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National Consumer Protection Week
NEWARK – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs today kicked off National Consumer Protection Week, a consumer awareness campaign that runs during the first week of March, with a recap of New Jersey’s top 10...
Suspended Engineer for Department of Transportation Indicted on Charges He Falsified Timesheets To Steal $15,000 In Overtime Pay – He also is charged with using a state vehicle for frequent personal trips to Philadelphia
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a suspended engineer for the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) was indicted today by a state grand jury on official misconduct charges for allegedly falsifying timesheets to steal...
CONSUMER ALERT: Customer Complaint Notices Now Required on and in Privately-Owned Autobuses by “Angelie’s Law”
NEWARK – The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs today reminds riders of autobuses operated by privately-owned companies that notices informing riders of how to report service complaints are now required to be conspicuously posted on the inside and the...
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Reaches $360,000 Settlement with Fair Lawn Based Moving Company
Consumers who filed complaints with the Division alleged that Moving Max, Inc., offered artificially low moving estimates, and then once in possession of consumers’ personal property, threatened to hold those items unless a higher payment -- at times double the...
Division on Civil Rights Relocates Southern Regional Office From Camden Waterfront to Cherry Hill – Director Cites Cost Savings, Convenience for NJ Residents
The Division’s relocated regional office is at 5 Executive Campus, Cherry Hill, off westbound Route 70. The office will continue to serve residents of Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester counties, and will be open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,...