News Releases

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today warned that Ohio restaurants have been targeted by utility scams, where callers threaten to shut off the restaurant’s power unless it provides immediate payment.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty today announced that a New Jersey company that provides technology to so-called internet sweepstakes cafes will cease operations in Ohio after pleading guilty to felony charges related to operating a gambling enterprise and money laundering. In total, five defendants agreed to plead guilty as part of the illegal gambling enterprise organized by VS2 Worldwide Communications.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, along with 46 other states and the District of Columbia, announced today that Connecticut-based Affinion and its subsidiaries, Trilegiant and Webloyalty, will pay more than $30 million to settle allegations that they misled consumers into enrolling in discount clubs and memberships.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that 276 Ohio crime victim services agencies have been awarded more than $17 million in grant funds. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that the first indictment has been issued in the special grand jury reviewing whether additional crimes were committed regarding the Steubenville teen rape case.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that the maximum reimbursement amount available to agencies extraditing wanted sex offenders has increased from $2,000 to $3,000.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that his office would begin enforcement efforts for Ohio’s new internet sweepstakes café regulations. The new law is expected to become effective after referendum efforts were discontinued today.

Today Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters, Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil, West Chester Police Chief Erik Niehaus, Madeira Police Chief Frank Maupin, and Silverton Police Chief Bruce Molett announced the indictments of five people wanted in connection with an organized crime investigation in southwest Ohio.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Richard A. Ross today announced that Ohio schools may now begin submitting school safety plans via a secure online portal to help first responders in case of an emergency. The portal is one of the many recommendations of the Attorney General’s School Safety Task Force which have been implemented since the task force announced its recommendations earlier this year.