Eric Schneiderman

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that his office recovered over $335 million for New York State in 2012 that had been improperly claimed through fraud or abuse in the Medicaid system. This was the second highest annual recovery total ever by the attorney general’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the highest recovery in seven years.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that his office has reached a $500,000 settlement with DirectBuy after an investigation revealed the buying club engaged in misleading and deceptive sales practices.

The State Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday a $2.4 million settlement with one of the nation’s largest medical waste disposal companies, Stericycle, Inc., for improperly overcharging nearly 1,000 New York government entities, including police and fire departments, rescue squads, schools, jails and hospitals across the state.

The Office of State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has posted information online detailing charitable donations raised for Hurricane Sandy relief.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Thursday the distribution of $2.25 million in two separate labor cases. In one case 306 current and former employees of Flat Rate Movers, a  multi-state moving and storage company with headquarters in New York City are being paid $1.13 million in restitution.

As part of Operation Game Over, a first-of-its-kind initiative to protect children from predators on online gaming networks, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that over 2,100 additional accounts of registered sex offenders have been purged from online gaming platforms.

Attorney general Eric Schneiderman has announced new disclosure requirements for non-profits that engage in electioneering.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday sued the owners of FWS, a Buffalo-based furniture retailer. The lawsuit is on the behalf of western New York consumers, who stand to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in advance payments they made to the company.

Following an undercover operation by the attorney general’s office, agreements have been made with two major gun show operators to implement new procedures at gun shows across the state.

Attorney general Eric Schneiderman announced Wednesday a settlement with Excellus BlueCross BlueShield requiring the insurance carrier to refund plan members who overpaid health care providers as a result of improper accounting of deductibles...