Augusta, Maine ? Attorney General Janet T. Mills, along with the attorneys general of 44 states and the District of Columbia, announced today that Sirius XM Radio Inc. of New York has agreed to pay $3.8 million to the states and to provide restitution to eligible consumers to resolve claims that the satellite radio company engaged in misleading advertising and billing practices.
(AUGUSTA) Attorney General Janet T. Mills reports that her Office has received many recent reports of aggressive calls from scammers demanding immediate payments on supposed debts. The common thread among the scammers is that they attempt to get you to make a payment by wire transfer or pre-paid debit card. Mainers should be very suspicious of anyone calling out of the blue and demanding an immediate payment of a debt, especially if they require that payment by any reloadable cash cards such as Green Dot Money Pak or a wire service like Western Union.
(AUGUSTA) Maine Attorney General Janet Mills reminds fuel dealers and consumers to be aware of rules regulating the sale of heating fuel that take effect in Maine from October 15 to April 30. These rules specifically hold sellers of home heating oil, propane, natural gas, electricity and firewood to higher standards during this time, even when a customer owes the dealer money.
(AUGUSTA) Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced that the State of Maine has received funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to gather critical data on violent deaths in Maine using the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) over the next five years. Among other things, this grant will allow the state to gather detailed information about the relationship between domestic abuse, homicide and suicide.
[Augusta] Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced today that the Maine Attorney General?s Consumer Protection Division has reached settlements with AT&T Mobility LLC to resolve allegations that AT&T Mobility placed charges for third-party services on consumers? mobile telephone bills that had not been authorized by the consumer, a practice known as ?mobile cramming.?
(AUGUSTA) Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills urges all Mainers to participate in Saturday?s statewide prescription drug take-back drive during which anyone can safely dispose of unwanted, unused prescriptions or over the counter medications, no questions asked. Local law enforcement agencies will be conducting drug take back events on Saturday, September 27th, at more than 170 locations across Maine.
(AUGUSTA) Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced that, following an eight day trial, a York County Jury found Richard Weymouth, age 67, guilty of 19 counts of income, sales and use tax evasion from 2006 through 2012, as well as homestead exemption fraud. Weymouth resides in Acton, Maine, where he was elected to several terms of the budget committee and the road committee and where he operated a snow plow and excavation business, R.W. Construction Co. Weymouth also worked for the Town of Acton plowing roads.
(AUGUSTA, ME) Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills was on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning to deliver remarks at the invitation of a Congressional panel focused on the impacts of free trade agreements. In particular, Attorney General Mills shared her perspective as the chief law enforcement officer for the State of Maine regarding the potential impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on state laws and other regulations.
(AUGUSTA) Attorney General Janet T. Mills has sworn in Lisa Marchese as a Deputy Attorney General and Chief of the Criminal Division of the Attorney General?s Office. Marchese, with 28 years of experience as a prosecutor, will coordinate the State?s prosecution of many of the highest profile crimes in Maine.
(AUGUSTA) As more is becoming known about the circumstances that led up to a husband shooting his wife and three children before killing himself, one reported detail is all too familiar to police, prosecutors and advocates for victims of domestic violence: threats of suicide preceded the murders.