Press Releases: 2015

On May 7, 2015, former Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) human resources director Donna Alexander pled guilty in Fulton County Superior Court to seven counts of False Statement and Writings (O.C.G.A. § 16-10-20).

Today, Gov. Nathan Deal signed Senate Bill 148, incorporating the Office of Consumer Protection into the Office of the Attorney General, effective July 1, 2015. Attorney General Olens released the following statement on the signing:

Attorney General Sam Olens announced on April 23, 2015, that the state of Georgia has reached a civil settlement agreement with Grady Health System (Grady).

On April 16, 2015, Attorney General Sam Olens announced that Georgia has reached an agreement with Doraville doctor Zheng Xiang Wang and the Wang Eye Clinic, P.C., to settle allegations that Dr. Wang billed Georgia Medicaid for medically unnecessary ophthalmology procedures.

Oscar Lee Benton, the owner of Benton Travel Group, has been sentenced by DeKalb Superior Court Judge Courtney Johnson to up to 10 days in jail and a $360,000 fine after the Attorney General's office took him to court for scamming customers and failing to refund the money he had been ordered to p

Attorney General Sam Olens announced today an addition to Georgia’s program of reciprocal recognition to firearms permit holders from other states. Legislation initially passed in 1996 allows Georgia to grant this privilege to citizens of states which recognize Georgia firearms permits.

Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens announced on March 19, 2015, that Georgia has joined the federal government, 48 states and the District of Columbia to reach an agreement with the pharmaceutical manufacturer Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., a global pharmaceutical company with its U.S.

On March 6, 2015, Olufemi Afuape and Oluyemisi Afuape of Lilburn, Ga., pled guilty to one count of Medicaid Fraud (O.C.G.A. § 49-4-146.1(b)(1)) and one count of Conspiracy to Defraud the State (O.C.G.A. § 16-10-21(a)).

Today, Attorney General Sam Olens was joined at the state Capitol by State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division (YLD) President Sharri Edenfield and Georgia Food Bank Association Executive Director Danah Craft to launch the 4th Annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy, a statewide food drive competition

On Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, a Fulton County Grand Jury returned indictments against 14 individuals for defrauding the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) by submitting false applications for childcare assistance when their incomes exceeded eligibility levels.