News Releases

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today the indictments of four Chillicothe residents who are under investigation by the newly formed Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that authorities with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Attorney General's Health Care Fraud Section and Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General served a federal search warrant on a suspected 'pill mill' in Dayton. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Morrow County Prosecutor Charles Howland announced today the indictment and arrest of alleged Craigslist scammer Nicholis Corey Garner. The indictment alleges that Garner is a member of a larger group that has used postings of cars, trucks, and all-terrain vehicles for sale on Craigslist to steal tens of thousands of dollars from victims across the country. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine praised the efforts of the Lancaster Police Department and the Fairfield County Prosecutor's Office, in cooperation with his office's Charitable Law Section, in the arrest on Oct. 3 of Debbie Snyder in relation to a theft of bingo ticket proceeds from Knights of Columbus #1016 in Lancaster.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that Ohioans returned more than 9 tons (18,721 pounds) of unneeded prescription drugs on Saturday, during the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) fifth national Prescription Drug Take Back Day. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a private, two-year settlement agreement has been reached in regards to ongoing improvements to medical care for prison inmates in Ohio. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Delaware County Prosecutor Carol O'Brien announced today the arrest and multi-count indictment of a man accused of coercing several women to prostitute themselves in both Delaware and Franklin counties.  

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine issued the following statement today after the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Marshals revealed John Donald Cody as the true identity of 'Bobby Thompson,' the mastermind of the alleged charity scam U.S. Navy Veterans Association.

Attorney General Mike DeWine today filed a lawsuit against Thomas and Juanita Carr, doing business as My Fence Project, for failure to deliver and shoddy workmanship.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a historic $2.43 billion settlement in a class-action lawsuit with Bank of America over claims it made, and information it omitted, about its acquisition of Merrill Lynch that led to losses for the bank's investors, including the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio and the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System. The settlement is the single largest securities class action settlement ever resolving a Section 14(a)  claim – the federal securities provision designed to protect against misstatements in connection with a proxy solicitation. The settlement is also one of the four largest settlement amounts ever funded by a single corporate defendant for violations of the federal securities laws.