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Attorney General Frey Joins Coalition Filing 3rd Complaint in Ongoing Antitrust Price-Fixing Investigation into Generic Drug Industry
AUGUSTA - In recognition of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, which runs from April 19 through April 25, Attorney General Aaron M. Frey is making Mainers aware of the services and resources which exist for victims of crime.
AUGUSTA - In response to inquiries received by the office, Attorney General Aaron M. Frey released the following statement addressing questions raised by day care providers and consumers:
AUGUSTA - Attorney General Aaron M. Frey announced today that Maine and other states have reached settlement with the pharmaceutical distributor Reckitt Benckiser Group (Reckitt) to settle allegations that the company, either directly or through a subsidiary, improperly marketed and otherwise promoted the drug Suboxone, resulting in improper expenditures of state Medicaid funds, as described further below.
AUGUSTA - Attorney General Aaron M. Frey announced today that he and Attorneys General from 47 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico have reached an historic $600 million settlement with Equifax Inc. following the largest data breach enforcement action in history. The settlement, which is part of a global settlement that Equifax reached with the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") and the multi-district class actions, is the result of an investigation into a massive 2017 data breach.
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AUGUSTA - Attorney General Aaron Frey has taken action against Cloud-E-Daze, a Maine Limited Liability Company doing business as an online vaping retailer. Cloud-E-Daze sold vaping products online unaware that under Maine law vaping products fall within the definition of tobacco products. In Maine tobacco products, including vaping products that contain nicotine, cannot be sold online, rather they must be sold in a face to face transaction. Cloud-E-Daze settled the Attorney General's concerns by taking down its web page and paying a $2,000 fine.
AUGUSTA - Attorney General Aaron M. Frey issued the following statement regarding the approval of Maine's application to expand Medicaid by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:
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March 8, 2019
Contact: Marc Malon, (207) 626-8887
Program allows consumers, who have not been made whole through other remediation programs, to have inquiry reviewed by escalation team
AUGUSTA - Attorney General Aaron Frey today announced that Wells Fargo has begun a consumer redress review program through which consumers who have not yet been made whole through other remediation programs already in place can seek to have their inquiry or complaint reviewed by a Wells Fargo escalation team for possible relief.
AUGUSTA - Attorney General Aaron Frey is warning consumers about recent reports of calls from individuals claiming to represent Medicare.
There are reports from Maine Medicare recipients who have received phone calls claiming to be from Medicare. The callers pretend to be from Medicare and try to get individuals' Social Security numbers, the name of their financial institution and their financial routing and account numbers or ask for money directly.