2012 Press Releases

PHOENIX (June 7, 2012) – Attorney General Tom Horne has released the following statement: 

The charges are false, absurd, and completely without merit, and I’m confident the courts will see it that way. 

This is an…

PHOENIX (Tuesday, June 5, 2012) -- Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne today announced that a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge has approved an Addendum to Consent Judgment requiring a Tempe transmission shop, Transplant Plus Transmissions, to…

DOUGLAS (Tuesday, May 22, 2012) -- Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne today announced the conviction of married couple, Fernando Tomas Garcia and Anay Ariana Becerra in Cochise County Superior Court for offenses related to AHCCCS fraud and money…

PHOENIX (Friday, May 18, 2012) -- Today’s arrest of multiple suspects in a huge heroin-related drug bust in Chandler shows the problem of illicit drugs has pervaded all areas of the Valley, Attorney General Tom Horne said today. Horne’s office is…

PHOENIX (Friday, May 11, 2012) -- Attorney General Tom Horne announced today that a complaint has been filed in Maricopa County Superior Court against Rosa Galope, of Surprise and Avondale, Arizona, alleging that she defrauded homeowners looking…

PHOENIX (Tuesday, May 8, 2012) -- A Phoenix towing company is accused of multiple consumer fraud violations after an Attorney General’s Office sting operation shows the company fraudulently charging a customer for repairs that were not actually…

PHOENIX (Monday, May 7, 2012) -- Attorney General Tom Horne today joined 44 other states and the District of Columbia in announcing a $100 million settlement with Abbott Laboratories over allegations of illegal off-label marketing of its Depakote…

PHOENIX (Wednesday, May 2, 2012) -- A truck driver arrested in 2011 with approximately $170,000 in cash in a duffel bag tainted with narcotics has been convicted on charges of Illegally Conducting an Enterprise and Money Laundering, Attorney…

PHOENIX (Wednesday, May 2, 2012) -- Three elderly victims have been paid more than $360,000 in restitution by a Phoenix woman who has owed the money since 2007, and whose husband recently won millions at a local casino, Attorney General Tom Horne…

PHOENIX (Thursday, April 26, 2012) -- Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne has reached a settlement with Underwater Property Solutions, LLC ("UPS"), a Scottsdale, Arizona based mortgage loan modification service company that the State accused, in a…