Category: Connecticut
Blumenthal: AG And Senate Candidate Questioning NewAlliance Bank Takeover
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal — AND Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate – today wrote First Niagara and NewAlliance banks asking them to provide information on and justification for their proposed merger. Under Connecticut law, the state Department of Banking may only approve bank mergers that benefit Connecticut’s economy and the public, Blumenthal said in releasing [...]
DPUC To Investigate Connecticut Water Co.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced that the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) — less than a week after his request — has agreed to investigate the Connecticut Water Company’s (CWC) possible plans to reduce its workforce mere weeks after it was permitted to raise rates to fund higher staffing levels. “I commend the DPUC [...]
Blumenthal Asks Pratt To Avoid Layoff Of 129 At Cheshire Plant
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today called on Pratt & Whitney to avoid the projected layoff of 129 workers at its Cheshire plant by reducing overtime, instituting furloughs or taking other steps short of letting go workers. Pratt & Whitney currently has many Cheshire plant employees working overtime and on weekends. In a letter to Pratt [...]
Conn Water To Lay Off Employees After Getting Rate Increase To Hire More
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is urging an investigation into the Connecticut Water Company’s (CWC) possible plans to reduce its workforce mere weeks after the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) approved a rate increase to fund higher staffing levels. Blumenthal’s office learned about the layoffs through an anonymous employee, and later confirmed with the company [...]
Conn Officials Turn Up The Heat On Rite Aid Price Increases
Following a request by Conn. Gov. Rell, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in cooperation with the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), today issued a subpoena to Rite Aid demanding information about significant changes and price increases to a discount drug program that the company falsely blamed on a new state law. The law requires pharmacies to [...]
Former Wesleyan University Investment Director Sued By Atty Gen For Misusing Assets
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is suing Wesleyan University’s former investment director and three private companies for allegedly misusing university endowment assets for personal trips and other inappropriate expenses. Blumenthal’s lawsuit alleges that Thomas Kannam, when he served as Wesleyan’s chief investment officer, failed to disclose his ties to multiple investment groups, including Belstar Group, LLC, [...]
Retired Detective Learns First Hand About Phone Cramming
Greg Dillon is learning first-hand about cramming. The retired law enforcement officer, turned gym owner in Cheshire, Ct., was too busy to look closely at his AT&T telephone bill for months. But when he did, Dillon discovered that he had been paying $52 a month for what was to have been a free Internet listing [...]
Rite Aid Being Investigated By Blumenthal
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that he is investigating whether Rite Aid illegally blamed its increased drug charges on a new law that requires the chain to extend the same discounts to the state’s Medicaid program that it offers all consumers. Blumenthal said he will investigate in cooperation with other state agencies, including the [...]
UConn Security Breach Impacts More than 10,000
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced an investigation today into another security breach, this time at the University of Connecticut where a laptop containing private financial information on 10,174 applicants was stolen. UCONN officials are in the process of notifying individuals whose information was exposed. The stolen data included contact information and social security numbers of [...]
Connecticut Electric Broker Suspension Action Starts Preventing Selling Electricity
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Consumer Counsel Mary J. Healey today announced the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) has preliminarily granted their request to suspend the license of an electricity broker and his company for allegedly defrauding a private schools organization of $180,000. In February, Blumenthal and Healey charged that Raymond Sanzone and his [...]
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