Press Releases: 1998

Richard H. Deane, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia; Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General for the State of Georgia; Ira T. Carle, Postal Inspector in Charge, U. S.

Washington, DC - A two and a half year operation, in which undercover agents taped telephone solicitations by telemarketers, has resulted in criminal charges against nearly 1,000 individuals, including the arrest of 40 telemarketers today, the Justice Department, FBI and National Association o

Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker announced today that on Friday, November 20, 1998, a settlement agreement was reached with Hasbro and signed by the Attorney General.

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Atlanta - Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker announced today that a Fulton County grand jury has returned a true bill of indictment charging Senator Ralph David Abernathy III with 35 felony counts relating to his office.

ATLANTA - Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker, in cooperation with the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs, has joined with the Federal Trade Commission and seven state attorneys general today seeking a preliminary injunction in U.S.

Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker and DeKalb County District Attorney J. Tom Morgan announced today that a DeKalb County Grand Jury has returned indictments against three individuals in a case involving alleged schemes of Medicaid fraud.

ATLANTA - Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker and District Attorney Danny Craig of the Augusta Judicial Circuit announced today that on October 8, 1998, Richard L.