Category: Ohio Attorney General

AG Yost’s Health Care Fraud Section Earns National Recognition for Its Effectiveness

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — A specialized team of Medicaid fraud investigators and prosecutors within Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office has been named the top...

2022 Ohio Attorney General’s Two Days in May Conference “A Celebration of Resiliency”

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – The 2022 Two Days in May conference (TDIM) for crime victim advocates returns to an in-person gathering after a two-year hiatus...

AG Yost Secures $5 Million for Ohioans Deceived by TurboTax

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has secured $5 million for Ohio consumers who were deceived by the maker of TurboTax software...

Ohio Governor DeWine Awards $3.7 Million to Help Law Enforcement Combat Violence

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today awarded more than $3.7 million to 21 local law enforcement agencies to help them strategically combat violence in...

On Earth Day, AG Yost Showcases Successes of Environmental Team in Special Report

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Mention the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, and many Ohioans are likely to think of its consumer protection efforts, the fight to...

Attorney General Yost Opens Application Process for Drug Use Prevention Grants for Next School Year

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is accepting applications for $2.66 million in grant funding for local law enforcement agencies to provide...

Judge Puts the Screws to Northeast Ohio Home-Improvement Contractor

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — A longtime home-improvement contractor who deceived dozens of his customers and then repeatedly flouted a judge’s injunction has been held in...

2021 Capital Crimes Report Issued by Attorney General Yost

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today issued the 2021 Capital Crimes Annual Report, which includes information and a procedural history on each...

AG Yost Expands Advanced Training for Police Officers by Offering Classes Close to Home

Burton and Twinsburg, OH - The Ohio Attorney General recently announced Kent State University and its College of Applied and Technical Studies (CATS) joins four other...

AG Yost Provides Nationally Recognized School Threat Assessment Training

Money Still Available for Schools and Officers (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — An effective way of dealing with school violence is to stop it before it happens,...

AG Yost Releases the 2022 ‘Yellow Book,’ Celebrates Government Transparency

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — As part of his continuing efforts to promote government transparency, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today released the 2022 edition of...

Grant Funding Available for ‘John Schools’

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Organizations interested in developing or expanding a sex buyer education program – commonly called a “john school” – are encouraged to...

AG Wilson Announces Plan to Bolster Ohio’s Fight Against Romance Scams Targeting Older Adults

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson today revealed plans for a statewide initiative to enhance Ohio's response to romance scams and similar...

Six Medicaid Providers Facing Fraud, Theft Charges

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Indictments filed this month by the office of Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson accuse six Medicaid providers of stealing a combined...

Stark County Man, Nonprofit Indicted in Theft of Charitable Donations

(CANTON, Ohio) — A Stark County man and his nonprofit organization have been indicted for allegedly stealing approximately $375,000 in charitable donations over three...

Illegal Dumping Investigation Yields Three Indictments in Northeast Ohio

(AKRON, Ohio) — A Summit County grand jury this week indicted two men and a junk-removal business in connection with illegal dumping in Copley Township, Attorney...

Former FirstEnergy Executives Reindicted on Public Corruption Charges

(AKRON, Ohio) — Two former FirstEnergy executives have been reindicted for their alleged roles in the House Bill 6 scandal involving the Akron-based electric utility, Ohio Attorney...