News & Press Releases

Attorney General announces settlement with out-of-state attorneys, debt-collection law firms

DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that attorneys from the Consumer Protection Section have reached a settlement with attorneys Jack H. Boyajian, Marvin Brandon and Karen Nations, their four law firms and one associated business barring them from violating Colorado’s debt-collection and consumer-protection laws. 

The consent decree, approved Monday, March 8, by a Denver District Court judge:

Attorney General announces proposed settlement of multistate antitrust allegations against voting machine company

DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that the federal government, Colorado and eight other states have reached an agreement with Election Systems & Software to address antitrust allegations.  

Under the agreement, Election Systems & Software, which acquired Premier Election Solutions, Inc., in September 2009, will be required to take several measures to comply with state and federal antitrust laws, including:

Attorney General unveils top 2009 consumer complaints

DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers unveiled today statistics on the top consumer complaints for 2009 and the first two months of 2010 to mark the beginning of National Consumer Protection Week.

Attorney General announces judgment against Colorado man behind fraudulent Broomfield-based legal aid business

DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that a Denver District Court judge has ordered Daniel Ketelsen, the owner of Broomfield-based Legal Aid, to pay more than $238,000 in restitution and $100,000 in civil penalties.

Attorney General announces indictment of Longmont man involved in Internet charitable-fraud scheme

DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that the Statewide Grand Jury has indicted Mark L. Schifter (DOB: 5/29/1956) on suspicion that he ran multiple fraudulent charity raffles that he used to steal from Colorado consumers.

Attorney General announces nationwide agreement with Toyota

DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that an agreement the New York Attorney General’s Office has struck with Toyota, requiring the automaker to assist consumers who own car models affected by the company’s recent recalls, will be applied to consumers in Colorado.

The terms of the agreement require Toyota and Lexus dealerships to assist consumers with affected vehicles in a variety of ways. Specifically, the agreement requires that the automaker:

Attorney General to address 2010 Safe Schools conference

DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers will address education and public safety leaders gathered at the School Safety Resource Center’s Safe Schools Regional Training event on Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Adams 12 Conference Center, 1500 E. 128th Ave., in Thornton.

Attorney General announced indictment of three Coloradans involved in a complex, Denver-area mortgage fraud enterprise

DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that the Statewide Grand Jury has indicted Marcus Williams (DOB: 6/28/1967), Kimberly Anderson (DOB: 5/30/1970) and Scott Peters (DOB: 1/31/1964) on suspicion of running an elaborate mortgage-fraud scheme under the auspices of Blackhawk Property Management.

Attorney General announces lawsuit against Denver-based credit-repair company

DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that attorneys from his office’s Consumer Protection Section have filed a lawsuit against Veracity Credit Consultants, a Denver-based credit-repair company.

Attorney General announces five-year sentence for Colorado man involved in investment, securities fraud scam

DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that a Douglas County District Court judge has sentenced Derek Roy Kent (DOB: 10/30/1945) to five years in prison for his role in defrauding investors from September 2002 and March 2007 as part of a securities fraud scheme. The judge also ordered Kent to pay $765,477 in restitution to his victims.