CT Attorney General Alerts
This section provides links to homeowner / consumer related Press Releases from the State of Connecticut Attorney General’s office. NOTE: links will cause the Attorney General’s press releases to open in a separate browser window.
Justification Sought For Proposed First Niagara / NewAlliance Bank Merger
Sep 1, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today wrote First Niagara and NewAlliance banks asking them to provide information on and justification for their proposed merger. More …Illegal Logging Court Injunction Won
Aug 30, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal won a court injunction today that stops illegal logging in multiple Connecticut towns where extensive unpermitted tree harvesting (enough timber to build about 75 houses) has already caused significant environmental damage. More …DPUC Commended For Investigating Water Company Layoffs
Aug 30, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced that the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) - less than a week after his request - has agreed to investigate the Connecticut Water Company's (CWC) possible plans to reduce its workforce mere weeks after it was permitted to raise rates to fund higher staffing levels. More …Investigation Of Connecticut Water Company's Possible Layoff Plans After Rate Increase
Aug 26, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is urging an investigation into the Connecticut Water Company's (CWC) possible plans to reduce its workforce mere weeks after the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) approved a rate increase to fund higher staffing levels. More …Rite Aid Issued Subpoena Regarding Price Increases and Changes
Aug 25, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in cooperation with the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), today issued a subpoena to Rite Aid demanding information about significant changes and price increases to a discount drug program that the company falsely blamed on a new state law. More …17 States Ask Craigslist To Eliminate Adult Services Immediately
Aug 24, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today, joined by 16 other state attorneys general, is calling on craigslist to immediately remove the Adult Services portion of the site due to continued rampant prostitution advertisements and mounting public outrage. More …Aquarion Rate Increase Slashed
Aug 23, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Monday he is pleased that the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) significantly slashed Aquarion Water’s rate increase request, but disappointed that the department failed to completely eliminate the hike. More …Former Wesleyan Investment Director Sued For Misusing University Assets
Aug 20, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is suing Wesleyan University's former investment director and three private companies for allegedly misusing university endowment assets for personal trips and other inappropriate expenses. More …Rite Aid Drug Discount Program Investigated
Aug 20, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that he is investigating whether Rite Aid illegally blamed its increased drug charges on a new law that requires the chain to extend the same discounts to the state’s Medicaid program that it offers all consumers. More …Superior Court Rejects Standard & Poor's Motion To Dismiss
Aug 20, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today the Superior Court has rejected Standard & Poor's (S&P) motion to dismiss his case against the credit rating agency for allegedly giving artificially low credit ratings to municipalities, costing taxpayers millions of dollars in unnecessary bond insurance and higher interest rates. More …Acquisition Of NewAlliance Bank By First Niagara Raises Concern
Aug 19, 2010 - The takeover of New Haven-based NewAlliance Bank by First Niagara Financial Group raises significant questions and concerns about potentially far-reaching ramifications on bank customers, employees, the New Haven community, as well as the local and state economies. More …Covanta Energy of Wallingford Sued For Repeated Emissions Violations
Aug 18, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed a lawsuit today against Covanta Energy of Wallingford for emitting excessive levels of the chemical dioxin, a probable carcinogen, at its trash-to-energy plant - its second violation in the past three years. More …Yale Medical School Data Breach Investigation Started
Aug 18, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today that his office is investigating a data breach after Yale Medical School reported the theft of a laptop containing personal health information involving as many as 1,000 individuals. More …DPUC Asked To Investigate Positive Energy Electricity Supply, LLC
Aug 12, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is asking state regulators to investigate an independent power seller for allegedly falsifying its state license application and delaying and diverting contracts, potentially costing customers hundreds of thousands of dollars or more in lost discounts. More …F&S Oil Guilty - $1 Million Restitution
Aug 11, 2010 - “My office is actively investigating Richard Stevens in connection with the collapse of F&S Oil. If the facts warrant, we will seek to impose further sanctions, including monetary penalties or forfeiture.” More …CVS Caremark Continues Drug Discounts
Aug 9, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that CVS Caremark has heeded his call to continue a drug discount program the company threatened to terminate because state law required it to provide Medicaid the same discounts. More …Connecticut Water Company Rate Request Reduced
Jul 14, 2010 - “I am pleased that the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) heeded my call, slashing the Connecticut Water Company’s unreasonable 30 percent rate increase request by more than half, but 12.7 percent is still too high.” More …Second Circuit Ruling On No Child Left Behind
Jul 13, 2010 - “The Second Circuit has declined to rule on the merits of our lawsuit — but enables us to continue our fight to uphold the No Child Left Behind Act and its critical goals in the courts or legislatively.” More …DPUC Urged To Reject $31 Million Water Rate Hike
Jul 12, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in a brief filed today, said Aquarion Water Company’s proposed $31 million rate increase is excessive, unwarranted and should be rejected. More …Health Net Security Breach Settlement
Jul 6, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced a settlement (the first of its kind in the nation) with Health Net and its affiliates for failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information on nearly a half million Connecticut enrollees and promptly notify consumers endangered by the breach. More …Public Utility Control Decision On CL&P Rate Increase
Jun 30, 2010 - “The DPUC’s draft decision slashing CL&P’s excessive rate increase was welcome, but I am disappointed that its final ruling failed to cut deeper. My office will carefully review today’s decision and evaluate any further options.” More …CVS Caremark Threat Investigated
Jun 22, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced an investigation of CVS Caremark's threat to terminate a consumer discount drug program because the law requires the chain to extend the same discounts to the state's Medicaid program. More …Coastline States Look For Oil Spill Protection
Jun 21, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today, joining attorneys general from 10 other Atlantic Coast states, sent letters to BP and its affiliated companies as a first step to protect Connecticut's interests from the potential effects of the oil spill. More …Google's Unauthorized Collection of Data Investigated
Jun 21, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today that his office will lead a multistate investigation into Google Street View cars' unauthorized collection of personal data from wireless computer networks and that he is seeking additional information about the practice in Connecticut. More …Seeking Deeper Reduction In CL&P Rate Increase
Jun 14, 2010 - “I am pleased that the DPUC heeded my call, slicing by more than half Connecticut Light & Power's (CL&P) rate increase request to 2.3 percent. I will fight to reduce the increase to zero ...” More …Consumers Warned About Health Care Reform Scams
Jun 9, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today warned consumers to shun scammers seeking Social Security and bank account numbers by offering bogus insurance and benefits supposedly related to the recent healthcare reform law. More …Google Acknowledges Collecting Data From Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks In CT
Jun 8, 2010 - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today that Google has acknowledged to his office that its “Street View” cars in Connecticut collected data, which could include emails, web browsing and passwords, broadcast over unsecured home and business wireless computer networks and kept the information. More …DPUC Fines AT&T $1.1M For Failing To Meet CT Repair Rules
May 21, 2010 - I am pleased that the DPUC heeded my call to fine AT&T for its nearly decade-long failure to meet state phone repair requirements. More …DPUC Ruling Fails To Protect Against Poor Phone Service
May 12, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal criticized a Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) decision today that failed to require that quality of service standards be strengthened for phone companies such as AT&T. More …
Sweeping Electricity Reform Bill Praised
May 5, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today praised passage of sweeping legislation seeking to lower electricity prices, encourage conservation and jumpstart clean, alternative energy. More …
CL&P Seeks to Block Rate Decrease
April 26, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in a brief filed today, urged the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to reject Connecticut Light & Power’s (CL&P) proposal to increase rates by $210 million, effectively eliminating an expected 5 percent rate decrease early next year. More …
Landmark Insurance Case Victory
April 21, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today a first-in-the-nation court victory declaring that Wells Fargo’s insurance arm broke the law when it failed to tell consumers about hidden kickbacks the company was paid in exchange for favoring a group of “preferred” insurers. More …
More Details Sought About Student Loan Data Breach
April 20, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that he is seeking more details about a data breach at Educational Credit Management Corporation (ECMC) that may have exposed personal information on 3.3 million federal student loan borrowers, including hundreds of thousands from Connecticut. More …
Westport National Bank Sued For Defrauded Madoff Investors
April 19, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today sued Westport National Bank, a Wilton money manager and his company seeking to recover $16.2 million for investors in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. More …
Credit Card Interest Rate Rollback Sought
April 12, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today wrote U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke calling the Fed’s draft credit card rules “woefully inadequate” and seeking changes to compel rollback of recent massive interest rate increases on creditworthy consumers. More …
Madoff Ponzi Scheme: Westport National Bank Under Investigation
April 6, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal confirmed today that his office and the Department of Banking are conducting a wide-ranging investigation into allegations that Westport National Bank and PSCC Services, Inc. and its owner Robert L. Silverman aided and abetted Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. More …
Restitution Claim Letters Sent To F&S Oil Customers
April 6, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that claim letters have been sent to almost 10,000 F&S Oil customers and creditors who may be eligible for a share of about $1 million in restitution secured by his office. More …
Credit Rating Overhaul To Save Millions On Interest Payments
April 5, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today said Fitch Ratings (as a result of his pending 2008 lawsuit against the credit rating agencies) will overhaul and upgrade its credit ratings on nearly every state and city beginning today, saving Connecticut municipalities millions of dollars in interest payments over time. More …
La Quinta Hotel Chain To Halt Price Fixing Practices
April 1, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that the La Quinta hotel chain has formally agreed to nationally cease “call-arounds” — a potentially anticompetitive practice in which competing hotels exchange current room rate and occupancy information that can be used to fix prices. More …
Interim Investigative Report On CT Humane Society
March 30, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today issued a preliminary investigative report on the Connecticut Humane Society (CHS) urging immediate financial oversight improvements and other reforms to avoid conflicts of interest by CHS Board members. More …
RG Pharmacy Billing Fraud $1.115 Million Recovery
March 30, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Michael P. Starkowski today announced a $1.115 million settlement with the bankruptcy estate of RG Pharmacy, Inc. and its former owner, Roy D. Katz, for illegally billing the state’s Medicaid program. More …
DPUC Urged To Reject CL&P Request
March 15, 2010 – Presenting the opening argument at the rate proceeding, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today urged the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to reject Connecticut Light & Power’s (CL&P) request for a rate increase eliminating an expected 5 percent rate reduction early next year. More …
$230,000 Judgment Against Hartford Loan Company Owner
March 15, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has won a judgment compelling a Hartford loan company owner to pay $230,150 in restitution and penalties for allegedly taking money and failing to provide promised loans and services. More …
Illegal Excavation Of Contaminated Soil In Stratford
March 15, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today a businessman will pay the state more than $11,000 in clean up costs and penalties for defying state and federal bans on excavating heavily contaminated soil at his Stratford property. More …
Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s Sued For Tainted Ratings
March 10, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today sued two of the nation’s largest credit rating agencies – Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s – for knowingly assigning tainted credit ratings to risky investments backed by sub-prime loans. More …
F&S Oil Customers To Receive $1 Million Restitution
March 9, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced his office has hired The Garden City Group of Seattle, Wash. to distribute about $1 million in restitution to F&S Oil customers left without paid-for oil and services when the company went bankrupt in 2008. More …
Toyota To Cover Incidental Costs For Recalls
February 26, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today expressed satisfaction that Toyota has announced – as he demanded – it will cover the cost of needed loaner and rental vehicles, as well as tows and expedited repairs, for all its recalled vehicles. More …
Scrutiny Urged For Renewable Energy Sources
February 23, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today he is urging the state Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to investigate the validity of claims by electric suppliers and generators about their reliance on renewable energy sources. More …
Fed Blasted For Failing To Meet Credit Card Deadline
February 22, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today demanded that the U.S. Federal Reserve explain why it failed to meet today’s deadline for rules to roll back massive, unjustified credit card interest rate and fee increases and provide a timeframe for issuing the regulations. More …
Legislature Urged To Establish Condo Ombudsman To Protect Owners
February 16, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in testimony submitted today to the state General Law Committee, urged creating a state Office of Condominium Ombudsman after his office received hundreds of complaints from condominium owners over the past year involving disputes with condominium associations. More …
Countrywide Financial To Pay $1.27 Million To State Residents Who Lost Homes
February 15, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that Countrywide Financial Corp. is paying $1.27 million to 370 state residents who lost their homes to foreclosure because of the company’s abusive and unfair practices. More …
Law Firms, Banks and Real Estate Companies Warned To Stop Illegal Evictions
February 1, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today a new initiative to aid tenants of foreclosed properties — including cease-and-desist letters urging law firms, real estate companies and banks and loan servicers to stop abrupt and illegal evictions. More …
Guilty Plea In Predatory Lending Case
January 21, 2010 – “I praise the hard work and dedication of federal law enforcement officials in obtaining a guilty plea from Jose I. Flores in the VMR Mortgage Company predatory lending scheme.” More …
Consumers Urged To Beware Of Haitian Relief Scams
January 14, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today urged consumers to be on the lookout for Haitian relief scams in the wake of the earthquake this week that devastated the island nation. More …
$210 Million CL&P Rate Increase To Be Opposed
January 8, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today he will fight Connecticut Light & Power’s proposed 5 percent rate hike that the company wants to phase in to erase a comparable rate decrease early next year. More …
Connecticut Water Company Rate Increase Opposed
January 7, 2010 – “My office will fight this rate increase, seeking deep reductions. I will ask the DPUC to slash unnecessary charges, including the company’s huge proposed return on investment — more than 11 percent.” More …
Banks Blasted For Raising Credit Card Rates
January 4, 2010 – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today that the nation’s biggest banking lobby has admitted in a letter to his office that big banks are imposing enormous credit card interest rate and fee increases on low risk consumers to recoup their huge, self-inflicted losses. More …
Connecticut Attorney General Press Release Archives
The Press Releases highlighted here attempt to focus on homeowner / consumer related issues. You can see ALL of the Connecticut Attorney General Categorized Press Releases by following these links:
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