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Attorney General Announces$40 million Skechers Consumer Settlement
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Attorney General AnnouncesThree Internet Crimes Against Children Arrests
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SC Attorney General, Solicitor, Lawmakers: Combat Human Trafficking
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Office of the Attorney General Remarks for: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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SC Attorney General leads 16 States in Defending Our Jobs and Challenging the NLRB
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May/ 17th 2012
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AG Wilson says ‘Advertising Claims Must Walk the Walk, not just Talk the Talk.’ COLUMBIA, SC – May 16, 2012 – Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that South Carolina joined with forty-three other states, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Trade Commission in settling causes of action against Skechers USA, Inc. Sketchers USA, Inc. has agreed to pay $40 million in a national consumer settlement to settle complaints filed by the Wilson, other Attorneys General, and the FTC against the company’s unsupported advertising claims regarding the health benefits of its Shape-Ups, Tone-Ups, and Resistance Runner athletic shoes. The complaints…
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Columbia, S.C. – May 16, 2012 Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today three arrests made on May 15, 2012 by the Attorney General’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) arrests. Bobby Glen Chapman, James Witton Lother, and Richard Adam Burch were all arrested by members of the Attorney General’s ICAC Task Force. Bobby Glen Chapman, 34, of 571 Cherry Street in Chesterfield, South Carolina, was arrested by the Attorney General’s office with assistance from the Florence Police Department, who is a member of the Attorney General’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force, and the Chesterfield Police Department. Chapman was arrested…
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Attorney General Alan Wilson kicked off Sexual Assault Awareness Month in South Carolina with local and statewide advocates of sexual assault victims for a Day of Action in South Carolina on April 3. April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, someone is raped every two minutes in the United States. Wilson joined fficials with the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (SCCADVASA) gathered at the Statehouse to talk about the effort to stop sexual assault crimes. The Attorney General’s office established the S.T.O.P Violence Against Women’s program in 1996 to target criminal domestic violence and other abusive…
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March 28, 2012 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following statements regarding the United States Supreme Court’s oral arguments on severability and medicaid. Severability: “The individual mandate is the backbone of the health care law. Congress would not have passed the legislation without it. To see that point, one just has to recall the ‘Cornhusker Kickback’ debacle. Without the individual mandate, the health care law cannot stand upright. This is why I believe the Supreme Court will agree with the States that you cannot sever the individual mandate from the Affordable Care Act.” Medicaid: “The Medicaid portions…
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Updated: Attorney General Alan Wilson filed an Amended Complaint as well as Temporary Restraining Orders against Ronnie Gene Wilson and Atlantic Bullion and Coin. Copies of the Complaint and the Temporary Restraining Order as well as pertinent victim information are available in the full story. If you are a victim of this scheme, please e-mail: agsecurities@scag.gov or call the Attorney General’s Securities Division at 803-734-3300.Please note that you may be asked to complete the following Atlantic Bullion Investor Questionnaire. If you are a victim who suffered losses from Ponzi-type investment scheme, IRS documents are linked at the bottom of the story…
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Columbia – Attorney General Alan Wilson today announced that the South Carolina State Grand Jury has indicted former Lieutenant Governor Ken Ard on seven (7) counts of violating the State Ethics Act: “As a result of a comprehensive investigation that began last July when this office requested this case from the State Ethics Commission, the State Grand Jury, acting pursuant to its public corruption authority, returned, today, an indictment charging James Kenneth Ard with seven counts of violating the State Ethics Act.” ‘In summary, the State Grand Jury charges Mr. Ard with a scheme, developed as part of his candidacy…
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Attorney General Alan Wilson joined South Carolina’s Sixteen Solictors, Forty-Six Sheriffs, and SLED Chief Mark Keel in announcing an unprecedented cooperation aimed at passing the 2012 Law Enforcement Legislative Agenda. Review the Agenda here: 2012 Law Enforcement Legislative Agenda
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Columbia, S.C. – February 13, 2012 Attorney General Alan Wilson today announced that David H. Thompson, of 348 Sudlow Road, North Augusta, South Carolina, was arrested on Thursday, February 9, 2012, on charges related to Securities Fraud by the Aiken County Sheriff’s Department. Wilson, in his role as South Carolina Securities Commissioner, issued a civil order against Thompson ordering him to cease and desist from violations of the South Carolina Securities Act and ordering him to pay a $10,000 fine. Thompson was charged with two (2) counts of breach of trust, and one (1) count of forgery in arrest warrants…
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Columbia – Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined attorneys general from the states of Nebraska, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, North Dakota, Ohio, and Oklahoma in opposition to a recently announced federal mandate upon religious entities. The mandate, proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, requires religious employers that provide health insurance coverage to their employees to include coverage for contraceptives, sterilization, and related services. The attorneys general wrote a letter to the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor, informing them that if such a mandate is promulgated, the states…
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Columbia, S.C. – February 9, 2012 – Attorney General Alan Wilson today announced South Carolina is included in a joint federal-state “settlement in principle” with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers that addresses foreclosure abuses, fraud, and unacceptable nationwide mortgage servicing practices. “Settlement in Principle” reflects the fact that a final document has not been presented to the states. “This ‘settlement in principle’ provides certain protections for consumers dealing with the difficult issue of mortgage foreclosure,” said Wilson. “It also provides certain guidelines for how these mortgage servicers should operate going forward.” State Attorneys General Component The settlement puts in…
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Attorney General Alan Wilson today filed a lawsuit in United State District Court against the federal government and the head of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Attorney General Eric Holder. The DOJ has refused to allow South Carolina to enact its Voter I.D. law, claiming it does not adequately protect voters from discrimination, per the 1965 Voting Rights Act. However, very similar laws have been upheld by the United States Supreme Court (in the case of Indiana), and even pre-cleared by the DOJ itself (in the case of Georgia). The state’s Voter I.D. law was passed in 2011, and…
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Ghosts haunt crooks on line Internet crimes task force finding success By LaDonna Beeker The Journal OCONEE COUNTY — Westminster Police Sgt. Gordon Hopkins starts his computer, turns on the recording program and signs in to a Yahoo music chat room. Today, he is a 12-year-old female. Minutes later a 26-year-old male supposedly living in Miami, Fla., begins a chat. “ASL?” asks the adult male, after his initial “hey” and “what’s up?” It’s a chat acronym to ask another person’s age, sex and location. “I tell them the minor age, and sometimes they leave at that point or they…
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined 14th Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone and lawmakers in urging passage of a human-trafficking bill that has been stuck in committee since last year. The bill criminalizes sex trafficking, gives prosecutors the power to seize the assets and property of convicted traffickers, and provides much-needed support to victims, who often suffer in silence. Wilson, Stone, and lawmakers spoke at a State House press conference in support of House Bill 3757. HB 3757 was introduced in February by state Rep. Nelson Hardwick, R-Surfside Beach and was referred to the House Judiciary Committee, where it remains….
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South Carolina Attorney General sent word to US Attorney for South Carolina Bill Nettles of data suggesting potential voter fraud in South Carolina. Specifically, data reviewed by the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles suggests that 953 dead people voted in recent elections. 1.19.12 Letter to US Attorney Bill Nettles
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The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office Through the S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Program Invites You to Join Us For a Day of Remembrance In Memoriam The South Carolina Silent Witness Story Tuesday, October 4, 2011 11:00 a.m. South Steps South Carolina State House Grounds A solemn ceremony to remember those who died as a result of domestic violence during 2010 View event flyer.
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson Prepared Remarks for: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform June 17, 2011 Field Hearing Thank you Chairman Issa and members of the House Oversight Committee for inviting me here today. This hearing is about far more than Boeing or South Carolina. It is about an individual’s right to allocate capital in the way they believe best serves their business. As Attorney General, it is my duty as South Carolina’s chief legal officer to defend our constitution, our State, and our citizens. Fifteen Attorneys General, representing both right-to-work and union states, have joined me…
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Columbia, S.C. / Austin, T.X. –South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today authored an amicus brief on behalf of a bipartisan, 16-state coalition that opposes the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) proposal to punish employers for creating new jobs in right-to-work states. The brief, which was joined by attorneys general from both right-to-work and unionized states, explains that the NLRB’s unprecedented enforcement action would stifle job creation and economic opportunity in all states. The brief, authored by and South Carolina and Texas, was joined by the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,…
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The State – Wednesday, Jun. 01, 2011 By Alan Wilson – Guest Columnist The National Labor Relations Board’s recent actions against Boeing and state labor laws amount to politics as usual: The president promised administrative action “to make sure that it’s easier for unions to operate,” and he kept that promise by stocking the NLRB with people who will do just that. In April, the labor board filed a complaint to stop Boeing from expanding 787 Dreamliner production to South Carolina. The board has since issued a memo seeking to force companies to receive NLRB and union approval before moving…
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Columbia – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and eight (8) other state attorneys general have replied to a complaint filed against Boeing Corporation by the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The complaint charges Boeing with the commission of an unfair labor practice, but appears to do so without legal and factual foundation. The board claims Boeing is prohibited from expanding production of its planes beyond the reach of unions currently associated with its workers in Washington State. South Carolina is a staunch right to work state. In reality, Boeing expanded its production of 787 Dreamliners to South Carolina…
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Dear Ms. Jackson: As state Attorneys General, we are writing to ask the EPA to defer its program of greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations so that Congress can be given an opportunity to evaluate both the need and timing of such regulations. Such deferral is especially important to us given the disruption that the rapid implementation of the EPA program is causing to the state administrative agencies that we advise and the businesses those agencies have been tasked with regulating. As you know, litigation is now underway challenging various aspects of the GHG regulations, as well as the Endangerment Finding on…
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Attorney General Alan Wilson today asked SLED Chief Mark Keel to review evidence of potential voter fraud in the state. The evidence was uncovered by Kevin Shwedo, Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, during an extensive review of data related to the state’s new Voter I.D. law. “Director Shwedo’s research has revealed evidence that over nine hundred deceased people appear to have ‘voted’ in recent elections in South Carolina,” said Wilson. “This is an alarming number, and clearly necessitates an investigation into potential criminal activity. I have asked SLED Chief Keel to review Director Shwedo’s research.” In his letter…
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Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that the State of South Carolina and Governor Nikki Haley have filed motions to both allow the State’s immigration law to take effect on January 1, 2012, as scheduled, and to halt further hearings in the matter until the United States Supreme Court issues a ruling on Arizona’s law. The two laws are nearly identical. The motions, filed today by Attorney General Wilson on behalf of both defendants, ask “that Act 69 of 2011 be allowed to take effect in January as scheduled.” The motions explain, “To say that this case before the Supreme…
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Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that Jamey Busbee, 30, of 118 Bluefield Court in Lexington, South Carolina, was arrested on November 9, 2011, in an Internet Predator case investigated by the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office.
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Attorney General Alan Wilson and Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile announced today that the South Carolina State Grand Jury has indicted fifteen (15) individuals for their involvement in criminal gang activity. The gang, known as “Gasgsta Disciples,” is an organization aligned with the “Folk Nation.”
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