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• Consumer Alert: Beware Healthcare Scams during Open Enrollment

  State officials today are warning Connecticut residents to look out for scammers using federal open enrollment periods to lure consumers into buying fake health plans or otherwise obtain personal or financial information, Attorney General George Jepsen, state Department of Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade and Jim Wadleigh, CEO of Access Health CT, said today.

• AG Jepsen Joins Coalition of Attorneys General Asking Congress to Fund CDC Gun Violence Research

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined with 13 other attorneys general in asking Congressional leadership to immediately direct funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for research into the causes and prevention of gun-related injuries and death.

• AG Jepsen: State Enters Settlement with Tolland Psychiatrist Resolving False Claims Allegations

  A Tolland psychiatrist will pay $404,798 to settle a civil False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that she submitted false claims for payments to Connecticut's Medicaid program. The resolution stems from a lawsuit and settlement agreement approved yesterday by a Hartford Superior Court judge, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• Gov. Malloy, AG Jepsen & President Herbst Statements on Plea Agreement in Matter Involving DEEP and Unilever

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen and UConn President Susan Herbst released the following statements today following approval of a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorneys’ Office and Conopco, Inc. (better known as Unilever) in a matter involving Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).

• Former Property Owner Found in Contempt For Failing to Comply With Court Order for Bridgeport Site

• Attorney General, DEP Announce $1.8 Million Settlement With Industrial Laundry Company For Harmful Emissions

• Attorney General, As AT&T Announces Job Cuts, Urges Stronger Phone Service Standards At Public Hearing

• Attorney General Asks DPUC To Investigate Independent Power Seller For Allegedly Falsifying State License Application, Delaying And Diverting Contracts

• AG Jepsen Announces New Head of Privacy & Data Security Department

  Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that he has named Assistant Attorney General Jeremy Pearlman as head of his office's Privacy and Data Security Department.

• Statement from AG Jepsen on 2018 Race for Connecticut Attorney General

  "It has been the greatest honor of my professional life to serve as Attorney General for the State of Connecticut."

• AG Jepsen: States Reach $100M Settlement with Barclays for LIBOR Manipulation

  Under a $100 million multistate settlement agreement, Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc. will pay $93.35 million in restitution to government and nonprofit entities for its manipulation of a benchmark interest rate in the lead up to and early days of the financial crisis, Attorney General George Jepsen announced today.

• Attorney General, DCP: Multistate Action Settles Claims against Two Sham Cancer Charities

  Two nationwide sham cancer charities have been dissolved and their president is banned from profiting from any charity fundraising in the future under a settlement reached with Connecticut, all 49 other states, the District of Columbia and the Federal Trade Commission, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan A. Harris announced today.

• Give Wisely: State Warns Residents to Beware of Charity Scams in Wake of Boston Tragedy

• DEEP Announces $360,000 in Funding to Seven Municipalities for Purchase of New Diesel Vehicles

• Attorney General Asks TSA, Homeland Security For Data On Safety Of Airport X-Ray Machines