West Virginia Attorney General
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Recent News About West Virginia Attorney General
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AG's office warns of child predator email scam
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning parents to be on alert if they receive an email notification disguised as an alert of a child predator in the area. -
Morrisey warns of weight loss scams
CHARLESTON —West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is asking citizens to use caution when considering products that promise to help them lose weight. -
AG's office warns of scholarship scams
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey urges future and current college students, as well as their parents, to do research before applying for scholarships and other financial aid. -
Morrisey, other AGs target synthetic drugs
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a letter with 42 other state and territorial attorneys general asking nine oil companies to collaborate with their franchisees to help eliminate illegal synthetic drugs from gas station and convenience stores. -
AG's office announced $1.65M settlement with pool company
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office recently entered into a nearly $1.65 million Assurance of Discontinuance with Blue World Pools Inc. to resolve allegations that the company’s business practices violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act. -
Morrisey warns consumers of Anthem data breach
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning consumers to be on guard following a massive Anthem Inc. data breach affecting 80 million customers. -
Morrisey warns of property listing scams
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is urging citizens to use caution and do their research before entering into a residential rental agreement. -
AG's office warns of IRS tax refund email scam
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning taxpayers to be aware of an email scam claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service that targets consumers’ financial information. -
AG's office reminds consumers, businesses to protect info online
CHARLESTON — In honor of Data Privacy Day, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is urging citizens and businesses to take steps to protect themselves online from scammers and would-be identity thieves. -
AG's office lists top consumer complaints of 2014
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey recently released the list of the Top 10 consumer complaints received in 2014 by the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division. -
New Year's resolutions for our state Legislature
We're barely halfway through January, but it's a safe bet that most of the West Virginians self-deluding enough to make New Year's resolutions have already broken them – unless they resolved not to keep their resolutions, or not to make them in the first place. -
Morrisey lays out legislative hopes
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is hoping the state Legislature takes up some issues related to his office, specifically codifying some changes he's made since he took the job in 2013. -
AG's office files complaint against Greenbrier Co. funeral home
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has filed a complaint and petition for preliminary and permanent injunction against a White Sulphur Springs funeral home and its director. -
AGs settle with T-Mobile over cramming charges
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced that his office, along with attorneys general in 49 other states, the District of Columbia and federal regulators, reached a settlement with T-Mobile USA Inc. to resolve allegations that the company placed unauthorized charges for third-party services on consumers’ mobile telephone bills, a practice known as mobile cramming -
Groups react to Hellholes report
CHARLESTON – Two state groups have diverse viewpoints about the West Virginia Supreme Court being listed third on the annual Judicial Hellholes report. -
AG's office says to evaluate credit card offers
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says West Virginia consumers need to be careful when responding to unsolicited credit card offers via email as the holiday shopping season gets into full swing. -
AG's office warns of Netflix email scam
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning consumers about a phishing scam that targets Netflix users through their emails. -
AG's office accuses Wheeling businessman of misusing consumers' credit cards
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has filed a lawsuit against an Ohio County businessman and his Wheeling-based businesses alleging they violated the Consumer Credit and Protection Act; the Mortgage Lender, Broker and Servicer Act; and the Safe Mortgage Licensure Act. -
AG's office sues Putnam roofing business
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office has filed a lawsuit against a Putnam County roofing contractor, alleging the business and its owner used high-pressure sales tactics to force consumers into signing questionable contracts. -
Morrisey joins other AGs in challenging Obama's immigration executive order
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a coalition of 16 other states in a lawsuit challenging the Obama Administration’s decision to suspend the nation’s immigration laws.