News & Updates
Consumer Alert: You May Qualify for Free Tax Preparation
Consumers often spend hundreds of dollars for tax preparation services when they could get free help through IRS-trained volunteers.
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AG Schwalb Statement on U.S. House Voting to Overturn Democratically Enacted Local Laws
AG Schwalb statement regarding the U.S. House of Representatives’ vote to override democratically enacted local laws.
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AG Schwalb Statement Urging the House of Representatives Not to Overturn DC's Democratically Enacted Laws
AG Schwalb Statement regarding the House of Representatives proposed resolutions to overturn the District’s democratically enacted laws.
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DC AG's Office Announces that $1,950,000 is Available for Eligible Drizly Drivers as a Result of Tip-Theft Investigation
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Drizly delivery drivers who delivered orders from any retail store located in the District of Columbia between January 1, 2019, through November 14, 2022, may be eligible to receive money from a $1.95 million settlement pool created as a…
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AG Schwalb Statement on the Killing of Tyre Nichols
AG Schwalb Statement on the Killing of Tyre Nichols
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OAG Public Corruption Section Announces Guilty Plea of Mark Thorp for Failing to Pay Businesses, Sales & Personal Income Tax
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Mark Thorp, owner of Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar on H Street Northeast and Jimmy Valentine’s Lonely Hearts Club in Trinidad, pled guilty to one count of tax fraud and paid $144,001.08 in unpaid taxes, interests, and penalties to the…
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DC AG's Office Announces Instacart Workers Who Made Deliveries in DC May Be Eligible for $150+ Cash Payments; Online Claims Process Is Now Open
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Instacart workers who made deliveries in the District of Columbia from October 1, 2016, through April 30, 2018, may be eligible for refunds of $150 or more, related to a lawsuit brought by the Office of Attorney General (OAG) against…
Prioritizing Public Safety and Hopeful Kids
Everyone in the District, no matter where they live, deserves to feel safe in their neighborhood, whether they are walking the dog, going to school, pumping gas, or shopping for groceries.
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AG Schwalb Statement on the Passage of the Revised Criminal Code Act
AG Schwalb today issued the following statement on the Revised Criminal Code Act.
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OAG Recovers $1.5 Million from Assisted Living Company that Failed to Pay Frontline Workers' Wages
D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Azure Health Services, LLC (Azure), which operated assisted-living facilities across the District, will pay $1,510,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to pay frontline health care workers the wages they earned during the height of…