DES MOINES, IOWA (February 11, 2020) — A Polk County judge has ordered a Quad Cities-based telemarketing operation to pay nearly $2.6 million and permanently banned it from doing business after finding the operation had defrauded small businesses across the nation.

Polk County District Judge Heather Lauber granted Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller’s request for summary judgment against owner Alphonso Barnum of Davenport, several of his associates, and 10 companies.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 27, 2020) — For the second year in a row, auto-related problems topped all categories of complaints reported to the Iowa Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division in 2019.

Other top categories were impostor scams and complaints over media services, home improvement projects and home goods and services.

Overall complaints totaled 3,225, a 7.7% decrease from 2018. That’s the first decrease since at least 2014.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 10, 2020) — A Belle Plaine man has agreed to pay the state $35,000 for illegally burning trailer homes containing asbestos and to refrain from further environmental violations. 

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 3, 2020) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller joined a coalition of 20 states and Washington DC, in asking the US Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).