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Mo. service dog firm ordered to refund customers 
A mid-Missouri company and its owner have been ordered to stop providing service dogs for people with diabetes. The Jefferson City News Tribune reports Wednesday that Heaven Scent Paws, of St. Elizabeth, also was ordered by a trial judge to pay more than $190,000 for restitution. The Missouri attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit in 2008 against [...]
Continue reading...Pharm companies settle with state over cholesterol medication
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Missouri will receive $1.2 million of a multistate settlement against pharmaceutical companies Abbott Laboratories and Fournier. The lawsuit filed by 23 states and the District of Columbia alleged the companies had conspired to thwart generic competition of it cholesterol medication TriCor. Under the settlement, Missouri will receive $1.2 million, for overcharges to Missouri’s Medicaid program and costs [...]
Continue reading...State collects record amount in Medicaid fraud cases this year
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The state obtained a record amount this year in pursuing Medicaid fraud. Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit collected $81.6 million in 2009 – that’s more than double the previous record of $33.6 million set last year. The Medicaid unit has been operating for 15 years. The unit worked on [...]
Continue reading...State to get $75K for no-call violations
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
A California telemarketing company will pay the state of Missouri $75,000 for making solicitation calls to Missourians whose names are on the state’s no-call list. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that he reached an assurance of voluntary compliance with Credexx Corp. based in Ivine, Calif. Credexx, doing business as Auto One Warranty Specialists, made [...]
Continue reading...State to get $45,000 from settlement with Vonage
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Missouri will receive $45,000 from Vonage as part of a multistate settlement with the Internet-based phone service provider. The settlement also puts in place a broad restitution plan requiring Vonage to make refunds to eligible consumers who filed or will file unresolved complaints regarding unauthorized charges from January 2004 through March 16, 2010. Attorney General Chris Koster [...]
Continue reading...AG reminds sex offenders to follow Halloween law
Friday, October 30, 2009
Attorney General Chris Koster today reminded Missourians that a 2008 law requiring special actions on Halloween by registered sex offenders is in effect, despite recent legal challenges. According to Koster, on Halloween registered sex offenders must: Avoid all Halloween-related contact with children. Remain inside his or her residence between the hours of 5 and 10:30 p.m. unless required [...]
Continue reading...Koster sues telemarketers over no-call law
Monday, October 19, 2009
Attorney General Chris Koster has sued two Florida telemarketing companies for allegedly violating Missouri’s no-call law. Summer Bay Sales & Marketing of Clearmont, Fla., and Tele Secure International of Pompano Beach, Fla., made repetitive and harassing phone calls to Missourians who were on the state’s no-call list telling them they won a free trip and soliciting [...]
Continue reading...Second Injury Fund faces trouble
Thursday, October 1, 2009
The Missouri Attorney General’s office says it will no longer settle new cases from the Second Injury Fund. In a brief memo issued to attorneys yesterday, the AG’s office said “effective immediately, unless an offer has been previously accepted, all Second Injury Fund offers are withdrawn.” No further explanation was given in the memo. In a statement [...]
Continue reading...AG to collect $35,000 from robocall telemarketer
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Two St. Louis-area telemarketers will pay the state $35,000 for violating Missouri’s no-call law, Attorney General Chris Koster said today. In May, Koster sued SJS Investments, doing business as Equity One Mortgage in St. Peters, and A&J Mortgage Brokers Inc., in Hillsboro. The businesses made robocall telephone solicitations to no-call subscribers in attempts to sell home [...]
Continue reading...Pharmacy owner to pay $3.9 million to settle Medicaid fraud case
Thursday, August 13, 2009
A pharmacy owner will pay more than $3.9 million to settle a Medicaid fraud case against him, the attorney general’s office said today. Noel R. Botsch owns Special Design Health Care, based in Cape Girardeau. The specialty business provides in-home pharmacy services. The money he will pay to resolve the fraud allegations will be split among [...]
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- Koster creates group to review domestic violence laws
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- Columbia man’s claim of innocence must wait
- Husband of Springfield bar leader succumbs to cancer
- Jury opt-outs lead to new trial
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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