The Attorney General Alliance and Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan are excited to announce the 2021 FinTech Symposium to be held on October 6, 2021 in South Burlington, Vermont. The AGA symposium will kick off the NAAG Conference on the Surveillance Economy.

This event is open to AGA cybersecurity group members only. If you are are a current member interested in registering, or would like to become a member, please email Tegan White at TWhite@AGAlliance.org.

Since our inception in 2016, the Africa Alliance Partnership has trained African legal

officers and prosecutors in the investigation and prosecution of transnational crimes

including Human Trafficking, Money Laundering, Counterfeit Drugs, Cyber Crime, and

Wildlife Trafficking.

We are currently working with government partners in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria,

Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia, and are set to establish more partnerships

throughout Africa.

September 21 - 23, Malawi

Asset Forfeiture for Investigators and Prosecutors

September 22, South Africa

Producing Strategic Intelligence

The Asset Forfeiture Regime – Harnessing the necessary strategies and Skills for the effective recovery of tainted property

October 6 - 7, Malawi

Crimes Related to New Payment Methods

October 25, Kenya

Election Dispute Resolution and Hate Speech

If you are interested in joining us and sharing your expertise during a virtual training, please contact David Blake at David.Blake@AGAlliance.org or Lillian Mwaniki at Lillian.Mwaniki@Artikulatehq.Com.

New Mexico Attorney General Balderas announced a lawsuit, alleging that Rovio, the developer of "Angry Birds," knowingly collects and shares personal data from children under 13 that play the games, then uses the information to sell targeted advertising to those children.

California Attorney General Bonta's office took action against a healthcare company for knowingly billing Medicare and Medi-Cal for servicing ventilators that were no longer medically necessary. The settlement proposed the company must pay a total of $3.31 million for defrauding the government.

In Mississippi, Attorney General Fitch's office was instrumental in sentencing the former owner of a healthcare company on five counts of medicaid fraud related to over-billing and billing for services not rendered, totaling over $4 million in restitution.

Following an increase in power outages locally and nationally, Michigan Attorney General Nessel called upon her state's residents and businesses to provide more information on how these outages have effected and continue to effect them personally. Her office created an online feedback initiative to collect outage experiences, including information on each utility company, how long the outage lasted and the financial loss suffered. 

Arkansas Attorney General Rutledge filed a lawsuit against the owners of a local eye clinic, seeking $800,000 in restitution. The lawsuit alleges the defendants fraudulently billed the state's Medicaid Program for more than four years by falsifying documents.

In addition to the ongoing work of state Attorneys General, Georgia Attorney General Carr identified five key public safety issues that his office will continue to focus on in the coming months:

Human Trafficking

Gang Activity

Public Corruption

Opioids

Elder Abuse

E-cigarette use among high school students has increased dramatically since 2011.

Attorneys General are taking active roles in protecting young consumers from the harms of tobacco, by strengthening guidance, enforcement and banning the sale of certain related products.

This week, Illinois Attorney General Raoul applauded state Governor Pritzker for signing the Preventing Youth Vaping Act into a law.

A bipartisan group of Attorneys General from 31 states and territories, led by Attorneys General Wasden (ID), Raoul (IL), Peterson (NE), Stein (NC), James (NY) and Slatery (TN), urged the FDA to enact marketing restrictions on certain tobacco products that target young consumers. The proposed restrictions would deny approval for any product that would seemingly worsen America’s youth nicotine epidemic.

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR ONGOING SOCIAL JUSTICE & EQUITY INITIATIVES

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Do you have a webinar topic suggestion? We want to hear from you! Please email ideas to Andrea Friedman at AFriedman@AGAlliance.org.