OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Natural Gas (ONG) customers will see lower bills during the new year after the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) today voted in favor of an order that determines how the company will return money to customers from the 2017 federal tax cuts.
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January 8, 2019
January 4, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced the Department of Defense (DOD) and NextEra Energy have again extended the deadline to reach a mitigation plan on a wind farm along a route of airspace the military uses for training.
NextEra has been authorized to proceed with construction on turbines that have been approved by the FAA.
January 4, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced for-profit education company Career Education Corporation (CEC) will forgo collecting more than $2.2 million in student loan debt from 1,131 Oklahomans as part of a national settlement.
In total, the company will forgive over $493.6 million to 179,529 students from 48 states and the District of Columbia. The only two states not included in the settlement are California and New York.
January 4, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY – A husband and wife duo who were previously charged with 115-counts of Medicaid fraud by a federal grand jury have been sentenced to prison and have been ordered to pay $268,796.70 in restitution to the state’s Medicaid program.
December 28, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced a settlement agreement has been reached with Wells Fargo Bank that addresses the bank’s account scandal and business practices that date as far back as 2009.
As part of the settlement, Wells Fargo will pay $575 million to 50 states and the District of Columbia. The bank will also create and implement a consumer redress review program, where customers who have not been made whole through other restitution programs can seek a review for possible relief.
December 19, 2018
Defendants to pay more than $820,000 to victims
December 18, 2018
Strides being made on untested Oklahoma rape kits
By The Oklahoman Editorial Board | Published: Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018
December 13, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter’s Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence (SAFE) Task Force today marked a major milestone in the continued effort to reform how the state deals with untested sexual assault evidence kits.
A sexual assault evidence kit, also known as a rape kit, is a forensic exam used to collect evidence from a victim of sexual assault. The procedure is performed by a medical professional and is voluntary for victims.
December 10, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today joined a bipartisan coalition of 43 attorneys general in asking the Social Security Administration (SSA) to comply with a new provision of federal law that aims to protect consumers from synthetic identity theft.
Earlier this year, Congress passed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, which requires the SSA to develop a database to facilitate the verification of a consumer’s information when requested by a certified financial institution with the consumer’s consent.
December 4, 2018
Settlement includes reformed debt buying, collecting practices
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced 266 Oklahomans, who were victims of Midland Funding, LLC.’s debt-buying scheme, will receive $327,437 in credit as part of a nationwide settlement.