News Releases

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that Ohio has joined a $470 million joint state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer HSBC to address mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses. The settlement provides direct payments to nearly 20,000 borrowers nationwide for past foreclosure abuses, loan modifications and other relief for borrowers in need of assistance, rigorous mortgage servicing standards, and grants oversight authority to an independent monitor. The settlement includes Ohio and 48 other states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released the top categories of complaints filed with the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section in 2015, when more than 27,000 complaints were recorded.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit seeking consumer restitution from a Dayton heating-and-air-conditioning contractor accused of failing to deliver promised services to consumers.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against a Cleveland-area used car seller accused of failing to deliver vehicle titles to consumers.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released a status update on the progress of DNA testing being conducted as part of the Ohio Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a Coshocton man has pleaded guilty to charges connected with the assault of an infant last year.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today outlined tips to help Ohioans protect their personal information on Data Privacy Day, recognized annually on January 28.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released the Ohio Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Commission’s 2015 Annual Report, which outlines efforts of the Commission to improve services to human trafficking victims; to assist local law enforcement's efforts to combat trafficking; and to educate Ohioans on human trafficking and what can be done to stop it.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today led a statewide emergency meeting – “Ideas that Work – Fighting the Drug Epidemic in Ohio” – to help leaders in Ohio’s counties combat the drug epidemic in our state.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Craig W. Butler today announced a lawsuit and a motion for a temporary restraining order against Pineview Pines Estates and its owner for numerous violations of Ohio’s safe drinking water laws, which left residents without drinking water on several occasions.