Jan 2, 2025 | Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group | Bodywork | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Enforcement Bureau | female client | gross negligence | inappropriate | incompetence | License revocation | malpractice | Massage Therapist | permanent revocation | Professional Boards Prosecution Section | rules of professional conduct | sexual misconduct | unwanted sexual contact | verified complaint | Verona | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy (“Board”) has permanently revoked the license of an Essex County massage therapist amid allegations he engaged in inappropriate and unwanted sexual contact with a female client during a massage session.
Dec 2, 2024 | Alleged Predatory Sexual Misconduct | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | enforcement action | Mercer County OB-GYN | Predatory Sexual Misconduct | State Medical Board | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that the State Board of Medical Examiners (“Board”) temporarily suspended the license of a Mercer County obstetrician and gynecologist after finding credible evidence he baselessly sexually exploited two patients under the cloak of providing routine medical care.
Nov 22, 2024 | Defrauded Investor | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | enforcement action | Job Placement and Recruiting Start-Up Company | NJ Bureau of Securities | Bureau of Securities | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that the New Jersey Bureau of Securities within the Division of Consumer Affairs has filed a civil enforcement action against a Bergen County man and an associate who defrauded at least one New Jersey investor in an investment scheme tied to a job recruiting software service they were purportedly trying to grow.
Nov 4, 2024 | Bureau of Securities | Cease and Desist | crypto token staking reward | crypto-related investments | Digital Assets | Division of Consumer Affairs | Full Refund of Assets | GS Partners | GSB | GSB Gold Standard Corporation AG | investor funds | Lydian World | Metaverse Technology | Multistate Securities Investigation | NJ Residents | physical gold | Securities | tokenized shares | unlawful sale of investment products | vouchers | Bureau of Securities | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
NJ Residents Entitled to Full Refund of Assets Invested in Securities Tied to Digital Assets and Metaverse Technology For Immediate Release: November 4, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Consumer Affairs- Cari...
Nov 1, 2024 | 25 individual executives | 30 corporate defendants | Agreements | antitrust laws | Apotex | artificially inflate and manipulate prices | Generic Drug Firms | generic prescription drugs | Hartford | health insurers | Heritage | Heritage Pharmaceuticals | Hospitals | Jason Malek | Jeffery Glazer | long-running conspiracies | Marketing | Multistate Coalition | multistate lawsuits | operations | patients | pricing | reduce competition | sales | Settlements | Teva Pharmaceuticals | United States District Court for the District of Connecticut | unreasonably restrain trade | widespread | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Multistate Lawsuits Alleged Conspiracies to Inflate Drug Prices and Limit Competition For Immediate Release: November 1, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Consumer Affairs- Cari Fais, DirectorDivision of Law- Michael...
Oct 29, 2024 | "Redlining" | Asian communities | Black communities | DCR | Discrimination | Division on Civil Rights | FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Hispanic communities | Investigation | natural origin | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | NJLAD | race | report | Republic First Bank | unlawful mortgage redlining | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) today issued a report outlining the findings of a multi-year investigation into allegations of unlawful mortgage redlining and discrimination by Republic First Bank.
