Jan 16, 2025 | 25 defendants | 4 companies | Camden County Prosecutor's Office | cloned credit cards | Connecticut | credit card “skimmers” | DCJ Detectives | diesel fuel theft | Division of Criminal Justice | financial fraud | fuel providers | Gloucester Township Police Department | Large-Scale Diesel Fuel Theft Scheme | Massachusetts | New Jersey | New York | peer-to-peer payments | Pennsylvania | stolen credit card information | trucking companies | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced charges against 25 people and four companies for their alleged roles in a multimillion-dollar scheme that used stolen credit card information to fraudulently purchase tens of thousands of gallons of diesel fuel and then resell it to trucking companies and other fuel providers.
Jan 16, 2025 | appealing to children | bright packaging | California | candy | chocolate | civil investigative demands | Coalition | Connecticut | distributing | Division of Consumer Affairs | e-cigarette retailers | e-cigarettes | electronic cigarettes | enforcement tools | flavored vapor products | fruit | Hawaii | Illinois | importing | lawsuits | licensing and consumer protection laws | marketing flavored e-cigarettes | Minnesota | New Jersey | New Jersey joins California | New York | Ohio | rise in tobacco sales | selling | subpoenas | to filing lawsuits | Tobacco | Vermont | warning letters | Washington D.C. | Child Protection | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Advancing efforts to protect New Jerseyans from the hazards of electronic cigarettes, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that the Division of Consumer Affairs sent letters to nearly 11,000 New Jersey businesses reminding them that selling flavored vapor products is unlawful and directing them to cease any such sales immediately.
Jan 15, 2025 | Law and Public Safety | LPS | passaic valley | Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission | PSVC commissioner | public employee | Sewerage commission | The Office of the Attorney General | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced that a Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) employee has pleaded guilty after trying to influence a PVSC Commissioner in a corrupt attempt to advance in his career.
Jan 15, 2025 | 400 investigators | Acting Mercer County Prosecutor | Chief of Staff | criminal justice policy initiatives | Deputy Solicitor General | detectives | Division of Criminal Justice | firearms safety issues | Human Trafficking Unit | Law and Public Safety | Leadership Changes | LPS | New Jersey Resiliency Program for Law Enforcement | professional personnel | Prosecutors | Senior Counsel to the Attorney General | The Office of the Attorney General | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that Deputy Director Theresa Hilton will become the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) when J. Stephen Ferketic leaves the office later this month to pursue a leadership position in the private sector. Attorney General Platkin also announced that Assistant Attorney General Sara Quigley will assume the Chief of Staff position, a position vacated late last year.
Jan 15, 2025 | Affordable Care Act (ACA) | Arizona | basic health care services | California | Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) | coalition of States | Colorado | DACA | Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals | Delaware | Department of Health | Department of Human Services | Department of Justice | deportation | Dreamers | Final Rule | Get Covered New Jersey | Hawaii | Health Insurance | Illinois | Immigration | Kansas | lawfully present | Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance | New Mexico | Official Health Insurance Marketplace | Oregon | President-elect Trump | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) | U.S. Department of Homeland Security | University Hospital | Vermont | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Child Protection | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Equity & Inclusion | Immigrants' Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced he is leading an effort a group of 14 states in defending health insurance access for Dreamers from court challenges.
Jan 13, 2025 | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
For Immediate Release: January 13, 2025 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Drew Skinner, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON...
