Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General - Tom Corbett

"Operation Cave-in" shuts underground meth lab

A total of 23 northwestern PA residents have been charged in connection with "Operation Cave-in," the break-up of a $1 million methamphetamine organization. Members of the drug ring used a sophisticated underground lab to produce large quantities of meth for distribution and sale in Venango, Mercer and other counties across the region.

Lehigh Co. man arrested in senior fraud case

An Allentown-area insurance agent has been charged with stealing more than $676,000 from senior across Eastern and Central PA in a wide-reaching fraud case.

Expanded gun violence education program launched

A new gun violence education program, created by the Office of Attorney General, was launched recently in Lancaster. Called "Think Again: Gun Violence and Straw Purchasing," the program is designed to educate teens and adults about the dangers of gun violence and the effects of straw purchasing - buying weapons for criminals.

Consumers warned about aggressive financial scams

Attorney General Tom Corbett cautioned Pennsylvania consumers to be wary of aggressive financial scams, including scam artists pretending to be contacting family members on behalf of relatives who have been injured or arrested. Consumers have also been targeted by a growing number of counterfeit check, sweepstakes and long-distance telephone scams.

$2.3 million judgment in real estate fraud case

A Pittsburgh man has been ordered to pay $2.3 million to consumers victimized in a large-scale real estate and mortgage fraud case.

International puppy scams target PA consumers

Pennsylvania consumers are being urged to be wary of scam artists using the Internet to offer puppies to Americans interested in purchasing or 'rescuing' them. "Using convincing ads or sympathetic stories, these scam artists are trying to convince consumers to send them money for non-existent dogs," Corbett said.

Registered sex-offender, retired pastor and teacher included in recent Internet predator arrests

A wave of recent arrests by the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit include a registered sex-offender from Florida, a retired pastor from the Allentown area, a heating and air conditioning technician from the Philadelphia area and a science teacher from suburban Pittsburgh. Since January of 2005, the Child Predator Unit has arrested 164 Internet predators from across Pennsylvania and several other states.

PA seniors targeted by "sympathy" phone scam

Consumers are being warned about a financial scam involving callers pretending to be relatives involved in traffic accidents in Canada.

Abbott Labs pays $6.95 million in drug pricing case

Attorney General Tom Corbett has reached a $6.95 million settlement with Illinois-based Abbott Labs, which had been accused of artificially inflating the price of drugs purchased by state drug programs. The money is being returned to PA's Medicaid program, the PACE prescription program for seniors and other state-funded programs.