News & Updates
AG Racine Leads 15-State Coalition Opposing Payday Loan Industry Attempts to Skirt State Usury Laws
Attorney General Karl A. Racine is leading a group of 15 state attorneys general in opposing payday lenders’ use of Indian tribes to skirt state laws protecting consumers from exorbitant interest rates and other predatory practices.
AG Racine Announces $68 Million Multistate Settlement With UBS For Artificially Manipulating Interest Rates
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a $68 million, 40-state settlement, with UBS for fraudulent conduct involving the manipulation of a critical benchmark interest rate during and after the 2007-2008 financial crisis.
Prepared Remarks: Facebook Enforcement Action Press Call
Delivered by Attorney General Karl A. Racine
CONSUMER ALERT: Protect Your Personal Information on Social Media
Today, Attorney General Karl A. Racine filed a lawsuit against Facebook for failing to protect users’ personal information and allowing companies to harvest information without users’ consent.
AG Racine Sues Facebook for Failing to Protect Millions of Users' Data
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today sued Facebook, Inc. for failing to protect its users’ data, enabling abuses like one that exposed nearly half of all District residents’ data to manipulation for political purposes during the 2016 election.
CONSUMER ALERT: Pepco Scam
District residents should be on the lookout for scammers making telephone calls claiming to be with Pepco.
Holiday Shopping Tips: 8 Ways to Avoid Being Scammed this Season
Holiday shopping is in full swing and Americans are expected to spend an eye-popping 720 billion dollars this season.
Working to Stop Harmful and Annoying Robocalls
5.1 billion robocalls were made nationwide in November 2018. That’s up from the 2.7 billion in November 2017.
AG Racine Announces Midland to Pay $6 Million for Illegal Debt Collection Practices
Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today that the District of Columbia has joined 42 states in a $6 million settlement with Encore Capital Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Midland Funding, LLC (Midland) for using illegal tactics to collect unverified…
CONSUMER ALERT: Identity Theft Protection Following Marriott Data Breach
Earlier today, Marriott announced a data breach affecting approximately 500 million hotel guests who made reservations at hotels owned by Starwood around the world.