News & Updates
AG Racine Announces Career Education Corp. Will Provide $2 Million in Debt Relief to District Student Borrowers Over Deceptive Recruiting
Attorney General Karl A. Racine and the attorneys general of 48 states announced a settlement with Career Education Corporation (CEC) – a for-profit college company – resolving allegations over deceptive recruiting and other illegal practices.
AG Racine Announces Wells Fargo to Pay the District $1.1 Million for Opening Unauthorized Accounts, Other Deceptive Practices
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that Wells Fargo Bank N.A. will pay $575 million in a 50-state settlement for, among other unfair and deceptive trade practices, opening millions of unauthorized accounts and enrolling customers into online banking services without their knowledge…
AG Racine Leads 15-State Coalition Opposing Payday Loan Industry Attempts to Skirt State Usury Laws
Attorney General Karl A. Racine is leading a group of 15 state attorneys general in opposing payday lenders’ use of Indian tribes to skirt state laws protecting consumers from exorbitant interest rates and other predatory practices.
AG Racine Announces $68 Million Multistate Settlement With UBS For Artificially Manipulating Interest Rates
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a $68 million, 40-state settlement, with UBS for fraudulent conduct involving the manipulation of a critical benchmark interest rate during and after the 2007-2008 financial crisis.
Pushing for Federal Criminal Justice Reform
Making smart reforms in the justice system that reduce crime and produce better outcomes for everyone has been one of Attorney General Racine’s key goals since he took office.
Prepared Remarks: Facebook Enforcement Action Press Call
Delivered by Attorney General Karl A. Racine
CONSUMER ALERT: Protect Your Personal Information on Social Media
Today, Attorney General Karl A. Racine filed a lawsuit against Facebook for failing to protect users’ personal information and allowing companies to harvest information without users’ consent.
AG Racine Sues Facebook for Failing to Protect Millions of Users' Data
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today sued Facebook, Inc. for failing to protect its users’ data, enabling abuses like one that exposed nearly half of all District residents’ data to manipulation for political purposes during the 2016 election.
CONSUMER ALERT: Pepco Scam
District residents should be on the lookout for scammers making telephone calls claiming to be with Pepco.
AG Racine Sues Six Maryland Parents for Residency Fraud At D.C. Schools, Seeks Nearly $700K in Unpaid Tuition and Damages
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced lawsuits against six Maryland parents for falsifying District residency to send their children to District schools for free.