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Office of the Attorney General - Recent Headlines
Below you will find a list of recent press releases. Click on the title to view the full text of the press release.
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- Attorney General's Election Fraud Hotline Report for 3 p.m.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Attorney General's Election Fraud Hotline, 800-328-VOTE (800-328-8683), is open throughout the year during normal business hours and from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. (EST) during today's Primary Election.
- Attorney General Conway Announces Guilty Plea of Former Social Worker for Falsifying Child Abuse and Neglect Reports
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway announced the guilty plea today of a former social worker with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to nine felony counts of tampering with public records. Sixty-one-year-old Margaret "Geri" Murphy entered the guilty plea in Anderson Circuit Court in connection with her role as a front-line worker investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect in Anderson County. Reports of child abuse and neglect are assigned to a social worker to investigate and file a report finding the abuse or neglect is substantiated or unsubstantiated. In all nine investigations charged in the indictment, Murphy documented that child abuse or neglect was unsubstantiated.
- Attorney General's Election Fraud Hotline Update for 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Attorney General's Election Fraud Hotline, 800-328-VOTE (800-328-8683), is open throughout the year during normal business hours and from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. (EST) during today's Primary Election. As of 10:30 a.m. this morning, the hotline had received the following calls.
- Attorney General's Election Fraud Hotline Open during Tuesday's Primary Election
Monday, May 21, 2012
As voters prepare to head to the polls tomorrow, Attorney General Jack Conway reminds Kentuckians that they can help his office combat vote fraud by utilizing his Election Fraud Hotline. Kentuckians who witness election irregularities or possible election law violations are encouraged to call the Election Fraud Hotline at 800-328-VOTE (800-328-8683).
- Kentucky to Join $90 Million Medicaid Suit against Healthpoint, Ltd.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway and his Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control announced today that Kentucky will intervene in a civil lawsuit against Healthpoint, Ltd. in United States District Court, District of Massachusetts. The Commonwealth's motion to intervene in the $90 million whistleblower lawsuit was granted on May 16, 2012.
- Lexington Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway today announced the arrest of a Lexington, Ky. man for possession of child pornography. Investigators from the Attorney General's Cybercrimes Unit, with assistance from Lexington Metro Police, arrested 41-year-old Eliazar Rincon today after executing a search warrant at his Lexington home. Rincon is charged with four counts of possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, a Class D felony.
- Kentucky Among States to Reach $45 Million Settlement with Skechers over Deceptive Advertising
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Consumers who purchased rocker-bottom shoes to receive partial refunds
- Attorney General Conway Announces $6 Million Settlement with Merck
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway today announced that he has recovered $6 million on behalf of the Kentucky Medicaid program following a settlement with Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. f/k/a Merck & Co., Inc. This is the latest in a number of settlements in so-called Average Wholesale Price or AWP lawsuits filed by the Office of the Attorney General against 47 of the nation's largest pharmaceutical companies.
- Attorney General Conway Announces $1.75 Million Settlement With Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway today announced that he has recovered another $1.75 million on behalf of the Kentucky Medicaid program as the result of a settlement with Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Harlan County Man Found Guilty in Child Pornography Case
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway today announced the sentencing of a Harlan County man for possession and distribution of child pornography.
- Attorney General Conway Urges Congress To Increase The Crime Victims Fund Cap To $1 Billion
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway is calling on Congress to increase the cap on the Crime Victims Fund to at least $1 billion so victims can access the services they need.
- Attorney General Conway Announces First Restitution Checks for Eastern Livestock Victims
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway today announced that his staff will be in Cave City, Ky. on Saturday, May 12 to distribute the first installment of restitution checks from the Eastern Livestock settlement
- Attorney General Conway and Secretary Grimes Announce Efforts to Combat Election Fraud
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway, the state’s chief law enforcement official, and Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky’s chief election official, are joining forces to prevent vote fraud in the May 22 Primary Election.
- Attorney General Conway Joins $1.6 Billion Healthcare Fraud Settlements With Abbott Laboratories
Monday, May 07, 2012
Kentucky to receive more than $4.6 million under civil settlements
- Attorney General Conway Supports Inaugural Stop the Texts Day
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway has joined his fellow state Attorneys General, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Ad Council in support of the inaugural Stop the Texts Day today. According to a national survey released by the Ad Council, 60 percent of young adult drivers (16-24) said they have texted while driving.
- Attorney General Conway Hosts Victims' Assistance Conference
Friday, April 27, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway and his Office of Victims Advocacy are proud to host the 2012 Victims' Assistance Conference April 25-27 at the Galt House Hotel, 140 North 4th St. Louisville, Ky. Attorney General Conway will make opening remarks at the conference beginning at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25. More than 200 victim service providers, advocates, social workers, prosecutors and law enforcement from across Kentucky are expected to attend the conference designed to alert advocates and others about pressing crime and violence issues.
- Attorney General Conway Hosts Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Programs in Murray and Paducah
Friday, April 27, 2012
Attorney General joined by concerned parent, Dr. Karen Shay
- Statement from Attorney General Conway on Passage of Prescription Drug Abuse Legislation
Monday, April 23, 2012
Statement from Attorney General Conway on Passage of Prescription Drug Abuse Legislation
- Attorney General Conway Announces $101.7 Million in Tobacco Settlement Money
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway announced today that Kentucky, as required under the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between the major tobacco manufacturers and 52 states and territories, received its annual payment of more than $101.7 million in tobacco settlement money this week.
- Four Arrested Following Disability Fraud Investigation in Laurel County
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Attorney General Jack Conway today announced the arrest of four people following an investigation by the new Cooperative Disability Investigations (CDI) Unit. The unit was created in September of 2011 through a joint partnership between the Attorney General's Office, Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to combat and detect fraud in federal disability benefit programs.
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