News Releases

(CLEVELAND) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a lawsuit today in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on behalf of four of the state's pension systems – the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS), State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS), School Employees Retirement System of Ohio (SERS) and the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund (OP&F) -- against BP and certain officers and directors and subsidiaries.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that his office has joined with attorneys for Roger Dean Gillispie in filing a joint motion to stay the appeal of Gillispie's federal habeas corpus case pending in the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (Gillispie v. Warden, Case No. 11-4417).

(RAVENNA, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced lawsuits against Keep It Moving Auto of Cleveland and Auto Finance/Auto Finance South of Columbus. The lawsuits charge the dealerships and their owners with multiple violations of Ohio’s consumer laws.

(DAYTON, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is asking for the public's assistance in locating a convicted sex offender wanted on an outstanding warrant in Montgomery County.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and representatives from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Outdoor Advertising Association of Ohio today announced this year's first National Take Back Drug Day on April 28, 2012. In addition the Attorney General announced a campaign with several statewide associations to distribute posters to their members to help remind Ohioans how to report prescription drug abusers.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against Florida telemarketers FBK Products LLC and FBK Holdings LLC (collectively FBK), and their principals, Gary Kranz, Steven Kranz, and Marc Rona, for calling Ohio consumers who were on the National Do Not Call Registry and violating Ohio’s consumer laws.

(CLEVELAND) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against Cleveland-area resident Steven Sigman for running an online investment operation that took hundreds of thousands of dollars from international consumers and failed to deliver on its promises. The lawsuit charges Sigman, doing business as Company Express, with violations of Ohio's Consumer Sales Practices Act.

(CINCINNATI) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced today the indictment of a man who allegedly stole more than $43,000 from at least nine victims in Ohio and Kentucky who had storm damage to their homes. The indictment was the result of a collaborative investigation by the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Section - Economic Crimes Division, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, and the Jackson Township Police Department in Stark County, Ohio.

Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that Ohio has joined with 15 state attorneys general in an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, Inc., and three major publishers alleging antitrust violations in the market for electronic books. (e-books) The lawsuit says Apple and publishers Simon & Shuster, Penguin and Macmillan conspired to change the way e-books are priced, costing consumers more than $100 million in overcharges.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that Kristin Strobel has been promoted to Director of Policy and Legislation for the Office of the Attorney General.