years of Level V prison followed by one year of high level […]
DOJ secures lengthy prison sentence for violent gun offender
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2024
A Maryland man has been sentenced to more than three decades in prison for the fatal shooting of Charles “Jaimie” Kupidlowski in 2023. On June 17, Steven M. Smith of Centreville, MD, pleaded guilty in Kent County Superior Court to Murder 2nd Degree and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. Smith, […]
AG Jennings launches portal to help businesses prepare for Personal Data Privacy Act enforcement
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, July 8, 2024
On July 1st, the Delaware Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Unit launched a new personal data privacy portal, privacy.delaware.gov, as a navigational tool for parents, consumers and businesses that handle Delawareans’ personal data to help prepare for the upcoming implementation of the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA), which goes into effect in January 2025. […]
In unanimous ruling, Court sides with Jennings on voting rights
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, June 28, 2024
The Delaware Supreme Court has unanimously vacated a lower court ruling that jeopardized tens of thousands of Delawareans’ voting rights under the State’s permanent absentee and early voting statutes. In February, a Superior Court judge issued a surprise ruling striking down early voting and the state’s 14-year-old permanent absentee law. The permanent absentee statute had […]
