Illinois accuses Nationwide Title Clearing of robosigning
The attorney general in Illinois on Thursday sued a mortgage document firm and said it filed "faulty" documents with local governments in a rush to process mortgages and foreclosures.
Chicago Tribune, February 2, 2012
Read More...Madigan offers business tips to protect consumer information
Attorney General Lisa Madigan today released a 2012 guide for Illinois businesses to better protect consumers’ personal information and help prevent identity theft.
Woodford Times, January 30, 2012
Read More...State investigation: ComEd should pay for outages
Prolonged outages that at one point left more than 800,000 people in Northern Illinois without power during last summer's storms were not unpreventable acts of God, but were caused by years of neglect of equipment and lack of tree-trimming by ComEd, according to a report from the Illinois Attorney General's office.
Chicago Tribune, January 28, 2012
Read More...Lisa Madigan sues S&P for role in housing market meltdown
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s claiming the credit ratings agency fraudulently gave high ratings to risky mortgage-backed investments in the years prior to the 2008 housing market crash.
Chicago Sun-Times, January 25, 2012
Read More...Madigan suing Westwood College
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against Westwood College, accusing the for-profit school of deceptive marketing.
ABC Chicago, January 18, 2012
Read More...Illinois attorney general's office plans to sue Westwood College
The Illinois attorney general's office is lashing out at Westwood College, which has four Chicago-area campuses, claiming the institution misleads students enrolled in its criminal justice program, putting them deep in debt and saddling them with a nearly worthless degree for pursuing careers in Illinois law enforcement.
Chicago Tribune, January 18, 2012
Read More...Synthetic marijuana seized in Vermilion
Authorities seized almost 2,000 packages of synthetic marijuana from stores throughout the state, including four in Vermilion County, in three undercover operations conducted last month by the Illinois attorney general's office and local law enforcement agencies.
The News-Gazette, January 16, 2012
Read More...Madigan: 2011 Consumer complaints show debt collectors Using Illegal, Abusive Tactics
Attorney General Lisa Madigan today released her list of the top 10 consumer complaints for 2011, revealing that consumer debt was the upmost concern among Illinoisans.
Decatur Tribune, January 11, 2012
Read More...Madigan: Employee stole $1 million from Wirtz Beverage
A 48-year-old Rockford-area woman is accused of stealing more than $1 million over six years from Schaumburg-based Wirtz Beverage, a liquor wholesaler and distributor run by Chicago Blackhawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz.
Daily Herald, January 6, 2012
Read More...Madigan, U.S. DOJ Reach $335 Million Settlement with Countrywide/Bank of America Over Discriminatory Lending
Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced a $335 million joint settlement with Countrywide, a subsidiary of Bank of America, over allegations that the former mortgage giant steered African-American and Latino borrowers into risky subprime loans more often than similarly situated white borrowers and charged them more for their loans during the height of the nation’s housing boom.
