2011 News Release Index

News Releases - December 2011

December 20 - Former office manager for personal care agency pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud

December 14 - Chesterfield man pleads guilty to production of child pornography

December 6 - Thomas Haynesworth exonerated after 27 years, attorney general announces

To view a PDF of the Court of Appeals of Virginia's order, please click here

December 5 - Powhatan man pleads guilty to production of child pornography

December 2 - Woodbridge woman sentenced to 51 months for defrauding Medicaid of nearly $1 million

News Releases - November 2011

November 21 - Henrico County man receives 10 years imprisonment for possession of child pornography

November 19 - Attorney general and Richmond leaders hold crime prevention community clean-up day

November 14 - Animal Welfare Institute awards national Schweitzer Medal to Virginia assistant attorney general

November 11 - Attorney general and 700 attendees thank veterans at Amelia’s annual Veterans Day Celebration

November 10 - Attorney general teaches 550 Petersburg high school students about the importance of law

November 1 - Attorney General Cuccinelli testifies to U.S. House today on harmful economic effects of EPA rule on electric utility customers, jobs

News Releases - October 2011

October 29 - Attorney General Cuccinelli talks eminent domain abuses, property rights at NAACP event

October 27 - Attorney General Cuccinelli hosts national training seminar on health care fraud and elder abuse

October 27 - Attorney General Cuccinelli to Virginia teens: "Stop the texts and stop the wrecks"

October 18 - AG Cuccinelli responds to EPA in court, underscoring agency's improper conduct in greenhouse gases ruling

October 18 - Attorney General Cuccinelli teaches Norfolk teens criminal law basics

October 17 - Chesterfield County man sentenced to 44 years in prison for possession of child pornography

October 14 - Attorney General Cuccinelli applauds EPA for stopping alleged Chesapeake Bay polluter

October 5 - Statement of Attorney General Cuccinelli on EPA internal investigation showing agency failed to follow its own rules to conclude greenhouse gases are a danger to human health

October 4 - Attorney general recognizes October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month

News Releases - September 2011

September 30 - Attorney General teaches Fairfax teens criminal law basics

September 30 - Virginia’s petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its suit against the federal health care law (pdf)

September 30 - Cuccinelli to file appeal today to U.S. Supreme Court in health care lawsuit

September 22 - Former Richmond sheriff deputy pleads guilty to possession of child pornography

September 20 - Cuccinelli premieres anti-gang video, 'The Big Lie: Unmasking the Truth about Gangs' -Media reel available-

September 19 - Attorney General Cuccinelli to address graduates of National Criminal Justice Command College

September 9 - Woodbridge Woman Convicted of Defrauding Medicaid of Nearly $1 Million

September 8 - Cuccinelli expresses disappointment in Fourth Circuit’s ruling in health care case

News Releases -- August 2011

August 31 - Attorneys general to Backpage.com: prove you are fighting human trafficking

August 25 - Attorney General Cuccinelli helps law enforcement across commonwealth target and prosecute human trafficking

August 25 - Attorney General Cuccinelli sues Chesapeake-based mortgage modification company

August 25 - Attorney General Cuccinelli announces settlement and permanent injunction against third mortgage loan modification company

August 18 - Statement of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on the execution of Jerry Jackson

August 16 - Two Men Indicted for 2005 Robbery and Murder of Richmond Convenience Store Clerk

August 12 - Statement from Attorney General Cuccinelli on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on the federal health care law

August 11 - Statement from the Virginia attorney general’s office on the Bank of New York Mellon lawsuit

News Releases -- July 2011

July 29 - Attorney general's senior appellate counsel elected to Court of Appeals of Virginia

July 18 - Attorney General Cuccinelli announces resolution with Virginia Beach-based mortgage loan modification company

July 18 - Attorney General Cuccinelli issues legal opinion that law allows tax exemption for many disabled veterans

July 14 - Former Attorney Arrested for Theft of Client's Identity

July 14 - Group Indicted for Contraband Cigarette Trafficking

News Releases -- June 2011

June 23 - Attorney General’s office receives national recognition for second year in a row for its work before U.S. Supreme Court

June 21 - Attorney general and Richmond police open new community resource center aimed at supporting youth and preventing gang crime

June 17 - Justice Department approves new Virginia voting districts

June 8 - Newport News Bloods gang leader sentenced to life plus 237 years for gang crimes

June 8 - Henrico man pleads guilty to distribution of child pornography; sentenced to seven years

June 3 - MS-13 Members Sentenced for Racketeering Acts Including Attempted Murder, Extortion

News Releases -- May 2011

May 26 - Virginians slain serving in Global War on Terrorism commemorated today in Richmond with military flyover, roll call of fallen heroes

May 16 - Attorney General Cuccinelli and Troutman Sanders award scholarships to outstanding high school students living in at-risk Richmond neighborhoods

May 10 - Attorney General Cuccinelli seeks pre-clearance approval of new General Assembly district lines under the Voting Rights Act of 1965

May 10 - AG reacts to Fourth Circuit appeal hearing regarding Virginia’s challenge to federal health care act

May 9 - Virginia legal community 'throws the book' at hunger by raising more than 1.6 million pounds of food through Legal Food Frenzy campaign

May 6 - 9500 pounds of unused prescription drugs collected statewide Saturday in effort to keep them out of Virginia’s waterways and out of hands of abusers

May 5 - Attorney General Cuccinelli announces settlement with Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery over alleged debt collection abuses

May 4 - Last South Side Loco gang member sentenced to prison for attacks on two teens

May 3 - Richmond Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Orchestrating Multi-Million Dollar Rehabilitation Tax Credit Scheme

News Releases -- April 2011

Apr. 29 - Attorney General Cuccinelli joins South Carolina, other AGs to ask national labor board to cease threat to “right-to-work” states

Apr. 29 - Attorney General Cuccinelli says federal agency is overstepping authority with aggressive directives to slow mining

Apr. 27 - Attorney General hosts event to bring awareness to sexual violence against children during Sexual Violence Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month

Apr. 27 - Statement of Attorney General Cuccinelli on the Virginia Tech appeal to the U.S. Department of Education sanction regarding the mass shootings of April 16, 2007

Apr. 25 - Statement from Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to expedite Virginia's lawsuit against the federal health care law

Apr. 19 - Attorney general’s office raises 104,600 pounds of food
for Central Virginia Food Bank

Apr. 14 - Attorney General Cuccinelli’s Drug Take-Back Task Force helps localities keep prescription drugs out of the environment, out of the hands of abusers

Apr. 13 - Northern Virginia gang members sentenced to prison for sexual assault and gang participation

Apr. 12 - Attorney General Cuccinelli pleased that Supreme Court overturns Cunningham rape conviction

Apr. 11 - Statement on the attorney general’s official opinion on the carrying of guns in places of worship

Apr. 8 - AG Ken Cuccinelli Wins National Award

Apr. 6 - Attorney General Cuccinelli warns Virginians to be vigilant about identity theft in wake of massive data breach

Apr. 2 - Attorney General Cuccinelli and Petersburg leaders host crime prevention community clean-up day

News Releases -- March 2011

Mar. 31 - Attorney General Cuccinelli begins review of APCo rate case filing

Mar. 31 - Attorney General Cuccinelli announces conviction of Chesterfield man on 22 child pornography offenses

Mar. 18 - Attorney General Cuccinelli applauds Parole and Conditional Release to Thomas Haynesworth

Mar. 17 - Attorney General Cuccinelli Announces Initial Investigative Meeting concerning the 2010 Montgomery County Election

Mar. 14 - Attorney General Cuccinelli warns Virginians about potential charity scams for Japanese earthquake and tsunami assistance

Mar. 10 - Health Care of Virginia, Owner and Two Employees Indicted

Mar. 6 - Attorney General Cuccinelli warns Virginians about mortgage foreclosure rescue scams, other fraud during National Consumer Protection Week

Mar. 2 - Shenandoah County gang member pleads guilty to rape, felony street gang participation

Mar. 2 - Attorney General Cuccinelli’s statement on today’s Supreme Court decision in Westboro Baptist First Amendment case

News Releases -- February 2011

Feb. 23 - Attorney General Cuccinelli joins Richmond law enforcement to lower gang membership and raise hope in youth

Feb. 22 - Attorney General Cuccinelli statement on passage of property rights amendment in the Virginia Senate

Feb. 22 - Loudoun woman charged in $50 million mortgage fraud scheme extradited from Turkey

Feb. 17 - Statement on Lamar Advertising and Virginia ABC - alcohol ads on billboards

Feb. 16. - Attorney General Cuccinelli congratulates Chief Justice Cynthia D. Kinser on becoming Commonwealth’s first female chief justice

Feb. 16 - Attorney General Cuccinelli’s testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on constitutionality of health insurance mandate

Feb. 9 - Attorney General Cuccinelli issues statement on the passing of Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell

Feb. 9 - The petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to expedite the health care lawsuit

Feb. 7 - Attorney General Cuccinelli disappointed in SCC ruling over Dominion Power rate settlement

Feb. 3 - Attorney General Cuccinelli announces he will seek expedited review of Virginia health care lawsuit in the Supreme Court

Feb. 2 - MS-13 Leader Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder and Extortion Racketeering Activity

Feb. 1 - Colonial Heights man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography; sentenced to two years imprisonment

News Releases -- January 2011

Jan. 31 - Roanoke Man Sentenced on Child Porn Charge

Jan. 31 - Moneta Man Sentenced on Child Porn Charge

Jan. 28 - Attorney General Cuccinelli warns of new online“Tabnabbing” scam on National Data Privacy Day

Jan. 27 - Virginia statewide residential electric utility rates comparison, Jan. 2011-2012
     Legend:
     IOU = Investor-owned utility
     Co-op = Electric Cooperative
     Muni = Municipal utility

Jan. 26 - Fourth Circuit court expedites hearing of Virginia’s health care lawsuit

Jan. 24 - Richmond Man Pleads Guilty for Orchestrating Multi-Million Dollar Rehabilitation Tax Credit Scheme

Jan. 20 - Attorney General and Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority open community resource center aimed at supporting youth and preventing crime

Jan. 20 - Attorney General Cuccinelli helps protect seniors from scam artists in Caroline County

Jan. 18- Attorney General announces support for legislation to clarify Virginia’s gambling laws

Jan. 13 - Attorney General Cuccinelli announces additional $75 million credit to Dominion customers from proposed extension to 2010 rate settlement

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