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• Urban Outfitters Halts Line of Prescription Products after Plea from Attorneys General
  Tuesday, June 18, 2013
  National retailer Urban Outfitters is halting sales of a line of products that mimic prescription pill bottles and prescription pads following a plea from Attorney General Jack Conway and 23 of his colleagues. In a recent statement to the media, Urban Outfitters announced it would discontinue its "Prescription Line" of products due to its "misinterpretation."
• Attorney General Conway Announces Indictments in Medicaid Fraud Case
  Monday, June 17, 2013
  Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway today announced the indictments of William Qualls and Linda Smith for allegedly defrauding the Kentucky Medicaid Program. Qualls and Smith, who worked as caregivers for a disabled Medicaid recipient, are each charged with Devising or Engaging in a Scheme to Defraud the Kentucky Medicaid Program and Theft by Unlawful Taking Over $500 but under $10,000.
• McCracken County, Kentucky, Man Sentenced to 240 Months in Prison for Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography
  Monday, June 17, 2013
  A McCracken County, Kentucky man was sentenced today, by Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell, in United States District Court, to 240 months in prison, followed by a life-time term of supervised release for violating child pornography laws, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
• Paintsville Doctor Sentenced to 75 Months for Pill Conspiracy
  Monday, June 17, 2013
  A former Paintsville, Ky., doctor, who previously admitted that he unlawfully dispensed approximately 50,000 prescription pills to individuals in Eastern Kentucky, was sentenced today to 75 months in prison, to be followed by three years supervised release.
• London Physician Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Charges in First Case of its Kind in Kentucky
  Thursday, June 06, 2013
  A London, Ky., cardiologist pleaded guilty to charges that he falsely recorded the severity of patients' illnesses in order to receive payment for numerous heart procedures.
• Attorney General Conway's Cybercrimes Unit Marks 5th Anniversary
  Thursday, June 06, 2013
  Unit has 100 percent conviction rate
• Attorney General Conway Announces Guilty Plea, Sentencing of Bullitt County Constable in Drug Trafficking Cases
  Wednesday, June 05, 2013
  Attorney General Jack Conway and his Office of Special Prosecutions today announced the guilty plea of a Bullitt County Constable on multiple drug charges. Forty-three-year-old Clifton Hudson pled guilty in Bullitt Circuit Court today to one count of trafficking in a controlled substance, possession of heroin, and possession of drug paraphernalia, following his arrest on May 28 for selling heroin to a confidential informant at his Mt. Washington home.
• Kentucky Borrowers to Receive More than $11 Million in Mortgage Servicing Abuse Payments
  Tuesday, June 04, 2013
  Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway today announced the distribution of more than $11 million to 7,801 eligible borrowers in Kentucky for mortgage servicing abuses. Checks to borrowers who submitted valid claims will be mailed June 10 through June 17, 2013.
• Attorneys General Call for Urban Outfitters to Stop Selling Products that Promote Prescription Drug Abuse
  Thursday, May 30, 2013
  Attorney General Jack Conway, backed by 23 of his colleagues, is again calling on Urban Outfitters to stop selling pint glasses, shot glasses and flasks made to look like prescription pill bottles.
• Attorney General Conway Sues Johnson & Johnson Over Risperdal Marketing
  Tuesday, May 28, 2013
  Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway and his Office of Consumer Protection today announced a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, Inc. and subsidiaries (J&J) for violating the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act by unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive labeling and promotion of its antipsychotic drug Risperdal.
• Morgan County Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Wife
  Thursday, May 23, 2013
  Attorney General Jack Conway and his Office of Special Prosecutions today announced the guilty plea of a Morgan County man for beating his wife.
• Attorney General Conway Shares Information on Charitable Giving
  Tuesday, May 21, 2013
  Attorney General Jack Conway today issued a warning to Kentuckians who may be interested in donating to assist storm victims in Oklahoma.
• Relief for Kentucky Homeowners Tops $61M Under National Mortgage Settlement
  Tuesday, May 21, 2013
  Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway today announced that the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers continue to provide direct relief to homeowners in Kentucky and across the country as part of the historic national mortgage foreclosure settlement.
• Attorney General's Office and BBB Partner with Cintas and Lowes to Offer Free Shred Day in Lexington
  Thursday, May 16, 2013
  Attorney General Jack Conway, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Central and Eastern Kentucky, CINTAS Corporation and Lowes Home Improvement are teaming up to offer a free "Shred Day" for Lexington residents on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Lowe's, 2300 Greg Lag Way in the Hamburg Pavilion from 9 a.m. to noon.
• Attorney General Announces Kentucky's Participation in $500 Million Multistate Settlement with Ranbaxy Laboratories
  Monday, May 13, 2013
  Kentucky Medicaid Program to receive $8.9 million under settlement
• Attorney General Conway and Colleagues Urge FDA to Place Black Box Warning on Opioids
  Monday, May 13, 2013
  Alert pregnant mothers and doctors to increase in babies addicted to painkillers
• Attorney General Conway Hosts Victims' Rights Day Ceremony & Kentucky Homicide Memorial Dedication of Names
  Monday, May 13, 2013
  Ceremony also marks 25th anniversary of Carrollton Bus Crash
• Attorney General Conway Urges National Retailer to Stop Selling Products That Promote Prescription Drug Abuse
  Wednesday, May 08, 2013
  Attorney General Jack Conway is calling on Urban Outfitters, the national retail store popular with teens, to stop selling pint glasses, shot glasses and flasks made to look like prescription pill bottles.
• Former Eastern Kentucky Pain Clinic Owner Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Medicaid
  Wednesday, May 01, 2013
  Plea follows investigation and prosecution by Attorney General's Office
• Attorney General Conway Announces Guilty Plea of Owsley County Clerk to Charges of Tax Evasion, Abuse of Public Trust
  Monday, April 29, 2013
  Sid Gabbard ordered to resign, pay $61,000 in restitution