Press Releases

ATLANTA, GA - Attorney General Chris Carr today urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to encourage telecom companies to implement call blocking and call authentication solutions that would protect consumers from illegal robocalls and spoofing.

ATLANTA, GA - On Saturday, August 17, 2019, Attorney General Chris Carr joined the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Network for Safe Communities at John Jay College and members from the LaGrange delegation to participate in the "Georgia Police - Community Trust Initiative," a reconciliation program involving nine police departments and the communities they serve. The goal was to formally address harm to racial minorities and transform relationships between the police departments and the communities they serve.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted summary judgment in favor of Georgia and 9 other states in their lawsuit challenging the Obama Administration’s 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule and kept an injunction against the Rule in place while federal agencies finalize its replacement.

ATLANTA, GA - Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that as a result of a bipartisan, public/private coalition of 51 attorneys general and 12 phone companies’ collective efforts, the phone companies have agreed to adopt eight principles to fight illegal robocalls. This agreement will help protect phone users from illegal robocalls and make it easier for attorneys general to investigate and prosecute bad actors.

ATLANTA – Attorney General Chris Carr wants to raise awareness about a scam that is now being reported in many parts of Georgia. The scheme involves offers of “free” genetic testing and exploits people’s healthcare concerns.

ATLANTA – Attorney General Chris Carr, in conjunction with the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office, today announced that on Tuesday, July 30, 3019, Valerie West, Eric West, Erica West, Akeem Dancy, Jadon Dancy, Cynthia Riley, and Ceretha Stephens were indicted on charges related to a coordinated abuse scheme of disabled adults in DeKalb County.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr is warning the public about imposter schemes in which scammers use call spoofing technology to convince consumers to pay money and/or provide their financial or personal identifying information.

ATLANTA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the Georgia Department of Law’s Consumer Protection Division generated more than $109 million for consumers and the State Treasury in fiscal year 2019 (FY19).

ATLANTA, GA - Attorney General Chris Carr today shared more information with Georgia consumers following the Equifax Data Breach Settlement.  

Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that a coalition of 50 attorneys general, including 48 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has reached a settlement with Equifax as the result of an investigation into the 2017 data breach. Georgia played a leading role in this investigation which found that Equifax’s failure to maintain a reasonable security system enabled hackers to penetrate its systems, exposing the data of 56 percent of American adults—the largest-ever breach of consumer data. The attorneys general secured a settlement with Equifax that includes a Consumer Restitution Fund of up to $425 million, a $175 million payment to the states and injunctive relief, which also includes a significant financial commitment. This is the largest data breach enforcement action in history.