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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.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine warned today that Ohioans seeking extra cash following the holiday season should beware of phony loan offers.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today offered advice for consumers who plan to buy gym memberships in the new year after the Attorney General’s Office received about 250 fitness center complaints in 2014, double the number received in 2013.

Following a recent review of securities and accounting fraud allegations, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that he has filed a motion for two of Ohio’s pension funds to lead a class of investors in a lawsuit against American Realty Capital Properties (ARCP), Inc. The news comes after the company, a real estate investment trust based in New York City, disclosed that ARCP officials intentionally misstated company financials, and subsequently covered up the accounting irregularities, resulting in approximately $3 billion in losses for the company’s shareholders, including State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS) and the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS).