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News Release: 2002
- 12/30/02 — NR 02-11: ** ALERT **- Department of Corporations Advises Online Shoppers to Steer Clear of Unlicensed Escrow Companies
- 12/20/02 — NR 02-10: ** IINVESTOR ALERT **- Department of Corporations
Orders Sale of Fitness Club Stock to Stop - Company's President
Used Investors' Funds to Buy Luxury Items
- Desist and Refrain Order [pdf]
- 12/19/02 — NR 02-09: Department of Corporations Brings Action Against Long Beach Mortgage
Based on Unlawful Loan Fees - Mortgage Lender Has Admitted to Thousands of Overcharges
- Civil Complaint [pdf]
- 10/10/02 — Davis Administration Leads the Way in the Fight Against Predatory Practices
- 09/21/02 — Governor Davis Signs Legislation to Protect Workers from Unfair Check Cashing Schemes
- 07/10/02 — NR 02-08: State Sues Perpetrators of Body Scan Scam - Southern California Center Never Opened, Leaving 76 People Out $1.3 Million
- 06/06/02 — NR 02-07: California Regulators Say Investors Better Protected by Proposed NYSE Listing Standards - Department of Corporations Calls Corporate Governance Recommendations a "Positive Step"
- 05/24/02 — NR 02-06: California Weighs in On Corporate Governance - Department of Corporations to Work with NASDAQ on Listing Standards Initiative
- 05/21/02 — NR 02-05: California Participates in Merrill Settlement
- 03/19/02 — NR 02-04: ** ALERT ** - Department of Corporations
Issues Desist and Refrain Order
Against Unlicensed Escrow Company - Online Consumers Warned
to Steer Clear of Cyberscam
- Desist and Refrain Order [pdf]
- 02/26/02 — NR 02-03: Household and Beneficial Inform State of Completed Audit and Refunded Consumers
- 02/14/02 — NR 02-02: ** INVESTOR ALERT ** - Department of Corporations Assists Ongoing SEC Investigation
- 01/22/02 — Governor Davis Announces Crackdown On Illegal Boiler Room Operations - Operation Tough Call Shuts Down Telemarketing Scams and Protects California Consumers
- 01/13/02 — Davis Administration Highlights $10 Million Consumer Protection Program - Statewide Outreach to Prevent Predatory Practices (STOPP) Program Will Fight Predatory Finance, Lending and Investment Practices
- 01/11/02 — NR 02-01: Davis Administration Secures Over $3 Million in Refunds for Consumers - Household and Beneficial to Pay Additional $8.9 Million to the Department of Corporations