Nov 28, 2023 | Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group | CFA | Consumer Fraud Act | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division's Office of Weights and Measures | Dollar General | OWM | OWM Enforcement Unit | Pricing Violations | Settlement | Weights and Measures Act | WMA | 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 Dollar General Corp. (“Dollar General”), a national discount retail chain has agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve allegations of pricing violations.
Nov 16, 2023 | Morgan Stanley | Multistate Settlement | personal information | Security Lapse | Smith Barney LLC | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Security Lapses Affected Personal Information Belonging to More than 755,000 NJ Residents.
Nov 8, 2023 | Brick | Clifton | Cosmetology School | Defrauded Students | Division of Consumer Affairs | Kenilworth | Licensure | Paramus | Settlement | State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release
A now-defunct New Jersey cosmetology school and its related entities have agreed to pay nearly $640,000 to resolve the State’s lawsuit alleging they defrauded students and engaged in substandard business practices that financially harmed students.
Nov 6, 2023 | "Fix-and-Flip'" | Bergen County | Investment Scam | Manahawkin | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | OSFFCP | Ship Bottom | Surf City | Violence Suppression and Organized Crime Bureau | Consumer Protection | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that a state grand jury indicted a father and son from Bergen County for allegedly defrauding investors and mortgage lenders of more than $2.5 million through an investment scam involving Jersey Shore real estate.
Oct 18, 2023 | "Income Share Agreements" | Deceptive Business Practices | Federal Consumer Protection Laws | For-Profit School | Private Student Loans | Settlement | Student Debt | Unlawful Education Loans | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Settlement Includes $3.4M in Forgiveness of Student Debt Tied to “Income Share Agreements” that Violated Federal Consumer Protection Laws Governing Private Student Loans.
Oct 18, 2023 | Botox injections | Consumer Affairs | cosmetology license | Enforcement Actions | platelet rich plasma injection treatment | practice of medicine | Unlicensed Medical Procedures | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Licensing & Permits | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that a licensed cosmetologist and skincare specialist in Union County must pay $22,500 in civil penalties for allegedly performing invasive aesthetic treatments that only licensed medical professionals are authorized to perform in New Jersey.
