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ATTORNEY GENERAL THURBERT BAKER ANNOUNCES VERDICT IN FORMER STATE COMMISSIONER RETIREMENT BENEFIT TRIAL
July 19, 2001
Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that a verdict has been reached in the trial of former Department of Administrative Services Commissioner Dorothy Roach.
Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker Announces Preliminary Approval of Settlement in National Pharmaceutical Lawsuit; Process of Notifying Affected Consumers to Begin
April 30, 2001
In conjunction with attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Thomas F.
Baker Announces Sentence of Former University of Georgia Accountant in Postal Scheme
March 19, 2001
Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker announced this morning that former University of Georgia accountant R. Wayne Nobles entered a plea of guilty today to 13 counts of theft by taking and one count of criminal attempt.
ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES $22 MILLION JUDGMENT IN CONSUMER FRAUD TRIAL
March 9, 2001
Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that a DeKalb County judge this morning returned a $22 million judgment against two defendants in a scheme to bilk consumers out of money by enticing them with the promise of winning monetary prizes
ATTORNEY GENERAL THURBERT BAKER ANNOUNCES $100 MILLION CONSUMER SETTLEMENT WITH MAJOR DRUG MANUFACTURER. FINAL SETTLEMENT REACHED IN PRICE-FIXING CASE INVOLVING DRUGS TO TREAT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND OTHER ILLNESSES.
February 1, 2001
Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that Georgia, along with all other states and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), entered into a $100 million settlement with Mylan Laboratories.
Dr. Michael Kell Convicted Of Medicaid Fraud For Providing Medically Unnecessary Treatments At Methadone Clinic
January 18, 2001
Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced that today Judge Alice Bonner of the Fulton County Superior Court found Michael J. Kell, M.D., guilty of conspiracy to defraud the State, Medicaid fraud, false writings, and three counts of tax evasion.
FORMER CLAYTON COUNTY CORONER MARSHALL NEWSOME SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
November 30, 2000
Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced that former Clayton County Coroner Marshall Newsome was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia by Judge Willis Hunt.
ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES $22 MILLION JUDGMENT IN CONSUMER FRAUD TRIAL
October 20, 2000
Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that a DeKalb County jury this afternoon returned a $1.8 million verdict against two defendants in a scheme to bilk consumers out of money by enticing them with the promise of winning monetary prize
ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES INDICTMENT IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD THE GEORGIA LOTTERY
October 13, 2000
Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that a grand jury in Fulton County has returned an indictment against Harvey Collier, a former retailer for the Georgia Lottery, in a scheme to steal Georgia lottery tickets.