News & Updates
CONSUMER ALERT: Pepco Scam
District residents should be on the lookout for scammers making telephone calls claiming to be with Pepco.
Holiday Shopping Tips: 8 Ways to Avoid Being Scammed this Season
Holiday shopping is in full swing and Americans are expected to spend an eye-popping 720 billion dollars this season.
Working to Stop Harmful and Annoying Robocalls
5.1 billion robocalls were made nationwide in November 2018. That’s up from the 2.7 billion in November 2017.
AG Racine Announces Midland to Pay $6 Million for Illegal Debt Collection Practices
Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today that the District of Columbia has joined 42 states in a $6 million settlement with Encore Capital Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Midland Funding, LLC (Midland) for using illegal tactics to collect unverified…
CONSUMER ALERT: Identity Theft Protection Following Marriott Data Breach
Earlier today, Marriott announced a data breach affecting approximately 500 million hotel guests who made reservations at hotels owned by Starwood around the world.
AG Racine Sues Landlord to Stop Illegal Discrimination Against Low-Income Renters
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Evolve, LLC and Evolve Property Management, LLC, local real estate companies, for violating consumer protection law through illegal housing discrimination.
HEADS UP: Child Support Services Office Opens at 1:00pm on Dec. 6
OAG’s Child Support Services Division (CSSD) will be closed on Thursday morning, December 6 and will resume normal operations at 1:00pm.
Demanding that Betsy DeVos Grant Relief to Thousands of Eligible Student Borrowers
This week, Attorney General Racine and a coalition of 20 states called on U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Betsy DeVos to help student borrowers who attended schools that abruptly closed have their loans discharged.
AG Racine Cracks Down On District Slumlords For Health And Safety Hazards
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced multiple lawsuits against the owners and managers of six residential apartment buildings in Wards 7 and 8 for neglecting their properties and forcing hundreds of tenants to live in conditions that threaten their health and safety.
Overwhelmed by robocalls? Here are 5 tips to help!
4.2 billion. That’s how many robocalls (a call that uses an automated dialer to deliver a pre-recorded message) were made to U.S. households in August 2018 alone.