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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and members of the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force announced today the arrests of two individuals in connection with alleged criminal activity occurring inside multiple massage parlors in central Ohio.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit seeking consumer restitution and other relief from a Northeast Ohio home improvement contractor accused of failing to deliver promised services to consumers.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning the Obama Administration that its intention to levy taxes directly against state and local governments is unconstitutional and is outside the authority of the Affordable Care Act. DeWine has sent a letter to United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell raising his concerns.

Identity Theft Emerges Among Top Complaint Categories

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that the former director of the Columbiana County Drug Task Force has been sentenced to serve time in prison after pleading guilty to crimes committed while overseeing the task force in 2011 and 2012.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today issued the following statement on the resolution of the charges against Steubenville City Schools Superintendent Michael McVey:

Surrounded by family and friends in front of the Lincoln at Vicksburg Memorial in the historic Statehouse Rotunda, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine was sworn in today for a second term as Ohio's Attorney General.  

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that an Illinois man has been sentenced to prison for operating a traveling home repair scam that cost 35 Ohio victims more than $140,000.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that forensic scientists with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) have tested nearly 6,000 sexual assault kits as part of a special initiative to test rape kits that had not before been tested for DNA.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that Ohio has joined four states and the federal government to settle allegations that one of the leading providers of dialysis services in the United States paid illegal kickbacks to induce the referral of patients to its dialysis clinics.