Oct 16, 2017 | Press Release
TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a Newark man pleaded guilty today to a first-degree human trafficking charge for trafficking a girl, 16, from New York to New Jersey and making her work as a prostitute in the prostitution ring he...
Oct 16, 2017 | Press Release
NEWARK – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Division of Consumer Affairs have filed a complaint alleging that a contractor doing business along New Jersey’s coast used deceptive practices to obtain more than $1.3 million in federal relief...
Oct 12, 2017 | Press Release
TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a senior correction officer at Northern State Prison in Newark, N.J., was indicted today on charges that he smuggled the deadly opioid fentanyl and marijuana to an inmate in the prison in exchange...
Oct 12, 2017 | Press Release
NEWARK – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that a company selling cell phones and accessories with numerous retail locations in New Jersey has agreed to a $60,000 settlement to resolve...
Oct 11, 2017 | Press Release
NEWARK – Opening a new front in New Jersey’s fight against opioid addiction, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced stricter guidelines for veterinary prescriptions to help prevent individuals from...
Oct 5, 2017 | Press Release
TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced today that New Jersey has filed a four-count lawsuit against Insys Therapeutics, Inc. charging that the company engaged in a greed-driven campaign of consumer fraud and submission of false claims...