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• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Guilty Plea and Landmark Settlement In Election Contribution Investigation
  Friday, January 04, 2008
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his office has reached a landmark settlement in Franklin Circuit Court related to election fraud in illegal contributions to campaigns for Kentucky Governor.
• Attorney General-Elect Conway Names Mayton as Deputy Attorney General
  Friday, December 21, 2007
  Attorney General-Elect Jack Conway announced that he has named Dana Bynum Mayton to serve as Deputy Attorney General, the top appointed position in his office, effective in early January
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Former Kentucky Dentist Arrested for Medicaid Fraud and Drug Trafficking
  Friday, December 21, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that a former Kentucky dentist has been arrested for Medicaid fraud and drug trafficking. A Bell County Grand Jury returned a four count felony indictment against Craig L. Ralston on December 19, 2007
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo and Cabinet for Health and Family Services Post Holiday Safety Guidelines
  Friday, December 21, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo and the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) are urging shoppers to take a few minutes this holiday season to think about safety when making holiday purchases
• Attorney General-Elect Conway Names Mayton as Deputy Attorney General
  Friday, December 21, 2007
  Attorney General-Elect Jack Conway announced that he has named Dana Bynum Mayton to serve as Deputy Attorney General, the top appointed position in his office, effective in early January.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Settlement With Manufacturer of Loprox for Illegal Off-Label Marketing of Diaper Rash Medication
  Thursday, December 13, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that the Kentucky Medicaid Program will receive an $181,084.21 settlement from Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo, the City of Florence and “Shred-It” Offer Free Shred Day in Florence
  Thursday, December 13, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo in cooperation with the City of Florence and “Shred-it,” today is holding a free document shredding event at the Florence Government Center in an ongoing effort to crack down on consumer identity theft Shredding services are available from 10am – 1pm
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo, the City Of Florence and “Shred-It” Offer Free Shred Day In Florence On Thursday
  Wednesday, December 12, 2007
  In an ongoing effort to crack down on consumer identity theft, Attorney General Greg Stumbo in conjunction with the City of Florence and “Shred-it” today announced free document shredding available from 10am – 1pm in Florence, Kentucky on Thursday, December 13, 2007.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Offers Holiday Reminder To Kentuckians About Charitable Donations
  Wednesday, December 05, 2007
  Revised Website Shows How Much of Consumers’ Donations Actually Go to Charity
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Indictment Of Former Executive Director Simpson County Chamber Of Commerce
  Wednesday, November 28, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has indicted the former Executive Director of the Franklin-Simpson Chamber of Commerce on two counts of Theft by Unlawful Taking or Disposition Over $300, a Class D felony.
• Attorney General to Conduct Post-Election Audits
  Wednesday, November 21, 2007
  Six Kentucky counties were chosen in a random drawing to undergo independent inquiries for any potential irregularities that may have occurred during the November 6, 2007 general election. The counties are: Adair, Bell, Fayette, Hart, Ohio and Washington
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Federal Judge Dismisses Marathon Complaint to Block Price Gouging Lawsuit
  Wednesday, November 21, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced that late yesterday the United States District Court dismissed Marathon Petroleum and Speedway SuperAmerica’s lawsuit seeking to block his gas price gouging suit.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Arrest of Lexington Abortion Doctor
  Tuesday, November 20, 2007
  Physician performed abortions and disguised procedures to defraud medicaid
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Additional Hannah Montana Tickets To Be Made Available
  Friday, November 16, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo is pleased to announce that approximately 4,000 additional tickets will be made available for the December 12 Hannah Montana show at Rupp Arena in Lexington. This additional release of tickets by the promoter is made possible now that the final staging and seat configurations for the concert have been determined.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Election Fraud Hotline Results
  Wednesday, November 07, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his Election Fraud Hotline received a total of 38 calls with 41 issues on election day from voters between 6a.m.and 7p.m. EST.
• Attorney General Stumbo’S Gas Price Gouging Case Against Marathon Advances
  Tuesday, November 06, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo's price gouging case seeking $89 million in damages from Marathon Oil is moving through state court. Franklin Circuit Court Judge Tom Wingate today entered an Agreed Order directing Marathon to answer outstanding discovery requests by November 19, 2007.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Availability Of Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Grant
  Monday, November 05, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announces availability of the annual Child Victims’ Trust Fund (CVTF) Grant, which provides funding locally and statewide for child sexual abuse prevention programs to educate children about this horrendous crime.
• Attorney General Stumbo Questions Timing Of Governor's Push For Ten Commandments Display
  Friday, November 02, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today questioned Governor Fletcher's belated attempt to clarify a federal court order regarding posting the Ten Commandments on state grounds.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces KBI Agents Will Monitor Election Day Complaints
  Friday, November 02, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that agents with the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI) will visit numerous precincts throughout the state to observe the conduct of the general election on November 6, 2007.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Results Of Identity Theft Prevention Initiative
  Tuesday, October 30, 2007
  “Dumpster Diving” Investigation Reveals 33 Businesses In Louisville, Lexington, Frankfort, and Florence Using Improper Records Disposal Methods
• Attorney General Stumbo Challenges Wasteful Energy Programs Proposed By LG&E and KU
  Monday, October 29, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today strongly criticized proposals by LG&E and KU to spend $182 million in ratepayers’ money on inefficient energy programs. In a filing with the PSC, the Attorney General disagreed with plans by the E.On subsidiaries to pay for a package of energy programs that save only $52 million over a seven year span.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Bowling Green Child Sexual Predator Sting
  Monday, October 22, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced the arrests of 7 sexual predators, including a former Indiana law enforcement employee, who were caught in a child sexual predator sting in Bowling Green. During the sting operation from October 18 - 21, 2007, seven men, ages 24 to 41, drove to a home in Bowling Green intending to victimize an innocent child. The men came from Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Availability Of Domestic Violence Awareness Posters
  Friday, October 19, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo reminds Kentuckians that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and announces that his office is providing public information posters available by request for posting in public spaces.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Files Suit Against Oxycontin Manufacturer
  Friday, October 05, 2007
  State and Counties Seek Damages for Combating Addiction and Crime
• Attorney General Stumbo Wins Remand In Gas Price Gouging Lawsuit Against Marathon and Speedway Superamerica
  Wednesday, October 03, 2007
  A Federal court today ruled that Attorney General Greg Stumbo’s $89 million lawsuit against Marathon Oil and Speedway SuperAmerica can proceed in state court.
• Attorney General Stumbo Releases Expert’s Report to Improve Electronic Voting System Certifications
  Tuesday, October 02, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today released to the State Board of Elections and Secretary of State Trey Grayson an independent expert report detailing needed improvements to Kentucky’s electronic voting system certifications.
• Attorney General Stumbo Negotiates $1.7 Million Dollar Reduction In Proposed Delta Natural Gas Charges
  Friday, September 28, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today signed a settlement agreement with Delta Natural Gas Company which reduces a requested natural gas rate increase by approximately 30 percent.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Release Of DUI Prosecution Manual
  Thursday, September 27, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his Office has completed preparation of a new DUI Prosecution Manual to aid law enforcement in the battle against drunk driving.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Arrest Of Louisville Man On Theft Charges Related To Investment Scam
  Wednesday, September 26, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced the arrest of Toby D. Mason on charges related to a natural gas well investment scam.
• Attorney General Stumbo Issues Investigative Report on Kentucky’s Electronic Voting Systems
  Tuesday, September 18, 2007
  Report Finds Security Flaws in Machines, Faults Certification Process
• Attorney General Stumbo Warns Consumers About Get-Rich-Quick Scams
  Monday, September 17, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today warned consumers to be cautious in purchasing business opportunities and training for money-making opportunities.
• Attorney General Stumbo Negotiates Five Million Dollar Cut to Kentucky-American Water Rate Increase
  Friday, September 14, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today signed a settlement agreement with Kentucky-American Water Company which reduces a requested rate increase by approximately 40 percent. The agreement limits Kentucky-American to a general increase of $8 million, a decrease of $5.2 million from its original request.
• Attorney General Stumbo Files Lawsuit Challenging Partisan Political University Board Appointments
  Wednesday, September 12, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that he has filed a Petition for Declaration of Rights with the Franklin Circuit Court to enforce the law requiring fair and balanced appointments by the Governor to Kentucky’s University Boards.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Training For New Prosecutors
  Monday, September 10, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that his Office will be hosting the Kentucky Prosecutors Institute this week which helps train new prosecutors regarding courtroom procedure and techniques. Developed in conjunction with the Prosecutors Advisory Council, the Kentucky Prosecutors Institute (“KPI”) provides intensive, hands-on training for new prosecutors by using actual courtroom scenarios.
• Attorney General Stumbo Calls For Reforms To Increase Campus Safety
  Thursday, September 06, 2007
  Sends National School and Campus Safety Task Force Report to Governor and Legislative Leaders
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Former Marshall County Jailer Sentenced For Manufacturing Methamphetamine
  Tuesday, September 04, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that former Marshall County jailer Danny Sholar and two other defendants were sentenced for methamphetamine related offenses.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Agreement With East Kentucky Power Cooperative Saves Customers Approximately $5 Million
  Tuesday, September 04, 2007
  Attorney General Stumbo filed an agreement for approval with the Public Service Commission today in which his office, along with the Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers, reached a settlement in a case with East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Settlement With Maker Of Implantable Defibrillators
  Thursday, August 30, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo and 34 other state attorneys general today announced that they have reached a settlement with Guidant Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Scientific and one of the world’s three largest manufacturers of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs).
• Attorney General Stumbo’s Electronic Voting Machine Investigation Yields Early Results
  Tuesday, August 28, 2007
  Jefferson County’s Voting System Discovered to be Uncertified by State
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Joins Effort To Protect Kentucky Farmers
  Monday, August 27, 2007
  Acquisition of Delta & Pine Land by Monsanto Will Harm Competition in Cotton and Other Key Crops to the Detriment of Farmers and Consumers
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Demands Balance on University Boards
  Monday, August 27, 2007
  Governor’s Partisan Appointments to UK and UofL Violate Kentucky Law
• Meet Attorney General Greg Stumbo At The Kentucky State Fair
  Wednesday, August 22, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo will attend the State Fair, South Wing C, Booth #423 and invites the public to stop by for a visit on Thursday, August 23rd.
• Attorney General Stumbo Cautions Employers Regarding Misleading Labor Law Poster “Notices”
  Friday, August 17, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today cautioned Kentucky employers to be on the lookout for misleading labor law notices sold by private companies. Letters sent to Kentucky businesses threaten civil and criminal penalties ranging from $7,000 to $17,000 if they do not display certain posters being sold.
• Attorney General Stumbo Challenges Delta’s Requested $5.64 Million Rate Increase
  Tuesday, August 14, 2007
  Attorney General Stumbo filed documents today challenging a request by Delta Natural Gas Company’s for a $5.64 million increase in its rates. In a case pending before the Kentucky Public Service Commission, the Attorney General maintains that the company should receive no more than $3.4 million.
• Attorney General Stumbo Presents 2007 Outstanding Commonwealth’s and County Attorneys Awards
  Thursday, August 09, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today presented awards for the 2007 Outstanding Commonwealth’s and County Attorneys at the Kentucky Prosecutors Conference at the Lexington Convention Center.
• Attorney General Stumbo Demands Voter Protections
  Wednesday, August 08, 2007
  Electronic Voting Machine Makers Put on Notice of Possible Lawsuit
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Agreement with Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky, Inc. Saving Consumers in Excess of $1 Million
  Wednesday, August 08, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today filed an agreement with the Kentucky Office of Insurance in which Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky, Inc., d/b/a Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will provide credits or refunds to approximately 59,000 policyholders under an individual health insurance plan. Based on calculations done by Stumbo’s insurance actuary, the total amount involved is in excess of $1 million.
• Attorney General Stumbo Questions Reliability of Electronic Voting Machines
  Wednesday, August 08, 2007
  Calls on Board of Elections to Examine Devices’ Vulnerability to Tampering
• Attorney General Stumbo Warns Consumers About Dangerous Tires from China
  Thursday, August 02, 2007
  Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo issued a consumer warning related to potentially dangerous tires sold from 2002 to 2006 for light trucks, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and vans. The tires were manufactured in China.
• Attorney General Stumbo Receives Assurances From U of L That Opinion Will Be Honored
  Monday, July 30, 2007
  AG Calls for Patience With Fletcher Appointees Authorizing Domestic Partner Benefits
• Attorney General Stumbo Asks Public Service Commission to Place Conditions on Kentucky-American’s Proposed New Facilities and Pipeline
  Monday, July 30, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo filed documents today generally supporting Kentucky-American’s request to build a new treatment plant and pipeline from Frankfort. However, he has requested that the Public Service Commission, which is reviewing the issue, place conditions on the approval.
• Attorney General Stumbo Challenges Kentucky-American’s Request for 25 Percent Rate Increase
  Monday, July 30, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo filed documents today challenging a request by Kentucky-American Water Company for a $13.2 million increase in its rates which would increase monthly bills by 25 percent.
• Attorney General Stumbo Names Communications Director
  Thursday, July 19, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that Corey Bellamy, long-time deputy communications director, has been promoted to communications director in charge of media relations for the Office of the Attorney General.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces The Arrest of Three London Caretakers For Neglect
  Thursday, July 19, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today the arrest of three employees of New Foundations, a support for community living provider, on charges including Neglect by a Caretaker.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Issues Consumer Alert Regarding Bogus Car Ads Offering Bad Deal to Consumers Biting the “Low Price” Bait
  Thursday, July 12, 2007
  Ads appearing in papers across the state
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces 2,138 Kentucky Consumers are Eligible for $888,436 in Ameriquest Restitution
  Thursday, July 12, 2007
  Claim forms are going to eligible consumers who must submit claims by September 10, 2007
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Settlement with AOL Regarding Cancellation Issues
  Wednesday, July 11, 2007
  Company will refund consumers and modify its cancellation and retention practices
• Attorney General Stumbo Saves Atmos Energy Customers Millions
  Friday, June 29, 2007
  Agreement cuts pending natural gas rate increase by nearly half of the amount sought by Atmos
• Attorney General Stumbo Issues Immigration Law Alert
  Tuesday, June 26, 2007
  Kentucky Law Enforcement Advisory on Emerging Immigration Law Issues
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Environmental Settlement with National Maintenance and Repair of Kentucky, Inc.
  Friday, June 22, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today a settlement reached by his Office of Civil and Environmental Law with National Maintenance and Repair of Kentucky, Inc., a Kentucky-based corporation which owns and operates a barge cleaning and repair facility in Ledbetter, Kentucky.
• Attorney General Stumbo Reaches Settlement with ChoicePoint
  Thursday, June 14, 2007
  FRANKFORT, KY (June 14, 2007) - Attorney General Greg Stumbo, along with the attorneys general of 43 other states, announced a settlement with ChoicePoint to resolve allegations that the company failed to adequately maintain the privacy and security of consumers’ personally identifiable information that was in its control. Consumer deadline to submit claim is June 22, 2007
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces $5.5 Million Settlement in Oral Contraceptive Lawsuit
  Tuesday, June 12, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced the settlement of a civil lawsuit against the makers of the popular oral contraceptive product Ovcon. The lawsuit, jointly filed by thirty-three other states and the District of Columbia, charged Warner Chilcott and Barr Pharmaceuticals with antitrust violations that have prevented generic versions of Ovcon from reaching the marketplace, thereby decreasing competition and inflating consumers’ costs.
• Attorney General Stumbo Challenges Columbia’s Requested $12.6 Million Rate Increase
  Tuesday, June 12, 2007
  Attorney General Stumbo today filed documents challenging a request by Columbia Gas for a $12.6 million increase in its rates. In a case pending before the Kentucky Public Service Commission, the Attorney General maintains that the company should receive no more than $1.3 million.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Office’s Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor to Train Police and Other Prosecutors on Team Approach Towards Impaired Drivers
  Friday, June 08, 2007
  Bowling Green Course entitled “Protecting Lives, Saving Futures”
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Refund Checks in Settlement with Yellow Pages, Inc.
  Friday, June 08, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today the mailing of restitution checks totaling $70,000 to over 800 Kentucky consumers and small business owners in settlement of a civil lawsuit involving illegal check solicitations by five California companies and individuals.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Counties Selected for Post-Election Audits
  Thursday, June 07, 2007
  Six Kentucky counties were chosen in a random drawing this morning to undergo independent inquiries for any potential irregularities that may have occurred during the May 16th primary election. The counties are: Harlan, Edmonson, Oldham, Kenton, McCracken and Shelby.
• Office of the Attorney General Announces Random Drawing of Counties for Post-Election Audits
  Wednesday, June 06, 2007
  On Thursday, June 7th at 10 a.m. in Capitol Room 114, six counties will be chosen in a random drawing to undergo independent inquiries for any potential irregularities that may have occurred during the May 22, 2007 primary election.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces State Receives $833,000 in Supplemental Tobacco Payments
  Monday, June 04, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced that Kentucky today received a supplemental payment of $833,000 under the 1998 tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). This payment is the state’s share of the $47.3 million in distributions made now, following the distributions of the annual payment of $6.02 billion that was made in April to the 52 states and territories that are part of the MSA.
• Attorney General Stumbo Identifies An Additional 22 Kentucky Sex Offenders on MySpace
  Monday, June 04, 2007
  Last week MySpace released 68 names of KY convicted sex offenders on its network - Attorney General finds 22 more not disclosed by MySpace – 20 have committed offenses against minors
• Attorney General Stumbo Issues Opinion on Health Insurance for Domestic Partners
  Friday, June 01, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today issued a formal opinion regarding health insurance offered by state universities for domestic partners of university employees. The opinion finds that health insurance coverage may not be offered when it is limited to a narrowly defined class but may be freely provided to a larger category of persons.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Settlement with Tsunami-Relief Charity
  Thursday, May 31, 2007
  With One Heart, Inc. solicited contributions for charitable aid to Sri Lanka tsunami victims
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces MySpace Releases Sex Offender Names to Kentucky
  Thursday, May 24, 2007
  68 Convicted Sex Offenders from Kentucky Found On MySpace, Data turned over to State Police and Corrections Department for Investigation of Possible Parole/Probation Violations
• Attorney General Stumbo Seeks Dismissal of Lawyers in Gas Price Gouging Suit, Warns of Attack on Kentucky’s Emergency Powers
  Thursday, May 24, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today filed additional pleadings in federal court supporting the 89 million dollar gas price gouging suit filed against Marathon Petroleum Company and Speedway SuperAmerica by the Commonwealth of Kentucky two weeks ago.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Election Fraud Hotline Results
  Wednesday, May 23, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his Election Fraud Hotline received a total of 14 calls on election day from voters between 6a.m.and 7p.m. EST.
• Attorney General Stumbo to Get Info on Thousands of Sex Offenders Found on MySpace
  Monday, May 21, 2007
  MySpace agrees to provide the names of convicted sex offenders on its site
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Arrest of Caretaker Who Worked at London Assisted Living Facility
  Friday, May 18, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced the arrest of Harold Dwayne Hubbard, age 23, for allegedly abusing a 29-year-old resident of a London, Kentucky assisted living facility by throwing him to the floor and putting him in a wrestling hold that resulted in pain and injury to the victim.
• Attorney General Stumbo Seeks Return of Price Gouging Suit to State Court and Dismissal of Marathon’s Federal Case
  Friday, May 18, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today asked a federal judge to send his $89 million gas price gouging lawsuit back to Franklin Circuit Court. The Attorney General argues that the defendant, Marathon Oil Corporation, improperly removed the action to federal court.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Joins National Task Force To Examine Legal and Policy Barriers to Ensuring School Safety
  Wednesday, May 16, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced plans today to join a coalition of the nation’s state Attorneys General in a coordinated effort to examine legal issues related to school violence and safety.
• Attorney General Stumbo’s Office Meets with AT&T and Office of Kentucky Homeland Security to Discuss Emergency Communications Following Disaster
  Tuesday, May 15, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that Kentucky will receive enhanced emergency communications and disaster recovery capabilities from AT&T in the event of a widespread emergency or natural disaster as a result of a stipulation negotiated by Stumbo’s Office of Rate Intervention prior to the merger of AT&T and BellSouth Corporation.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Alerts Federal Lawmakers to Gas Price Gouging Evidence
  Tuesday, May 15, 2007
  Attorney General Stumbo today contacted members of the United States House and Senate regarding gas price gouging evidence amassed during an 18-month probe by the Office of the Attorney General. Stumbo addressed a letter to members of committees investigating national gas pricing and studying a possible federal price gouging statute, as well as to Kentucky’s entire Congressional delegation.
• Attorney General Stumbo Live Interview on MSNBC to Discuss Gas Price Gouging Lawsuit Against Marathon
  Friday, May 11, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo is to be interviewed live on MSNBC today at 2:08pm EST regarding lawsuit filed yesterday against Marathon Petroleum Company, LLC, Marathon Oil Corporation and Speedway, SuperAmerica, LLC.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Sues Marathon Oil Corporation, Marathon Petroleum Company, LLC and Speedway SuperAmerica, LLC for $89 Million for Gouging Kentucky Consumers at the Pump following Hurricanes
  Thursday, May 10, 2007
  Kentucky becomes the first state to file suit to protect citizens from gas price gouging by a major oil refiner
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Seizure of Illegal Internet Weight Loss Drugs from Lexington Area Hub
  Wednesday, May 09, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that agents of the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI) have seized drug shipments from a shipping hub in the Lexington area. The packages were shipped to Kentucky residents from an unlicensed pharmacy in Miami, Florida.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Settlement with Purdue Pharma Over Labeling and Marketing of Oxycontin
  Tuesday, May 08, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced a settlement with pharmaceutical maker Purdue Pharma regarding the narcotic pain medication OxyContin. The settlement resolves concerns that Purdue Pharma engaged in extensive off-label marketing of OxyContin, a time-released, Schedule II opioid used for pain management of moderate to severe pain over an extended period of time, and that Purdue Pharma failed to adequately disclose abuse and diversion risks associated with the drug in violation of Kentucky’s consumer protection statutes.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Praises Beam Global for Adopting Stronger Voluntary Advertising Standard to Reduce Youth Exposure to Alcohol Ads
  Monday, May 07, 2007
  Alcohol Industry Urged to Follow Beam’s Lead
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Asks Movie Studios to Heed Harvard’s Advice to End Depictions of Smoking in Movies
  Thursday, May 03, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that he has joined Attorneys General from across the country in asking Hollywood’s major motion picture studios to take the advice sought by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) from the Harvard School of Public Health on how to address the issue of smoking in movies and its impact on children: remove smoking depictions from films accessible to children.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Guilty Pleas by Two Defendants for their Roles in Graves County Murder Case of Jessica Currin
  Tuesday, May 01, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that Doris Victoria Caldwell, age 22, and Vinisha Marie Stubblefield, age 23, both of Mayfield, entered guilty pleas to charges of Abuse of Corpse and Tampering with Physical Evidence for their roles in connection with the kidnapping and murder of 18 year-old Jessica Melissa Currin of Mayfield on July 30, 2000. The charges carried possible penalties of 1-5 years on each count.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Kentucky’s Most Wanted Child Support Evaders Are Being Apprehended
  Tuesday, May 01, 2007
  Three child support evaders have been apprehended so far in the 2006-2007 Kentucky Most Wanted Campaign. In total these individuals owe their children over $80,000 in back child support.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Sentencing of Paducah Oral Surgeon
  Monday, April 30, 2007
  Ciampa ordered to pay more than $35,000
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Responds to State’s Decision to Monitor Levisa Fork
  Monday, April 30, 2007
  Stumbo pleased EPPC answering his call to action
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Issues Opinion Backing Legality of MADD Sticker Shock Program
  Monday, April 30, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today released an opinion defending the right of high school students to place warnings against underage drinking on alcohol products. The Kentucky Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) had argued that the practice amounted to illegal possession of alcoholic beverages by a minor.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Abuse Prevention Grant Awards In Conjunction with Child Abuse Prevention Month
  Thursday, April 26, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announces that the Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention (CSAEP) Board, for which he serves as Chair, is awarding its annual child sexual abuse prevention grants to several non-profit agencies across the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
• Victims’ Rights Day Rally held at Capitol Rotunda
  Wednesday, April 25, 2007
  Holly Dunn Pendleton, the only known survivor of the Railroad Serial Killer is featured speaker
• UPDATE: Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Another Arrest in Child Sexual Predator Sting
  Monday, April 23, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announces a twelfth arrest in his April Child Sexual Predator Sting.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Commonwealth Receives $106 Million in Tobacco Settlement Money
  Thursday, April 19, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that Kentucky received an annual payment of more than $106 million in tobacco settlement money this week. Stumbo’s office enforces the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between tobacco manufacturers and states.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Arrests of Child Sexual Predators in Cyber Sting Investigation
  Monday, April 16, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today held a press conference at the Capitol to announce an undercover operation that resulted in the arrest of 11 alleged sexual predators from Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Attends National Conference on Combating Methamphetamine
  Thursday, April 12, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo is among Attorneys General from nine states participating in a one-day national conference focused on combating methamphetamine trafficking in the United States. The event in sponsored by the National Association of Attorneys General, Southern Region, and is hosted by the Virginia Attorney General in Richmond. The conference is entitled, “Trafficking: The New Front in the War Against Methamphetamine.”
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Settlements with Mason Brothers Audubon Chapel and Mason’s Memorial Chapel over Pre-Need Burial Contracts
  Wednesday, April 11, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his Office of Consumer Protection has settled its lawsuits against Mason Brothers Audubon Chapel of Henderson, Kentucky, Mason’s Memorial Chapel of Mayfield, Kentucky, and the owner of both, Roth S. Mason, for failing to file yearly reports regarding pre-need burial contracts.
• Attorney General Stumbo Responds to CONSOL Energy Discharge into Levisa Fork
  Monday, April 09, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that his office will work closely with state regulators and concerned citizens to monitor water quality in the Levisa River. This announcement comes amid mounting concerns that CONSOL Energy has planned massive discharge of high chloride water from an underground mine that may adversely affect the river’s ecology.
• Attorney General Stumbo and Better Business Bureau Offer “Free Shred Day” in Louisville and Frankfort on Wednesday
  Monday, April 09, 2007
  In an ongoing effort to crack down on consumer identity theft across the state, Attorney General Greg Stumbo and the Better Business Bureaus of Central & Eastern Kentucky and Louisville, Southern Indiana and Western Kentucky today announced free document shredding available from 10a.m.– 4p.m. in Louisville and Frankfort, Kentucky on Wednesday, April 11, 2007.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Arrest of Caretaker at London Assisted Living Facility
  Friday, April 06, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced the arrest of Charles R. Gabbard, age 23, for allegedly abusing a 41-year-old resident of a London, Kentucky assisted living facility by tackling him to the ground in front of the facility, fracturing the victim’s left arm. Gabbard is a caretaker at the Bush House in London, Kentucky, a community assisted living facility operated by New Foundations, which also runs 17 similar houses in the area.
• MySpace Speaks About Kentucky’s New Law Requiring Email Registration of Sex Offenders
  Tuesday, April 03, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today hosted a press conference in the Capitol Rotunda to highlight Kentucky’s new law requiring the state’s 6,245 registered sex offenders to register their “electronic mail addresses and any instant messaging, chat, or other Internet communication name identities” with the Kentucky State Police Sex Offender Registry (Senate Bill 65 sponsored by Senator Ray Jones II, of Pikeville.) The new law allows online companies, including social networking sites, to cross-check its members against the KSP Sex Offender Registry.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Indictments Returned in Jessica Currin Murder Case
  Friday, March 30, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announces that a Graves County Grand Jury has returned indictments against five individuals in the July 30, 2000 Graves County murder of 18-year-old Jessica Currin of Mayfield.
• Attorney General Stumbo Presents Awards to Kentucky Bureau of Investigation
  Friday, March 30, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today presented special commendation, meritorious service and distinguished service awards to agents from the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation.
• Bracken County High School Claims State LifeSmarts Championship for Fifth Year
  Monday, March 12, 2007
  Bracken County High School claimed the championship title on March 8th in Frankfort at the state LifeSmarts competition, a consumer education game-show style competition.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Paducah Oral Surgeon Found Guilty
  Thursday, March 08, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that Peter Robert Ciampa, an oral surgeon who practiced in Paducah, Kentucky, was found guilty of defrauding the Kentucky Medicaid Program.
• Attorney General Stumbo’s Office Hosts Statewide High School Consumer Education Contest
  Wednesday, March 07, 2007
  On Thursday, March 8th, high school students from across the state will compete in Frankfort for the Kentucky LifeSmarts state title, an annual consumer education contest coordinated by the Office of the Attorney General.
• Attorney General Stumbo Recommends $600,000 Lupron® Settlement to Promote Uterine and Prostate Health Programs at UK and U of L
  Wednesday, March 07, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that he is transferring $600,000 to the General Fund to benefit Kentucky uterine fibroid and prostate cancer victims.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Encourages Kentuckians to Remember Our Most Vulnerable Children this Tax Season
  Wednesday, February 21, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo, who serves as the Chair of The Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention Board, is encouraging Kentuckians to remember the state’s most vulnerable children this tax season by donating to the Child Victims’ Trust Fund (CVTF).
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Round Up of Drug Suspects in Floyd County
  Monday, February 19, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that agents from the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI), along with the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department, arrested five individuals for drug trafficking. The suspects sold or assisted in the sale of Hydrocodone, Alprazolam (Xanax), Oxycodone and Methadone to undercover agents. Two other individuals have not yet been arrested.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo and The Council on Postsecondary Education Issue an Alert to Students Regarding Unofficial GED Testing Websites
  Wednesday, February 14, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo’s Office and the Council on Postsecondary Education-Kentucky Adult Education are today issuing a consumer alert to students to beware of misleading GED (General Educational Development) information available on the Internet.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces KBI To Train Other Law Enforcement to Fight Internet Drug Trafficking
  Monday, February 12, 2007
  This Week KBI to Train Louisville Metro Police on Internet Pharmacy Law
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Granted Order Restraining Telephone Company from Defrauding Seniors
  Friday, February 09, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today won a restraining order in Fayette Circuit Court preventing Buzz Telecom Corporation of Merrillville, Indiana from billing for long distance telephone services neither requested or received by Kentucky citizens. The Court has required that the company cease collections for these activities including “slamming,” which is unauthorized switching of telephone service providers.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Warns Consumers About E-bay Auction Scams
  Friday, February 09, 2007
  As part of National Consumer Protection Week (February 4-10), Attorney General Greg Stumbo issued a consumer alert today, cautioning Kentuckians to be wary of new trends in Internet auction scams.
• Funeral Protestors Subject to Arrest Warns Attorney General Greg Stumbo
  Thursday, February 08, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today advised law enforcement officials that funeral protestors are subject to arrest if they interfere with the funeral of ten family members who perished in a house fire in Bardstown on Tuesday. The group from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas has protested at military funerals across the country and is expected to demonstrate in Bardstown on the day of the funeral.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Offers Important Advice to Consumers Joining Health Clubs
  Tuesday, February 06, 2007
  As part of National Consumer Education Week, Attorney General Greg Stumbo urges Kentucky citizens interested in joining a health club or gym to check for details before they sign up.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces $90 Million Nationwide Antitrust Settlement for Consumers Harmed by Alleged Computer Chip Price-Fixing Conspiracy
  Tuesday, February 06, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced a $90 million nationwide settlement with Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Company Ltd., resolving allegations that Samsung and most of the industry’s other leading computer chip manufacturers fixed the prices of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM). DRAM is a type of computer chip used in all personal computers, servers, workstations and many other electronic devices.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces $4.3 Million Collected from Schering-Plough Corporation for Defrauding Kentucky Medicaid
  Monday, February 05, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that pharmaceutical manufacturer Schering-Plough Corporation, of Kenilworth, New Jersey, has paid $4.3 million in civil damages, fines and penalties for offenses against the Medicaid and Medicare programs. A large portion of the settlement was paid to the federal government, but $1,398,035.06 was paid directly to the Commonwealth.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo and U.S. Postal Inspector Warn Consumers of Mail Scams During National Consumer Protection Week
  Monday, February 05, 2007
  As part of National Consumer Protection Week, February 4-10, Attorney General Greg Stumbo and U.S. Postal Inspector, Roberta Bottoms, today warned consumers of fast-growing scams, sweepstakes and rip-offs reaching mailboxes and cheating consumers each day across Kentucky.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Child Sexual Predators Caught in Online Sting Head to Court
  Friday, February 02, 2007
  Among them is former Fleming County School Teacher Steven Duncil
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Court TV Segment of “Video Justice” to Highlight Office’s Prosecution of Adult Abuse Cases
  Thursday, February 01, 2007
  Caregiver caught on surveillance video beating mentally retarded male resident at Central State Hospital
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Internet Safety Program at Green County High School Tomorrow
  Thursday, January 25, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo is asking teachers, “Are your students safe online?” The Office of the Attorney General, in partnership with the Kentucky Center for School Safety, is sponsoring an i-SAFE Assembly Program at Green County High School tomorrow to educate and empower students to act safely and responsibly on the Internet.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Round Up of Drug Suspects in Pike County
  Thursday, January 25, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that agents from the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI), along with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department, Operation Unite and HIDTA conducted a round up of drug traffickers caught during a twelve-month undercover sting operation. The drug round up began this morning in Pike County and concluded with the arrest of eleven suspects. Four more suspects are still being sought.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces 30-State Settlement with Bayer Corporation
  Wednesday, January 24, 2007
  Bayer to Register and Post Results of Clinical Trials and Pay $8 Million
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Warns Shoppers of “Consumer Loyalty Reward Program” Scam
  Monday, January 08, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo is warning consumers to beware of “Consumer Loyalty Reward Programs.” This latest scam to hit Kentucky mailboxes involves notifications and checks mailed to consumers stating that previous purchases made at popular retail outlets have qualified the consumer for a “prize pool” in an amount of $36,000 or more. The mailing is from Reckitt Point of Sales Systems of New York and Mega Win Promotional Prizes of Canada.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Refund Payments for J.D. Byrider Consumers
  Monday, January 08, 2007
  To date more than 7,350 consumers have received restitution totaling nearly $3.7 million
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo and the Governor’s Highway Safety Program Announce John “Jerry” Brady appointed Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor
  Friday, January 05, 2007
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo and the Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) today jointly announce that former Bourbon County Attorney John “Jerry” Brady will join the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) as the Commonwealth’s Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor. Mr. Brady served from 1994-2006 as the Bourbon County Attorney, handling numerous criminal cases related to traffic safety.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Important Consumer Refund Information from Sony BMG for Music CD Snafu
  Friday, December 22, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that SONY BMG Music Entertainment has agreed to pay the Commonwealth of Kentucky and 39 additional states the sum of $4.25 million to resolve the States’ investigation into problems that arose when SONY BMG placed anti-copying software on music CDs.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Kentucky Receives More than $945,000 from Tobacco Settlement with House of Prince and Affiliate
  Friday, December 22, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that Kentucky received $945,111.55 under a $55.4 million settlement reached with House of Prince A/S and Scandinavian Tobacco, S.I.A. to resolve a dispute over enforcement of the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA).
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Illegal Internet Drug Packages Seized This Holiday Season
  Friday, December 22, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that agents of the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI) seized shipments of illegal Internet drugs over the past three days at shipping hubs in central and eastern Kentucky. An ongoing investigation revealed AVEE, a licensed out-of-state pharmacy, has been illegally shipping drugs to Kentucky residents from Florida.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Arrest Following Overnight Raid of Septic Company Caught Dumping Waste into Big Sandy River
  Tuesday, December 19, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announces the arrest of Dave Bowling, age 59, in Hagerhill, Kentucky by agents of the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI) for illegally dumping raw untreated sewage into the Big Sandy River, less than one mile from the Paintsville public water intake.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Indictment of Dentists for Medicaid Fraud
  Monday, December 18, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that the Franklin County Court has unsealed an indictment returned last week by the Franklin County Grand Jury against Dr. Timothy Underwood, age 55, and Dr. Nadine Conners, age 52, Alice Gunn, age 47, and the Underwood and Conners, PLLC dental clinic which was operating in Central City, Kentucky.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Indictment & Arrest of Western Kentucky Respiratory Therapist for Medicaid Fraud
  Monday, December 18, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today the unsealing of an indictment following the arrest on Friday of a western Kentucky respiratory therapist on 29 felony counts of defrauding the Kentucky Medicaid Program. Mark Pierce, age 45, is the owner and sole employee of PSG Consultants, based in Greenville, Kentucky, a provider of durable medical equipment to Kentucky Medicaid patients.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Relief for Green Farm Property Owners
  Friday, December 15, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announces relief for property owners in Grayson and Breckinridge counties. By Court Order, entered in Grayson Circuit Court, the developer of the Green Farm Resort in Grayson and Breckinridge counties must deposit more than $842,000 into a dedicated escrow account and complete roads, electrical service and water lines for residential building lots in the development.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Settlement with Internet Advertiser Defrauding Consumers who Cash Check
  Thursday, December 14, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced a settlement with YP.Corp., doing business as YP.Com and its wholly-owned subsidiary Telcom Billing, Inc., both Nevada corporations. The Attorney General alleged that the defendants had violated Kentucky law involving “live check” solicitations sent to Kentucky consumers.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Demands Changes to “Unlimited” Calling in Telephone Plans
  Tuesday, December 12, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo is protecting consumers’ rights in a telephone case at the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) where companies offer “unlimited” calling plans to Kentucky residents.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Submits Final Set of Nominees for Appointment to Kentucky Personnel Board
  Friday, December 08, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today submitted to Governor Fletcher the final set of nominations for appointment to the state Personnel Board. He sent the nominations to Fletcher by letter this morning.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Settlement from Omnicare, Inc. for Defrauding Kentucky Medicaid Program
  Wednesday, December 06, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that Covington, Kentucky nursing home pharmacy giant Omnicare, Inc. will repay $1,068,287.07 to the Kentucky Medicaid Program as part of a total recovery of $49.5 million to Kentucky and the 42 other states participating in the settlement.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Takes Action To Stop Long Distance Company From Preying on Kentucky Seniors
  Wednesday, December 06, 2006
  Consumer Complaints Point to Buzz Telecom’s Deceptive Business Practices
• Attorney General Stumbo’S Rate Intervention Division Reminds Citizens of Federal Telephone Tax Refund
  Monday, December 04, 2006
  Kentucky Attorney General Gregory Stumbo’s Rate Intervention Division reminds Kentucky’s citizens of their eligibility for a telephone tax credit on their 2006 return. Individuals can claim a standard refund for up to $60 for federal excise taxes previously paid on their long distance telephone bills for landline, cell phone, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo to Conduct Post-Election Audits
  Friday, December 01, 2006
  Six Kentucky counties were chosen in a random drawing to undergo independent inquiries for any potential irregularities that may have occurred during the November 7, 2006 election. The counties are: Boone, Elliott, Estill, Hardin, Jessamine, and Washington.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Offers Consumer Tips To Online Shoppers On “Black Monday”
  Monday, November 27, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo is today offering tips to consumers who plan to conduct their holiday shopping over the Internet. According to a survey conducted for the National Retail Federation, shoppers are expected to do a quarter of their holiday shopping online this year. The Monday following Thanksgiving is traditionally among the busiest days of the year in e-commerce, as people go into overdrive filling their digital shopping carts with holiday gifts.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Indictment of Three People by Bath County Grand Jury in Alleged Ponzi Scheme
  Thursday, November 16, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his Special Prosecutions Division has obtained multi-count indictments against three individuals in a fraudulent business opportunity scheme that resulted in losses of approximately $70,000 to Kentucky residents and more than $4,000,000 nationally.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Settlement with Dunn’s Funeral Home over Pre-Need Burial Contracts
  Thursday, November 16, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his Office of Consumer Protection has settled its lawsuit against Dunn's Mortuary, a/k/a Dunn's Funeral Home, and Kyle H. Dunn, of Eddyville, Kentucky, for failing to file yearly reports regarding pre-need burial contracts.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Puts a “STOP” to Polluting of Kentucky’s Land & Waterways
  Thursday, November 16, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today introduced his STOP program - Sports Men and Women To Oppose Pollution – at a press conference in the Capitol Rotunda.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Names Commonwealth’s Attorney
  Thursday, November 09, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that he has appointed Dawn Stacy as Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 1st Judicial Circuit (Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton and Hickman counties.) She replaces Tim Langford who was appointed by Governor Ernie Fletcher as Circuit Judge for the 1st Judicial Circuit.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Election Fraud Hotline Results
  Wednesday, November 08, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his Election Fraud Hotline received 235 complaints from voters between 6a.m. and 7p.m. on Election Day. The most common complaint concerned electronic voting machine irregularities. Fifty-five voters across Kentucky expressed a variety of concerns about the new voting machines ranging from fears that votes had not been counted to allegations that votes were being switched to opposing candidates.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Agreement with Norwalk Furniture Corporation
  Tuesday, November 07, 2006
  Consumers will have orders filled despite store closure in Louisville
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo To Visit Precincts on Election Day
  Thursday, November 02, 2006
  Agents from the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation will be spread throughout the Commonwealth
• Attorney General Stumbo’s Investigation Reveals Improprieties in “Unbridled Spirit” Contract
  Tuesday, October 31, 2006
  Finance Cabinet Audit Fails to Address Important Issues
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Kentucky Statutes Regulating Tobacco Companies
  Monday, October 30, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that the Office of the Attorney General has prevailed in a federal lawsuit that challenged Kentucky’s tobacco laws. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati affirmed a decision by Judge Joseph Hood in the U.S. District Court in Lexington which upheld Kentucky’s tobacco statutes as being consistent with federal law.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Cuts in Half Duke Energy’s Requested $66.6 Million Rate Increase
  Thursday, October 26, 2006
  Attorney General Stumbo signed an agreement today with Duke Energy of Kentucky, formerly known as Union Light, Heat and Power Company. In the agreement, Duke agreed to a general increase of $49 million, down by $17.6 million, or 26%, from its original request of $66.6 million.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Anti-Smoking Public Service Announcements to DVD Release
  Tuesday, October 24, 2006
  Attorney General Stumbo announced today that The Weinstein Company is the first motion picture company to insert anti-smoking public service announcements (PSAs) in DVDs in which smoking is depicted.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Submits Additional Nominees for Appointment to Kentucky Personnel Board
  Monday, October 23, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today submitted to Governor Fletcher additional nominations for appointment to the state Personnel Board. He sent the nominations to Fletcher by letter this morning.
• Attorney General Stumbo Obtains Restraining Order Against Minnesota Company Selling Vending Machine Business Opportunity
  Friday, October 20, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today the filing of a civil lawsuit and the issuance of a restraining order against two Minnesota defendants who are charged with selling business opportunities without registering, in violation of the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act.
• Stumbo Cautions Consumers To Beware Of Fraudulant Solicitation Calls To Hospice Patients And Their Families Seeking Donations
  Friday, October 20, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo alerted consumers to beware of telephone solicitation calls being made to Hospice patients and their families seeking donations.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces $2.15 million settlement with Friedman’s Jewelers
  Tuesday, October 17, 2006
  Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo, along with attorneys general from 17 other states, announced today a settlement with Friedman’s Inc., doing business as Friedman’s Jewelers. The investigation of the nation’s third largest jewelry chain alleged that the jewelry company engaged in unfair or deceptive trade practices by failing to adequately inform consumers regarding insurance fees charged by Friedman’s. In January 2005, Friedman’s filed bankruptcy. At that time, Friedman’s had 560 jewelry stores in 21 states. Post bankruptcy, Friedman’s now has 427 jewelry stores in 20 states, including 29 stores in Kentucky.
• Attorney General Stumbo Obtains Restraining Order Against Michigan Business Selling “Mandatory” Hand Washing Posters
  Tuesday, October 17, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today the filing of a civil lawsuit and the issuance of a restraining order against two Michigan defendants who are charged with sending solicitations that contain false and misleading information to restaurant and food service operators in the Commonwealth, in violation of the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act.
• Attorney General Stumbo Issues Warning About New Mystery Shopper Scam
  Monday, October 16, 2006
  Attorney General Stumbo announced today that Kentucky consumers are being targeted by a company called Shopping Group, Inc., located in the city of Kitchener in Ontario, Canada.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces i-Jam Conference to be Held in Lexington
  Friday, October 13, 2006
  Internet safety is focus of conference for teachers, students, parents and law enforcement
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo and R.J. Reynolds Reach Historic Settlement to End the Sale of Flavored Cigarettes
  Wednesday, October 11, 2006
  Attorney General Stumbo today announced that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("Reynolds") and the Attorneys General of 38 states have entered into a settlement that ends the sale of candy, fruit and alcohol flavored cigarettes manufactured and sold by Reynolds.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Arrests of Child Sexual Predators in Cyber Sting Operation
  Tuesday, October 10, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today held a press conference in the Capitol Rotunda to announce a sting operation that resulted in the arrest of seven sexual predators from across the state.
• Attorney General Stumbo Sends Nominations for Appointment to Kentucky Personnel Board
  Monday, October 09, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today introduced a second set of nominations for appointment to the state Personnel Board. This morning he submitted the nominations in a letter to Governor Fletcher.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Indictment of Manager and Pharmacist of Illegal Internet Pharmacy in Louisville
  Thursday, October 05, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced the return of a four count indictment against the manager and pharmacist of Advanced Pharmacy in Louisville where Kentucky Bureau of Investigation agents seized more than $580,000 in Internet drugs, including $150,000 in anabolic steroids and ingredients to make steroids. KBI agents also seized more than 137,000 illegal Internet narcotics, with a conservative estimated street value of $430,000. The seizure took place September 15, 2006.
• Attorney General Stumbo Warns Veterans of Phone Scam
  Thursday, October 05, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today issued a consumer alert to Veterans and their families following receipt of information from the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs of a phone scam targeting veterans returning from duty.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo and U.S. Department of Justice Obtain Dairy Processor Divestiture in Settlement with Dairy Farmers of America
  Tuesday, October 03, 2006
  Divestiture of Southern Belle Dairy Restores Competition for School Milk in Kentucky and Tennessee
• Attorney General Stumbo Prevails in Voter Protection Suit
  Tuesday, October 03, 2006
  The Franklin Circuit Court ruled today that more that 8,100 Kentucky voters were wrongfully purged by Secretary of State Trey Grayson and the State Board of Elections. Judge Thomas D. Wingate noted that the systematic purge of voters had over a 10% error rate, resulting in the removal of hundreds of eligible voters.
• Attorney General’s Reply to Secretary Birdwhistell’s Comments on Grand Jury Report Exposing Welfare Fraud
  Friday, September 29, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today is correcting erroneous statement of fact contained in Secretary Birdwhistell’s press release of earlier today. The Attorney General saw 217 cases adjudicated during fiscal year 2004-2005, for a total adjudicated amount of $2,230,106.
• Attorney General Stumbo Issues State Employee Alert Regarding Social Security Number Breach
  Friday, September 29, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today warns Kentucky state employees to be on guard about potential identity theft following a recent Personnel Cabinet health insurance mailing which displayed employees’ name and complete social security numbers through the envelope window.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Release of Special Grand Jury Investigative Report on Welfare Fraud
  Friday, September 29, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that the Franklin County Special Grand Jury has released its final report on welfare fraud within Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Defends Constitutionality of Kentucky’s Meth Law
  Thursday, September 28, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today intervened to defend against a constitutional attack on Kentucky’s methamphetamine law. The challenge, filed in Daviess Circuit Court on August 30, 2006 by Sheena Ann Speed, contests the law’s requirement that a pharmacy log showing drug purchases be subject to “…random and warrantless inspection by city, county or state law enforcement officers.”
• Attorney General Stumbo Directs Law Enforcement Regarding Military Funeral Protests
  Thursday, September 28, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today advised concerned law enforcement officials on how to handle military funeral protestors in light of recent Federal Court action.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Seizure of Illegal Anabolic Steroids & Other Drugs
  Tuesday, September 26, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today during a press conference at the Capitol that agents from the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI) seized more than $580,000 worth of Internet drugs including $150,000 in anabolic steroids and ingredients to make steroids. The steroids had been ordered by an illegal Internet pharmacy in Florida and the prescriptions were being filled by Advanced Pharmacy Services LLC at 11003 Bluegrass Parkway in Louisville.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Appointment to Registry of Election Finance
  Monday, September 25, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today his appointment of Mr. Leigh A. Jones of Berea, Kentucky to the Registry of Election Finance. Mr. Jones served as the Vice President of Business and Finance for Berea College from 1964 until his retirement in 1997. He is a certified public accountant and an active member of the League of Women Voters of Berea & Madison County. The League of Women Voters of Kentucky recommended Mr. Jones to this appointment. Mr. Jones wife, Patricia Jones, serves as treasurer for their local League. Mr. Jones is a registered Republican.
• Attorney General Stumbo Challenges RWE’s Request to Sell Kentucky-American
  Friday, September 22, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo filed papers today asking the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) to deny RWE’s request for the sale of American Water Works and Kentucky-American Water by way of an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange. This IPO would be the fourth largest in the history of the United States.
• Attorney General Stumbo Works to Ensure Voting Rights for Armed Forces Overseas
  Wednesday, September 20, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today concluded his review and approval of an emergency election regulation allowing our service men and women to cast ballots electronically.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Patient Abuse Guilty Plea And Jail Sentence of Former Oakwood Aide
  Tuesday, September 19, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that Gary Mounce, age 45, a former patient aide for The Communities at Oakwood, has pled guilty to one count of patient abuse of a mentally retarded male resident of the Communities at Oakwood in Somerset, Kentucky. On August 30, 2004, Mounce struck the resident in the face and body with his fist.
• Attorney General Stumbo Challenges State Board of Elections and Secretary of State on Number of Eligible Voters Purged
  Monday, September 18, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today showed in court documents that the number of voters illegally purged in last May’s primary election is far greater than the number admitted to by Secretary of State Trey Grayson and the Kentucky Board of Elections.
• Major Bust of Illegal Internet Drugs from a Neighborhood Pharmacy in Louisville
  Friday, September 15, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that agents of the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI), investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the state Board of Pharmacy joined efforts in seizing tens of thousands of illegal Internet drugs from a Louisville pharmacy. A preliminary street value estimate of the seized drugs is in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Today Continues Challenge of Atmos’ Over-earning
  Friday, September 15, 2006
  Attorney General Stumbo announced today that his Office has filed testimony with the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) establishing overcharging of Kentucky consumers for natural gas by Atmos Energy Company. Atmos is also known as Western Kentucky Gas.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo: The Governor Has Had Ample Time to Appoint…State Workers’ Appeals Needlessly Delayed by Fletcher
  Friday, September 15, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today expressed regret that the Kentucky Personnel Board has been forced to cancel it’s September 15, 2006 regular meeting due to inaction on the part of Governor Fletcher in selecting a board member from a list of highly qualified nominees.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Gains Full Disclosure For Western Kentucky Hog Farmers
  Wednesday, September 13, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his investigation of large-scale hog farming operations offered by Tosh Farms of Henry, Tennessee has resulted in major safeguards for Kentucky farmers. The Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection entered an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) with Tosh Farms, concluding its examination of Tosh’s representations and contracting practices with Western Kentucky hog farmers. The AVC requires Tosh Farms to repay expenses of any farmer that decides to back out of the contract based on the findings of the investigation.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Challenges Duke Energy of Kentucky’s Rate Increase Request for $66.6 Million
  Wednesday, September 13, 2006
  Attorney General Stumbo filed documents today challenging a request for an increase in rates by the Union Light, Heat and Power Company (Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.). Duke has filed a case before the Public Service Commission (PSC) requesting an annual increase of approximately $66.6 million.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Former Scott County Court Official Enters Guilty Plea to Felony Theft
  Friday, September 08, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that Agnes Reeves, former Director of the Scott County Intensive Criminal Offender Program (ICOP), has entered a plea of guilty in Scott County Circuit Court to felony charges that she stole fees paid to the program she oversaw.
• Attorney General Stumbo Provides Hollywood with Anti-Smoking Messages for DVDs
  Thursday, September 07, 2006
  Attorney General Stumbo announced today that he has again called upon Hollywood’s major motion picture studios to insert anti-smoking public service announcements in all DVDs, videos and other newer home viewing formats of movies in which smoking is depicted. This time, however, Attorney General Stumbo sent each studio three "classic" Truth® anti-smoking campaign messages that were created by the American Legacy Foundation and that are available at no cost for the studios’ unlimited use. Stumbo’s letter also is signed by 40 other Attorneys General.
• Attorney General Stumbo Introduces Nominees for Personnel Board Vacancies Resulting from Agreed Order
  Tuesday, September 05, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today introduced the first three nominations for appointment to the state Personnel Board. This morning he submitted the nominations in a letter to Governor Fletcher.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Lawsuits Against Four Funeral Homes
  Friday, September 01, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today the filing of civil lawsuits against four funeral homes that have failed to file yearly reports regarding their pre-need burial contracts. The funeral homes are located in Henderson (Mason Brothers Audubon Chapel), Mayfield (Mason’s Memorial Chapel), Eddyville (Dunn’s Funeral Home) and McKee (Justice Memorial Funeral Home). The lawsuits were filed in Henderson, Graves, Lyon and Jackson Circuit Courts, respectively.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Seizure of Illegal Internet Drugs from Lexington Area Shipping Hub
  Thursday, August 31, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that agents of the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI) seized 50 packages of illegal Internet drugs from a Lexington area shipping hub. The packages were shipped to Kentucky from a pharmacy located in Florida.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces $4.3 million Settlement from Schering-Plough Corporation for Defrauding Kentucky Medicaid Program
  Wednesday, August 30, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that pharmaceutical manufacturer Schering-Plough Corporation, of Kenilworth, New Jersey, has agreed to pay a total of $435 million in civil damages and criminal fines and penalties to the United States government and the states participating in the settlement.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Indictment Returned Against Northern Kentucky Nursing Home Owner
  Wednesday, August 30, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury returned an indictment against Doris Abisellan (a.k.a. Doris Winningham) of Tampa, Florida.
• Attorney General Stumbo Cautions Lawyers Against Contacting Families of Flight 5191 Victims
  Tuesday, August 29, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today cautioned all lawyers to respect the privacy of those who lost loved ones in the crash of Flight 5191 in Lexington on Sunday.
• Attorney General Stumbo Offers Condolences to Families of Crash Victims at Blue Grass Airport
  Sunday, August 27, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today offers his sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims killed in the crash of Comair Flight 5191 at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Seizure of Illegal Internet Drugs from Lexington Area Hub
  Friday, August 25, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that agents of the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI) are in possession of drug shipments seized from shipping hubs in the Lexington area. The packages were shipped to Kentucky residents from three unlicensed pharmacies in Florida.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Sentencing of Former Caretaker at Oakwood
  Tuesday, August 22, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that Julie Stevens, age 49, a former caretaker of the Communities at Oakwood, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for the abuse of a woman under her care.
• Attorney General Stumbo and KBI to Turn Kids Into KBI Junior Agents at Kentucky State Fair
  Tuesday, August 22, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo and KBI Commissioner David James will be at the Kentucky State Fair helping kids sign up to be KBI Junior Agents.
• Attorney General Greg Stumbo Voices Concern Regarding Voter Purge Effect on Primary Election
  Thursday, August 10, 2006
  The Office of the Attorney General wants to ensure that the public has accurate information regarding the purge of 8,105 Kentuckians from the voter rolls, including information missing from a news release sent earlier today by the Office of Secretary of State Trey Grayson.
• Attorney General Stumbo Negotiates Homeland Security Agreement Upgrading Communications Capabilities
  Thursday, August 10, 2006
  Attorney General Stumbo today announced that his office has negotiated a Homeland Security communications agreement as a component of the pending merger between AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corporation.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Gas Price Gouging Settlement with Franklin Retailer
  Monday, August 07, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his Office of Consumer Protection has imposed a fine of $5,000 against Bluegrass Travel Plaza, LLC, to settle price gouging allegations in connection with its sale of gasoline during the state of emergency declared on August 31, 2005. Bluegrass Travel Plaza, LLC is located at 3303 Scottsville Road in Franklin, Kentucky.
• Attorney General Stumbo Investigating Current Gas Price Spike
  Friday, August 04, 2006
  Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his Office of Consumer Protection has issued a new investigative subpoena to Speedway in response to yesterday’s gas price spike.
• Attorney General Stumbo Names 2006 Outstanding Commonwealth’s and County Attorneys
  Thursday, August 03, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo presented awards for the 2006 Outstanding Commonwealth’s and County Attorneys at the Kentucky Prosecutors Conference at the Marriott Hotel Downtown in Louisville today.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Seizure of Illegal Internet Drugs from Lexington Area and Eastern Kentucky Shipping Hubs
  Thursday, August 03, 2006
  More than $100,000 in illegal Internet drugs taken off the streets in one week.
• Office of the Attorney General Announces Plea Agreement in Stewart Case
  Thursday, August 03, 2006
  The Office of the Attorney General announced today that a plea agreement has been reached in the case against Judge William F. Stewart and his wife, Sarah Belle Dutton.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Settlements and Lawsuit in Gas Price Gouging Investigation
  Tuesday, August 01, 2006
  Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his Office of Consumer Protection has imposed fines totaling $47,500 on five petroleum retailers following an extensive investigation into allegations of gas price gouging.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Seizure of Illegal Internet Drugs from Lexington Area and Eastern Kentucky Shipping Hubs
  Thursday, July 27, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that agents of the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI) are in possession of drug shipments seized from shipping hubs in the Lexington area and Eastern Kentucky. The packages were shipped to Kentucky residents from four unlicensed pharmacies in Florida.
• Attorney General Stumbo Issues Warning About New Scam Targeting Charities
  Friday, July 21, 2006
  Attorney General Stumbo announced today that charities are being targeted by foreign sweepstakes and lotteries.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Former Oakwood Aide Enters Felony Plea in Patient Abuse Case
  Friday, July 14, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that a former caretaker at the Oakwood Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded in Pulaski County has entered a felony guilty plea to charges of Wantonly Abusing An Adult.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Arrest of One of Kentucky’s Most Wanted Child Support Evaders
  Wednesday, July 12, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo and Jefferson County Attorney Irv Maze announced today that Ronald Dean Keen, one of Kentucky's Most Wanted child support evaders, has been apprehended in Hardin County, Kentucky. Keen was arrested by Hardin County Deputy Ronnie Crim on Thursday, June 29, 2006 on warrants charging him with Flagrant Nonsupport, a Class D felony. Keen owes his children more than $25,000 in back child support.
• Attorney General Stumbo Files Ouster Proceedings Against Personnel Board Chair Jack Smith
  Wednesday, July 12, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today filed an action in Franklin Circuit Court to oust Jack Smith from his position as Chairman of the Kentucky Personnel Board.
• Attorney General Stumbo Reaches Agreement with Lorillard to Reduce Illegal Internet Cigarette Sales
  Monday, July 10, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that Lorillard Tobacco Co. has agreed to implement new measures to prevent the illegal sale of its cigarettes over the Internet and through the mail. These protocols are being adopted nationwide and voluntarily by Lorillard pursuant to an agreement reached with 33 Attorneys General across the country. A similar agreement was reached with Philip Morris USA in January.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Arrest of Former Lexington Medical Supply Dealer
  Wednesday, June 28, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that agents from the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI) have arrested Jeramey Etherton, a 34-year-old former medical supply dealer in Lexington who worked for Wheelpower, Inc. and Heartland Medical from 2000-2002.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Arrest of Four Employees at Oakwood for Abuse
  Tuesday, June 27, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today the arrest of four individuals in connection with two assaults committed on a resident of The Communities at Oakwood in Somerset, Kentucky.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Arrest of Four Oakwood Employees for Abuse
  Tuesday, June 20, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today the arrest of four individuals in connection with the May 9, 2006 assault of an individual residing at The Communities at Oakwood in Somerset, Kentucky.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Settlement with The Right Solution on Charges of Advertising False Medical Recall Notice
  Friday, June 16, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his Office, along with the offices of 17 other Attorneys General, entered into a settlement with two Nevada companies and their owner for advertising false and misleading claims regarding their sale of a progesterone cream product. The companies, Gateway Distributors, Ltd. and The Right Solution Gateway, 3220 Pepper Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89120, and their owner, Richard Bailey, use the name “The Right Solution” to market alternative health products to consumers through the Internet and mail.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Agreement with Chevron to Curb Tobacco Sales to Minors
  Friday, June 16, 2006
  28 States Sign Agreement With One of Nation’s Largest Oil Companies & Convenience Retailers
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Sentencing of Campbell County Man Involved in International Telemarketing Scam
  Wednesday, June 07, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that Matthew Gordon Hunt, of Ft. Thomas, was sentenced yesterday to five years incarceration and $65,000 restitution. In April, Hunt, age 31, pleaded guilty in Campbell County Court to six felony counts relating to his involvement in an international telemarketing scam that stole millions of dollars from victims across the country. The counts include four felony telemarketing counts and two felony counts of receiving stolen property. Hunt’s brother, Brian J. Hunt, also pleaded guilty to related felony charges on January 10, 2006. His sentence will be imposed in September of this year.
• Attorney General Selects Counties for Post-Election Audits
  Thursday, June 01, 2006
  Six Kentucky counties were chosen in a random drawing this morning to undergo independent inquiries for any potential irregularities that may have occurred during the May 16th primary election. The counties are: Hickman, Mercer, Spencer, Montgomery, Nelson and Trimble.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Round Up of Drug Suspects in Bell County
  Wednesday, May 31, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that agents from the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI), along with deputies from the Bell County Sheriff’s Department, spread out across Bell County serving warrants on 13 individuals for drug trafficking, including marijuana, cocaine and prescription medication. More arrests are expected.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Agreement with Norwalk Furniture Corporation
  Friday, May 26, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that an agreement has been reached with Norwalk Furniture Corporation of Norwalk, Ohio whereby the corporation will fulfill outstanding furniture orders placed by approximately 82 customers of the Lexington, Kentucky Norwalk franchise store located in Hamburg Place. The operator of that franchise, Danny Hillard, abruptly closed the business earlier this month and the Attorney General’s Office has received nearly two dozen complaints from consumers who made deposits but have not received furniture.
• Attorney General Stumbo Warns Gas Pill Marketers to Cease Sales Efforts
  Thursday, May 25, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today issued cease and desist warning letters to Kentucky distributors of Bioperformance, a so called “gas pill” which marketers claim improves fuel efficiency when added to the gasoline tank. The letter warns distributors that further efforts to distribute the pills in Kentucky may subject them to possible civil and criminal liability for theft and violation of the state pyramid sales act.
• Attorney General Stumbo Issues Consumer Alert for Kentucky Veterans and their Families
  Wednesday, May 24, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today issued a consumer alert to Kentucky veterans and their families following the theft of 26.5 million veterans’ personal data announced yesterday by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The stolen data contained identifying information including names, social security numbers, and dates of birth for veterans and some spouses, as well as some disability ratings.
• Attorney General Stumbo Petitions Federal Agency to Stop Tobacco Industry’s Sales of Cigarettes Disguised as “Little Cigars”
  Thursday, May 18, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that he is among forty Attorneys General to file a petition with the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). The petition asks the federal agency to close a loophole that allows tobacco manufacturers to pass off cigarettes wrapped in brown paper as “little cigars.”
• Attorney General Stumbo Visits Western Kentucky Precincts on Primary Election Day, Announces Final Number of Calls to Election Fraud Hotline
  Wednesday, May 17, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo spent Election Day visiting precincts throughout western Kentucky observing the conduct of the general election. He was accompanied by an agent of the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI).
• Attorney General Stumbo Investigating Purged Voter Complaints
  Wednesday, May 17, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his office is seeking public records from all county clerks statewide regarding eligible voters erroneously purged by the State Board of Elections and Secretary of State.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces $600,000 Lupron® Settlement
  Wednesday, May 17, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that Kentucky has received a $600,000 settlement with Pharmaceutical manufacturers through fraudulent marketing practices which included bribing doctors to prescribe the high-priced cancer drug, Lupron ®. The settlement is part of a federal class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical manufacturer TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. (“TAP”).
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Patient Abuse Guilty Plea of Former Cynthiana Nurse Assistant
  Wednesday, May 17, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that former nurse assistant Marsha Doolin, age 23, has pled guilty to one count of misdemeanor patient abuse in connection with her treatment of an elderly female resident of the Grand Haven Nursing Home in Cynthiana, Kentucky.
• Attorney General Stumbo’s Notice to Voters Erroneously Purged
  Monday, May 15, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that eligible voters who may have erroneously been purged by the State Board of Elections and Secretary of State’s Office will be permitted to vote in tomorrow’s primary election.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces Federal District Court Remands Voter Purge Case Back to State Court
  Thursday, May 11, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced that the United States District Court today sent back to state court his petition against the State Board of Elections and Secretary of State Trey Grayson. The petition relates to the Board’s purge of more than 8,000 people from the State’s voter registration database within 90 days of the primary election.
• Attorney General Stumbo to Monitor Election Activity
  Wednesday, May 10, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that his office will deploy teams of investigators to monitor election activity throughout the state on primary election day, May 16, 2006.
• Attorney General Stumbo Announces More Welfare Fraud Indictments
  Monday, May 08, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that two more state employees have been indicted by a Franklin County Special Grand Jury on a total of 45 felony charges of Assistance Program Fraud. Since the Special Grand Jury began hearing evidence in the welfare fraud case in March, ten individuals have been indicted on a total of 136 felony counts. These cases account for approximately $145,000 stolen from the state welfare system.
• Attorney General Announces Life Sentence in Knott County Murder Case
  Thursday, May 04, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that a Knott Circuit Court jury rejected an insanity plea and recommended a life sentence for Justin Keith Conley, age 22, of Mousie, for the 2004 murder of Jessica Newsome, his 21-year-old girlfriend, of Galveston, in Floyd County. The case was tried by Assistant Attorney General Barbara Maines Whaley.
• Attorney General Stumbo Subpoenas Gas Refiners - Gas Price Investigation Heats Up
  Wednesday, May 03, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced that his office has subpoenaed thirteen petroleum refiners and middlemen demanding gas price data during the State of Emergency in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He has also issued subpoenas to 30 Kentucky retail gas stations demanding justification for the increased prices charged to consumers during the same period.
• Guilty Plea of Campbell County Man Involved in International Telemarketing Scam
  Friday, April 28, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced a guilty plea entered by Matthew Gordon Hunt, of Ft. Thomas, on six felony counts relating to the Defendant’s involvement in an international telemarketing scam that stole millions of dollars from victims across the country. Hunt was arrested and indicted in December.
• Victims’ Rights Day Rally Held at Capitol - Beth Holloway Twitty is featured speaker
  Thursday, April 27, 2006
  Attorney General Greg Stumbo today hosted the 15th annual Kentucky Crime Victims’ Rights Day Rally in the Rotunda of the State Capitol. The featured speaker was Beth Holloway Twitty, mother of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway who disappeared on the last night of her senior graduation trip in Aruba in May, 2005. Ms. Twitty’s poignant story has captured international attention.