Jul 29, 2024 | Baron App | business or product endorsements | Cameo | Cameo for Business | celebrities | consumer protection | disclosures | failed to provide refunds | Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Endorsement Guideline violations | Multistate Settlement | paid advertiser disclosure requirements | personalized video messages | settlement resolves a multistate investigation into Cameo’s compliance with state consumer protection statutes and the FTC Endorsement Guidelines | Consumer Protection | Division of Law | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined 29 other Attorneys General today in announcing a settlement resolving potential consumer protection and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Endorsement Guideline violations by Baron App, which does business as Cameo, a platform for hiring celebrities to create personalized video messages.
Jul 28, 2024 | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Fatal Police Encounter | Fort Lee | Independent Prosecutor's Directive | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | SOPs | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting by a police officer that occurred Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Fort Lee, New Jersey. One woman sustained fatal injuries. Her identity is not being released at this time.
Jul 26, 2024 | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the sentencing of a Union County man who was formerly the chief financial officer of a Morristown-based national law firm, after the defendant admitted embezzling over $1.5 million from the firm and evading payment of income taxes owed to the State.
Jul 26, 2024 | Acting Mercer County Prosecutor | criminal enforcement work | Deputy Director of Division of Criminal Justice | domestic violence and sex assault crimes | inaugural leader of the Human Trafficking Unit | MCPO | Mercer County Prosecutor's Office | Prosecutor Angelo Onofri | Retirement | sexual and domestic violence prevention policy | Theresa Hilton | violence prevention | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that he has appointed Assistant Attorney General Theresa L. Hilton, a Deputy Director for the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), to serve temporarily as Acting Mercer County Prosecutor.
Jul 26, 2024 | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that a New Jersey State Police trooper from Gloucester County has pleaded guilty after punching a woman in the face while holding a metal flashlight in his hand, while the victim was handcuffed in the backseat of a police vehicle and awaiting a medical evaluation.
Jul 25, 2024 | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Body-Worn Camera Footage | Fatal Police-Involved Crash | Grand Jury | Hamilton | Independent Prosecutor's Directive | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office today released footage from two police body-worn cameras related to the death of a Mercer County man during a police encounter on March 8, 2024, in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. The decedent has been previously identified as Vincent Correa, 44, of Hamilton.
