Breaking News
Internet Yellow Pages Company Settles
With Attorney General’s Office
April 18, 2008
Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that South Carolina businesses, schools, churches and non-profit organizations that were billed by a Florida company for Internet advertising they didn’t know they were purchasing are eligible for restitution under a twenty-six (26) state settlement. The agreement is the result of a lawsuit filed by McMaster and other state Attorneys General regarding the use of “activation checks” by Directory Billing LLC, which does business as USDirectory.com. Read more...
Dorchester County Prison Official Indicted
April 17, 2008
Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Arnold Ramos Pastor, 44, of 134 Club Road in Saint George, was indicted on April 16, 2007, by the state grand jury for embezzling public funds. Read more...
Greenville Police, Sheriff Arrest Central Man In Internet Predator Sting
April 16, 2008
Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that James D. Brown, 46, of 129 Dogwood Court in Central, was arrested on April 15, 2008, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the City of Greenville Police Department and the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. Read more...
Statement by SC Attorney General Henry McMaster
On the passing of former SC Republican Party Chairman Dan I. Ross
April 16, 2008
“South Carolina’s preeminent place in presidential politics was guaranteed by Dan Ross, whose leadership and vision resulted in the first GOP presidential primary in state history (1980). He is the undisputed father of the ‘First in the South’ South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary." Read more...
No Parole Bill Clears First Hurdle
April 10, 2008
Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that the House Judiciary Criminal Laws Subcommittee unanimously passed H. 4309, the bill that would abolish parole for all crimes in South Carolina. Read more...