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Connecticut A Part Of Interstate Coalition That Stopped $100 Million Scammer

By • Mar 4, 2021
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong
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Connecticut and 38 other states have reached a settlement with a fake charity network that ran a robocall scam. The scam squeezed over $100 million from people nationwide between 2016 and 2019. The states worked with the Federal Trade Commission to end the scam.

Connecticut AG Launches Investigation Into Embattled State Port Authority

By Brian Scott-Smith • Mar 1, 2021
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong
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Connecticut’s Attorney General’s Office has launched an investigation into the Connecticut Port Authority after the State Auditor’s Office received two whistleblower reports about the agency from 2019 in regards to a $500,000 fee the agency paid to a consultant.

Judge Grants Sentencing Delay For Convicted Former Bridgeport Police Chief

By • Feb 9, 2021
Bridgeport Police Chief Armando "A.J." Perez leaves the Brien McMahon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse out a back door on Thursday in Bridgeport, Conn. Perez was arrested Thursday on federal charges that he rigged the police chief hiring process.
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A federal judge has agreed to extend sentencing to April for former Bridgeport police chief A.J. Perez, who pled guilty in a fraud case last year. The judge also extended sentencing for the city's former personnel David Dunn, who also pled guilty in the same case.

Perez also wants a court to make sure his guilty plea in a federal fraud case doesn’t affect his pension.

Connecticut To Receive $7.5 Million In McKinsey Opioid Settlement

By • Feb 4, 2021
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Connecticut will get $7.5 million as its share of a $573 million multi-state opioid abuse settlement with McKinsey and Company.

Convicted Ex-Bridgeport Personnel Director Asks To Keep Pension

By • Jan 29, 2021
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An attorney for ex-Bridgeport personnel director, David Dunn, asked to keep part of Dunn’s pension in a court filing this month. That’s after Dunn and ex-Police Chief Armando Perez pleaded guilty to FBI charges related to rigging a job search for police chief.

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