2017 Press Releases

PHOENIX - As the countdown to Christmas begins, Attorney General Mark Brnovich is asking Arizonans to be extra cautious when making last-minute gift card purchases.

“Gift cards are one of the most requested items on…

TUCSON - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a Tucson jury took a little over two hours to convict Supranom “Addy” Klos of stealing from a 94-year-old vulnerable adult with dementia. Klos gambled away $300,000 in 4 months…

PHOENIX - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced $4.6 million in refund checks will be mailed to every Arizonan who purchased a Theranos blood test. The average refund per person is $60.92. More than 76,000 checks will be…

PHOENIX - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced former NBA player Raymond Christopher Gatling was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for his involvement in a telemarketing scam selling fake websites to vulnerable seniors.…

MOHAVE COUNTY - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Sarah Diaz pleaded guilty to one count of Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices and one count of Theft after stealing more than $75,000 from the Topock Elementary School…

PHOENIX - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Craig Allen Scherf was sentenced to 8 years in prison and 5 years of probation after operating an illegal botox and laser clinic in Tempe. In August, Scherf pleaded guilty to…

PHOENIX - Today, the Attorney General’s Office filed a motion to intervene in a federal court case in an attempt to stop a serial litigator from filing frivolous lawsuits against Arizona businesses in federal court.

In…

PHOENIX - Attorney General Mark Brnovich and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality ("ADEQ") announced Michael Wayne Higgins, a former truck driver, was sentenced to 9 months in prison for illegally dumping sewage into a…

TUCSON - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a State Grand Jury indicted Gloria Gonzalez, Rosa Marie Espinoza, Francisco Javier Daniel, Victor Martinez-Vega, and Ricardo Valenzuela Parada on 57 counts including Illegally…

PHOENIX - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Reynard Gordon and Theresa Alice Titus were convicted of Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices, Theft from a Vulnerable Adult, and two counts of Forgery after a jury trial in Cochise…