Feb 13, 2024 | financial victimization | internet scams | love and romance | Online Love Scams | Sextortion Schemes | Valentine's Day | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release
With Valentine’s Day approaching, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin warned New Jerseyans to beware of internet scams using the promise of love and romance to financially victimize individuals from young teens to senior citizens.
Jan 31, 2024 | DCA | Deceptive Business Practices | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | HCSFIU | Health Care Service Firms | Investigations | OCP | Office of Consumer Protection | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today provided a look back at the 2023 enforcement initiatives undertaken by the Division to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive business practices.
Jan 25, 2024 | Combating Gun Violence | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that an Indiana-based firearms dealer has agreed to stop advertising, offering for sale, and selling large capacity magazines (“LCMs”) to New Jersey residents, and prevent the ordering and shipping of its LCMs to any New Jersey addresses, in order to resolve allegations stemming from an undercover investigation conducted by the Division.
Jan 19, 2024 | Add-On Products | CFPA | Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) | Equity-Run Lending Company | Lawsuit | Mariner Finance | Memorandum | Multistate Lawsuit | New Jersey | New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Washington | Washington D.C. | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release
National Lending Company Mariner Finance Allegedly Charged Consumers Millions of Dollars for Hidden Add-On Products.
Jan 9, 2024 | CashApp | CFPB | Coalition | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Digital Payment and Wallet Services | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking | Paypal | proposed federal rule | Venmo | Zelle | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin yesterday led a coalition of Attorneys General to support a proposed federal rule that would expand supervisory authority over certain nonbank companies to ensure that such companies are subject to the same regulatory oversight as banks, credit unions, and other traditional financial institutions.
