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(Phoenix, Ariz. - Oct. 6, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced a multi-state agreement with Wells Fargo Bank ("Wells Fargo") over allegedly deceptive marketing of payment option adjustable rate mortgage loans ("POAs") by two…

(Phoenix, Ariz. - Oct. 5, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that John W. Rodriguez, 31, of Scottsdale, who for many years posed as a highly decorated Marine, has been sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court to seven-and-a-…

(Phoenix, Ariz. - Oct. 4, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard announced that Jason Lon Kirby, 34, of Datilo, New Mexico, was sentenced today in Pinal County Superior Court to two-and-a-half years in prison in a cattle rustling case.

(Phoenix, Ariz. - Oct. 4, 2010) The Civil Rights Division of the Attorney General's Office, in partnership with the Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Office of the Court, is offering a free, 40-hour mediation course to train volunteers to help…

(Phoenix, Ariz. -- Sept. 29, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard announced today the first law enforcement grant from his $94 million recovery earlier this year from Western Union. The $418,000 grant will create an initiative to intercept guns…

(Phoenix, Ariz. - Sept. 28, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced the indictment and arrest of Mayor Octavio Garcia Von Borstel, 29, of Nogales, Ariz., on multiple charges including bribery, theft, fraud and money laundering.…

(Phoenix, Ariz. - Sept. 24, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard, along with state and local law enforcement officials, today announced the first-ever prescription drug “Take-Back” initiative aimed at preventing pill abuse and theft.

On…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Sept. 23, 2010) Noting a sharp increase in home foreclosures, Attorney General Terry Goddard today urged lenders to work more aggressively with homeowners to stem the foreclosure tide. 

Arizona foreclosures rose…

(Phoenix, Ariz. -- September 21, 2010)  Attorney General Terry Goddard, in cooperation with the Peoria Police Department, today announced an 84-count indictment charging 14 individuals who were fraudulently filling stolen drug prescriptions…

(Phoenix, Ariz. - Sept. 20, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced the award of $248,000 to the East Valley Chiefs Association for the East Valley Gang and Criminal Information Fusion Center in Mesa. The Fusion Center is a criminal…