OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Andrew Roth-Wells Telephone: (207) 626-8887
Consumers impacted by scams utilizing Western Union may now seek compensation from $586M fund
Attorney General Mills encourages fraud victims to file claims
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Andrew Roth-Wells Telephone: (207) 626-8887
Attorney General Janet Mills warns public about new phone scam
Callers claiming to alert recipient of grant award from DHHS
AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet Mills is warning the public of a new phone scam in which the caller tells the recipient that they have received an award from Maine?s Department of Health and Human Services. The call recipient is then asked to pay $200 for an access code to get the award.
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Andrew Roth-Wells Telephone: (207) 626-8887
Attorney General Janet Mills announces settlement with General Motors Company over defective ignition-switch
AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet Mills today announced that Maine has participated in a nationwide $120 million settlement with General Motors Company (GM) over allegations that GM concealed safety issues related to ignition-switch defects in GM vehicles.
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Attorney General Janet Mills and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap offer resources on damaged vehicles
Mills and Dunlap inform consumers how to check vehicle history to avoid flood damage
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Andrew Roth-WellsDATE: September 19, 2017 TELEPHONE: (207) 626-8887
Attorney General Janet Mills demands documents from opioid manufacturers and distributors
Mills and bipartisan Attorneys General across the United States serve investigative subpoenas for information about marketing and sales of opioids
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: September 14, 2017
CONTACT: Andrew Roth-Wells
Telephone: (207) 626-8887
Attorney General Janet Mills joined the University of Maine System in announcing the expansion of the Peer to Peer financial literacy program
AG Mills excited to see successful UMF program spread throughout the state
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: September 14, 2017
CONTACT: Andrew Roth-Wells Telephone: (207) 626-8887
Attorney General Janet Mills announces complaint filed against Jesse James Taylor Taylor accused of harassing workers at Sisters Gourmet Deli in Portland
AUGUSTA ?Attorney General Janet Mills announced today that her office has filed a complaint under the Maine Civil Rights Act against Jesse James Taylor, age 36, in the Superior Court in Portland.
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: August 29, 2017CONTACT: Andrew Roth-WellsTelephone: (207) 626-8887
Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills offers advice about helping victims of Hurricane Harvey
Mills warns consumers to avoid giving to potentially fraudulent websites
AUGUSTA ? Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills advised Mainers to choose wisely in sending funds to agencies to help the families and communities suffering from the extreme weather produced by Hurricane Harvey in Texas this week.
AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced today that Maine has agreed in principle to join the United States and other States to settle allegations against Mylan Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mylan Specialty L.P. (collectively ?Mylan?). The settlement will resolve allegations that Mylan knowingly underpaid rebates owed to the Medicaid program for the drugs EpiPen? and EpiPen Jr.? (?EpiPen?) dispensed to Medicaid beneficiaries. Under the settlement, Mylan will pay $465 million to the United States and the States. The States will share $213,936,000 of the total settlement.
AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet T. Mills is working with a bipartisan coalition of Attorneys General from across the country in evaluating the practices of manufacturers of opioids.
The Attorneys General are investigating what role opioid manufacturers may have played in creating or prolonging this epidemic. Since 2010 nearly 800 Mainers have died from an overdose of a pharmaceutical opioid, compared to about 600 who died from an illicit opioid.