Colorado will receive $5.7 million as part of a $160 million multistate settlement with Maryland-based Maxim Healthcare Services, an in-home health care service provider. Colorado is one of 41 states involved in the suit, which settles allegations that the company billed Medicaid for services it did not perform. The state’s share of the money will [...] [...]
Attorney General John Suthers’ office has filed a lawsuit against Western Sky Financial, a South Dakota-based online lender, and its principal, Martin A. Webb, for making unlicensed, high-interest loans to Colorado consumers. Filed in Denver District Court, the lawsuits states that the company made more than 200 loans to Colorado consumers since at least March [...] [...]
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers released the top consumer complaints for 2010 and the first two months of 2011. Last year, Colorado consumers filed 6,462 complaints with the Office of the Attorney General – a nearly 37 percent increase over 2009′s total of 4,723 complaints, and a 117-percent increase over 2008′s total of 2,969 complaints. [...] [...]
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has come under fire from human rights organizations for his support of federal law denying same-sex married couples the same rights and benefits under the Defense of Marriage Act. Suthers filed an amicus brief supporting the law in the case, Massachusetts vs. Department of Health and Human Services. The Massachusetts [...] [...]
A Jefferson County District Court has permanently barred Sherron L. Lewis from providing foreclosure-relief services and fine him $181,266 after he failed to respond to a Colorado lawsuit about illegal foreclosure activities. Lewis is accused of charging homeowners an upfront fee and obtained an interest in their homes with the promise he could stop their [...] [...]
Colorado will received $425,000 as part of a multi-state settlement with Dannon about allegations that the food company made unsubstantiated claims concerning the health benefits of its Activa and DanActive products. The $21 million settlement is the largest multi-state settlement based on the improper marketing of a food product. Under the 39-state agreement, Dannon will [...] [...]
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers wants a freeze on sales of foreclosed homes. Suthers late last month sent a letter to GMAC/Ally Financial requesting a review of the company’s foreclosure processes in Colorado and plans to do the same with other lenders soon, his office said today. Suthers asked GMAC “to suspend evictions and … sales” [...] [...]
The number of Coloradans enrolled in debt management contracts grew by more than 44 percent during 2009. Another 7,912 state residents enrolled in a credit counseling program, up 7.8 percent from the prior year, according to the state attorney general’s office. In his second annual report released today, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said consumers [...] [...]
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