WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Earl Francisco Lopez and his teacher exchange companies – Bilingual Teacher Exchange (BTE) and related entities – for preying upon dozens of foreign teachers working in D.C. schools. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) alleges that Lopez and his companies falsely represented themselves to the teachers as federally designated visa “sponsor” companies and as representatives of D.C. Public Schools (DCPS).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today filed a lawsuit against Beech-Nut Nutrition Company, one of the largest manufacturers of baby food in the United States, for misleading parent-consumers about the health and safety of its products.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Vizion One, a home health care provider, for defrauding the District’s Medicaid program of more than $3 million. In the lawsuit, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) alleges that Vizion One engaged in an elaborate scheme to profit by submitting false Medicaid claims for at-home care that was not medically necessary, properly authorized, or actually provided.

Statement of Wendy J. Weinberg

Senior Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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. In four separate lawsuits, OAG alleges that these non-residents broke District law by sending a total of 10 children to District schools, including in-demand schools like Capitol Hill Montessori and Duke Ellington School of the Arts, without paying required out-of-state tuition.

Washington DC – Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today that the District has reached a $19.4 million settlement resolving the District’s claims concerning multi-year contracts the DC Public Schools (DCPS) entered into with Chartwells, a division of Compass Group USA, Inc., and Thompson Hospitality Services LLC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today filed a lawsuit against Opportunity Financial, LLC (OppFi), a predatory online lender, for deceptively marketing illegal high-interest loans to District consumers.

Washington, DC – Chase Bank USA N.A. and Chase Bankcard Services, Inc. will reform their debt-collection practices for credit cards as the result of a $136 million joint state-federal settlement with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, attorneys general from 47 states, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Attorneys General Karl A. Racine, Mark R. Herring and Brian E. Frosh announced today that the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland and the federal government have reached a settlement with MV Transportation, a private corporation that provides transportation management services. The settlement resolves claims that the contractor falsely billed the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for transportation of elderly and disabled riders as part of the MetroAccess program.