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Consent judgment also prohibits Elite from selling or advertising stem cell therapy products or services

17-year-old girl rescued in 2020 as part of Operation Not Forgotten

State stands to receive more than $181 million in total base payments

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today joined 13 other state attorneys general in urging Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to break their silence on third-party litigation funding (“TPLF”). TPLF is a lucrative practice in the United States, valued between $2.3 and $5 billion, where an outside third party provides resources to fund civil disputes in exchange for a share of the recovery if successful. The attorneys general warn that foreign adversaries can spend money on American litigation with the intention of harming States and our country’s economic and national security.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the State of Georgia has joined the $3.1 billion national settlement with Walmart to resolve allegations that the company failed to appropriately oversee the dispensing of opioids at its stores and therefore contributed to the opioid crisis. By joining the settlement, Georgia stands to receive a base payment of $28 million to help fund critical treatment and recovery services for those struggling with opioid use disorder.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr has joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general to encourage both Apple and Google to update their age ratings for the TikTok app, which is currently marketed to children as young as 12 years old.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr has joined 50 attorneys general in supporting the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposal to help cut down on illegal text messages and better protect consumers from potential scams. Specifically, the FCC proposal requires mobile wireless providers to block texts that come from invalid, unassigned or unused numbers, and from numbers on a Do Not Originate list. Carr previously supported a similar blocking requirement to help put a stop to illegal robocalls.

Defendant also faces charges in Barrow County as part of a separate racketeering indictment announced last month

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr, along with 13 other states, today filed a brief in opposition to a new rule implemented by the Biden administration’s Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB). This new rule seeks to unlawfully expand the CFPB’s authority to encompass many practices that Congress chose not to grant the agency with the power to regulate. This includes the investigation and punishment of all acts of supposed discrimination in the consumer finance industry.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that former Pickens County School Superintendent Carlton Wilson and his wife, Cindy Wilson, have pleaded guilty to one count each of Racketeering and Theft by Taking. Separately, Carlton Wilson has also pleaded guilty to six additional counts of Theft by Taking by a Fiduciary, Theft by Deception, and Theft by Conversion. The charges stem from Mr. Wilson’s engagement in various schemes intended to illegally obtain funds for personal use. Cindy Wilson also participated in one of these schemes.