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12/28/1998
PAIR SENTENCED IN MEDICAID FRAUD SCHEME

12/17/1998
FEDERAL AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT SNARE HUNDREDS OF TELEMARKETERS IN NATIONWIDE UNDERCOVER OPERATION

12/10/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL BAKER ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT WITH HASBRO IN ANTITRUST PROBE

11/20/1998
STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL THURBERT BAKER REGARDING GEORGIA'S TOBACCO LITIGATION

11/13/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL THURBERT E. BAKER ANNOUNCES $4.5 MILLION CIVIL MEDICAID SETTLEMENT WITH EMORY MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION

11/03/1998
MAY DEPARTMENT STORES TO PAY $22 MILLLION FOR IMPROPER DEBT COLLECTIONS FROM CONSUMERS IN BANKRUPTCY

10/20/1998
SENATOR RALPH DAVID ABERNATHY III INDICTED BY FULTON GRAND JURY

10/15/1998
THREE INDICTED IN DEKALB COUNTY FOR MEDICAID FRAUD

10/15/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL BAKER JOINS FTC AND SEVEN ATTORNEYS GENERAL SEEKING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION TO REQUIRE MARKETER OF "DO-IT-YOURSELF" TERMITE BAIT SYSTEM TO CHANGE ITS ADS

10/09/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES GUILTY PLEA IN MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA FRAUD CASE

10/08/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES GUILTY PLEA IN TIMBER FRAUD CASE

09/22/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL OBTAINS INDICTMENTS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AGAINST TAX COMMISSIONER AND OWNER OF CAR DEALERSHIP

09/21/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL RECOVERS FUNDS FROM "CAMPUS CARD" SCHEME

09/16/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUES DECISION STRENGTHENING GEORGIA'S OPEN MEETINGS LAW

09/16/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S LETTER ADDRESSING AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY OPEN MEETINGS QUESTION

09/15/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL WINS APPEAL IN SECURITIES FRAUD CASE

09/11/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES SENTENCING IN DEKALB TELEMARKETING SCHEME

09/11/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL REVISES LIST OF STATES ENTITLED TO GEORGIA'S FIREARM LICENSE RECIPROCITY

09/10/1998
MACON PSYCHIATRIST SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT FOR MEDICAID FRAUD

09/01/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL THURBERT BAKER PARTICIPATES IN AWARD CEREMONY FOR GRANTS TO FIGHT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

09/01/1998
DUNWOODY PSYCHOLOGIST AND MABLETON ENTREPRENEUR SENTENCED ON MEDICAID FRAUD

08/17/1998
DUNWOODY PSYCHOLOGIST AND MABLETON ENTREPRENEUR CONVICTED OF MEDICAID FRAUD

08/14/1998
SIX FAMILY MEMBERS PLEAD GUILTY TO MEDICAID FRAUD AND CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE STATE

08/13/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL BAKER ANNOUNCES PAYMENT OF $310,000 INSTALLMENT IN CIRCLE K SETTLEMENT

08/07/1998
BAKER ANNOUNCES MULTI-STATE CONSUMER SETTLEMENT

08/05/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL WINS REVERSAL IN $2 MILLION CASE

07/10/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL BAKER ANNOUNCES WAYNE WILLIAMS' CONVICTIONS UPHELD

06/26/1998
ATLANTA BUSINESS OWNER PLEADS GUILTY

06/23/1998
MACON PSYCHIATRIST PLEADS GUILTY

06/04/1998
INFORMATION ON THE SCHEDULED EXECUTION OF DAVID LOOMIS CARGILL

06/03/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES INDICTMENT OF FORMER STATE SECURITIES INVESTIGATOR

05/21/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCED SENTENCES ON DEKALB MEDICAID FRAUD DEFENDANTS

04/14/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CONSUMER PROTECTION BILL SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR

04/14/1998
BAKER ANNOUNCES FELONY MEDICAID FRAUD CONVICTIONS IN DEKALB COUNTY

03/09/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL OBTAINS GUILTY PLEA OF GAINESVILLE DOCTOR FOR MEDICAID FRAUD

02/23/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL OBTAINS FELONY CONVICTION IN TIMBER FRAUD CASE

02/20/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL OBTAINS 30-YEAR SENTENCE IN MEDICAID FRAUD CASE

02/19/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES CONSUMER SETTLEMENT

02/17/1998
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. TO PAY IN EXCESS OF $7.5 MILLION AS PART OF MULTI-STATE SETTLEMENT FOR IMPROPER DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES

02/16/1998
NATIONSBANK AND ATTORNEY GENERAL RESOLVE ANDERSON CASE

02/10/1998
FORMER ATLANTA BUSINESSWOMAN CONVICTED OF MEDICAID FRAUD IN GLYNN COUNTY

02/06/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL BAKER'S BILL INTRODUCED STRENGTHENING ENFORCEMENT OF OPEN MEETINGS, OPEN RECORDS LAWS

01/30/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL PROSECUTES SALES TAX VIOLATOR

01/30/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL REVISES LIST OF STATES ENTITLED TO GEORGIA'S FIREARM LICENSE RECIPROCITY

01/27/1998
BAKER'S LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY Attorney General's Domestic Violence, Consumer Fraud Bills Introduced in Senate Today

01/22/1998
BAKER ANNOUNCES COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO SELECT TOBACCO ATTORNEYS

01/13/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANNOUNCE CONVICTION FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATIONS IN COWETA COUNTY

01/08/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANNOUNCE INDICTMENT FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATIONS IN COWETA COUNTY

01/08/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL THURBERT BAKER UNVEILS LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CONSUMERS

01/06/1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL THURBERT BAKER PROMOTES LEGISLATION TO CURB DOMESTIC VIOLENCE