2023 Press Releases

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• 5/4/2023 Attorney General Tong Announces Distribution of $141 Million Settlement to Millions of Low-Income Americans Deceived by TurboTax Owner Intuit

  Attorney General William Tong today announced that consumers deceived by TurboTax owner Intuit into paying for free tax services will begin receiving checks from a $141 million multistate settlement announced in May 2022.

• 2/10/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition to Defend and Protect Access to Medication Abortion

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition to defend and protect safe access to medication abortion nationwide.

• 3/8/2023 Attorney General Tong Moves to Revoke or Reduce Pension of John F. Bernardo

  Attorney General William Tong this week moved to revoke or reduce the pension of former West Haven housing specialist John F. Bernardo following his federal guilty plea to a conspiracy to commit wire fraud charge involving COVID relief funds.

• 5/8/2023 Attorney General Tong Leads 16 States in Sounding Alarm Over Pervasive Plastic Microfiber Pollution, Calls on EPA to Protect Public Health and Ocean Safety

  In a letter today to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Attorney General William Tong led 16 states in sounding the alarm over pervasive plastic microfiber pollution, urging EPA and NOAA to use the full extent of their authority to protect public health and the safety of our oceans.

• 4/18/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement Applauding U.S. Supreme Court Refusal to Hear Appeal in Dredging Case Vital to Connecticut Maritime Economy

  Attorney General William Tong today applauded a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court refusing to hear an appeal in Rosado v. Pruitt, finally ending years of litigation over the lawful selection of the Eastern Long Island Sound Disposal Site for dredged materials.

• 6/30/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Decision Blocking Student Debt Relief

  Attorney General William Tong today released a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Biden v. Nebraska blocking the Biden Administration’s targeted plan to cancel some student loan debt.

• 10/17/2023 Connecticut Leads $20 Million Multistate Settlement with ACI Worldwide Over Unauthorized Withdrawals

  Attorney General William Tong and Department of Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez today led a coalition of 50 states and territories announcing a $20 million settlement with payment processor ACI Worldwide over a 2021 testing error that led to the unauthorized withdrawal of $2.3 billion from Nationstar Mortgage (also known as Mr. Cooper) customers.

• 7/13/2023 Attorney General Tong Sues Stone Academy, Joseph Bierbaum, Paier College of Art for Violations of Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act

  Attorney General William Tong today sued Stone Academy, Paier College of Art and their owner Joseph Bierbaum alleging numerous violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act following the abrupt closure of the for-profit nursing school.

• 6/9/2023 Attorney General Tong Responds to Double-Digit Rate Hikes Sought by Health Insurers

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding double-digit rate hikes sought by nine health insurers for individual and small group plans on Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange.

• 5/1/2023 Attorney General Tong Reaches $150,000 Settlement with Hope Home Health Agency Over Improper Billing

  Attorney General William Tong today announced the State has reached a $150,000 settlement with Hope Home Health Agency, Inc. and its owner, Miledy Marmol, resolving allegations that the agency’s billing practices violated the Connecticut False Claims Act.

• 5/2/2023 Attorney General Tong Continues Fight to Protect Medication Abortion Access

  Attorney General William Tong continued his efforts to protect access to medication abortion in an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Joining with a multistate coalition, Attorney General Tong argues that the decision issued by a district court judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas would do serious harm to Americans’ access to the medication abortion drug, mifepristone. This amicus brief is part of Attorney General Tong’s ongoing fight to protect our rights to privacy, health care options, and medication abortion access.

• 6/12/2023 Attorney General Tong Urges FCC to Clarify Rules Concerning Consent for Telemarketing Robocalls and Texts

  Attorney General William Tong is joining a coalition of state attorneys general calling on the Federal Communications Commission to clarify the federal rules requiring telemarketers to obtain express written consent before contacting consumers. That consent, the attorneys general say, must be between one consumer and one seller or business entity.

• 6/20/2023 Attorney General Tong Announces Investigation into Hyundai and Kia Over Theft-Prone Vehicles

  Attorney General William Tong announced today he has launched a consumer protection investigation into Hyundai and Kia regarding the companies’ failure to equip their vehicles with industry standard anti-theft technology. The move is the latest in a series of steps Attorney General Tong has taken over the companies’ continued failure to address the public safety concerns of their vehicles.

• 11/1/2023 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlement with Norwich Oncology Practice Over Illegal Rebates

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $77,655 settlement with Eastern Connecticut Hematology Oncology Associates, P.C. (ECHO), resolving allegations that the Norwich practice accepted pharmaceutical rebates barred under Medicaid rules.

• 6/7/2023 Attorney General Tong Praises Passage of Legislation to Strengthen Connecticut Consumer Protections

  Attorney General William Tong today praised passage in both the state House and Senate of a series of reforms backed by the Office of the Attorney General to strengthen Connecticut consumer protections. The bill includes measures to modernize Connecticut’s anti-robocall statutes, to address abuses in the ticket sale market, to end anti-consumer cable company billing practices, and to enhance privacy protections related to location sharing data.