Eric T. Schneiderman

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• Officials: Cigarette smuggling ring busted

  network that supplied city stores with millions of untaxed cigarettes from Virginia , New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said Thursday. The NYPD and state investigators are looking into possible links between the ring and terrorist groups   Read more »

• AG: Nursing home aides indicted after photographing residents

  photographing 11 residents of three Suffolk County nursing homes without their knowledge or consent, state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said Wednesday. David Rover, 25, and Thomas Mocera, 23, were each charged with felony unlawful surveillance counts,   Read more »

• Attorney general subpoenas 7 Nassau offices including Mangano amid Sandy probe

  probe into debris-removal contracts related to superstorm Sandy, officials confirmed.Besides Mangano, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman 's office delivered subpoenas to the offices of Comptroller George Maragos, the county legislature, the clerk of the legislature,   Read more »

• NY to sue: Banks violated mortgage settlement

  York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman plans to sue Wells Fargo and Bank of America for alleged violations of the national mortgage settlement, he announced Monday. Schneiderman said his office has documented 339 instances where the banks failed   Read more »

• Louis Gaudio, Yonkers pet store owner, settles with state over 'inhumane' conditions

  be required to change its treatment of its animals under the settlement, announced Wednesday by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman .The attorney general announced the agreement as part of what he called a new Animal Protection Initiative his office is   Read more »

Around the web

• Bank of America praised, criticized for homeowner relief

  accolades were striking in light of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's allegations that Bank of America, as well as Wells Fargo, has failed to help struggling homeowners under the agreement. Schneiderman was one of 49 attorneys general to negotiate 1:00 AM from Mortgage Lender Implode-o-meter Read more »

• Beware Medical Alert Device Scams

  York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged New Yorkers be aware of various scam targeting senior citizens with robo-calls advising that they have been approved for medical alert equipment at no charge. The messages generally use scare tactics to induce 5/23/13 from Wave of Long Island Read more »

• Man arrested in mix-up by AG’s office

  Hunter, 35, was arrested in February during a cocaine sweep conducted by the Office of the New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, accused of being a low-level dealer. To make matters worse for him, he was arrested at his job at Time Warner Cable, 5/23/13 from Fox 23 New York Read more »

• Surprise: Iowa AG heaps praise on Bank of America

  thereof) with the national mortgage settlement has been unrelentingly negative. The news that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was threatening to sue the bank, along with mortgage leader Wells Fargo, was a blow, given that Bank of America has struggled   from Fierce Finance Read more »

• Schneiderman announces $75 million settlement with Penguin Group Inc. to resolve e-book price-fixing allegations

  release) New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on Wednesday joined 32 other states in announcing an antitrust settlement with Penguin Group (USA) Inc. According to a news release from Schneiderman's office: The settlement requires Penguin to   from WKBW News 7 Buffalo NY Read more »