AUGUSTA Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced that over 800 consumers who were customers of Festiva Development Group have been notified of the relief that Festiva is providing pursuant to a settlement reached by the parties through court-ordered mediation. The settlement resolves an action the Maine Attorney General's Office brought in November 2013 against six related Festiva companies based in North Carolina, their principals and the Festiva Adventure Club Members' Association.

AUGUSTA ? Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills today announced that a final hiring decision has been made to complete the staff of Maine?s Unsolved Homicide Unit. Renee Ordway has been hired to serve as the Victim Advocate to work with the family members in these cases, making the unit fully staffed.

AUGUSTA - Attorney General Janet Mills announced today that Dennis L. Brown, Jr., age 32, of Princeton, was sentenced to 10 days in jail for violating Maine?s environmental laws. The Attorney General alleged that Brown, who served as the certified operator for the Passamaquoddy Tribal Government?s wastewater treatment plant in Indian Township, engaged in and directed the unlicensed discharge of untreated sewage from a malfunctioning pump station by dumping the raw concentrated sewage immediately behind a residential area over the course of several days in November 2014.

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet Mills announced today that Christo Stratos, 69, of Wells, Maine, was sentenced to serve 8 months in jail after pleading guilty to multiple counts of: Theft by Misapplication of Sales Tax; Intentional Evasion of Sales Tax; and Failure to Truthfully Collect, Account, and Pay Over Sales Tax. Stratos committed the crimes in connection with his operation of the restaurant Christo?s Place in Sanford.

AUGUSTA ?Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner have released drug overdose statistics for the first nine months of 2015. The numbers paint a dire picture of Maine?s opioid crisis. From January through September of 2015, deaths attributable to drug overdoses stood at 174. The state is on pace to reach between 230 and 250 overdose deaths this year. In 2014, there were a record 208 overdose deaths.

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet T. Mills wishes to share information and resources to ensure that the brightly wrapped gifts being exchanged this holiday season contain no unwanted surprises and to remind families to set ground rules for the proper and safe enjoyment of digital devices year-round.

(AUGUSTA) The Maine Attorney General?s Office has noticed a recent increase in the number of Mainers calling to report they are the target of phone scams in which someone pretends to be calling to collect a debt owed to the Internal Revenue Service. Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills is reminding people to be aware that these are scams and they should not give people credit card information or wire money.

(AUGUSTA) With many stores advertising early ?Black Friday? shopping deals, Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills is reminding Maine shoppers that Maine law differs from other states and does not allow stores over 5,000 square feet to be open on certain holidays, including Thanksgiving so that employees may spend time with their families.

[AUGUSTA, ME] For-profit education company Education Management Corporation (EDMC) will significantly reform its recruiting and enrollment practices and will forgive more than $229,748 in loans for approximately 244 Maine former students, through an agreement with Attorney General Janet T. Mills and a group of state attorneys general.

EDMC, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, operates 110 schools in 32 states and Canada through four education systems, including Argosy University, The Art Institutes, Brown Mackie College and South University.

(AUGUSTA) Following reports that an unauthorized party was able to gain access to an Experian server that contained the personal information of more than 15 million T-Mobile users, including 12,068 Maine residents, Attorney General Janet T. Mills today offered consumers tips to guard against potential identity theft. ?The Maine Attorney General?s Office takes this breach very seriously and we are encouraging any T-Mobile customer to take pro-active steps to protect themselves from potential ID theft,? Attorney General Mills said.