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<item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster announces Missouri consumers, state to receive more than $196 million in benefits from national mortgage settlement]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_states_to_receive_benefits_from_national_mortgage_settlement/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_states_to_receive_benefits_from_national_mortgage_settlement/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today announced Missouri’s participation in a landmark national mortgage settlement that will bring more than $196 million to Missouri taxpayers and the state.  The joint federal-state agreement addresses allegations of foreclosure abuses, unfair mortgage servicing practices, and fraud by the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers: Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Ally Financial.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:22:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster announces preliminary support for proposed multistate settlement with mortgage servicing industry]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_preliminary_support_for_settlement_mortgage_industry/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_preliminary_support_for_settlement_mortgage_industry/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that he has given preliminary support to a proposed multistate agreement with some of the largest financial institutions in the country to settle civil claims related to the national mortgage foreclosure crisis.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:18:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster announces 136-count criminal indictments related to robo-signing in mortgage industry --Boone County grand jury indicts Georgia corporation and its president for practices highlighted in 60 Minutes report --]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_136_criminal_indictments/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_136_criminal_indictments/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today announced that a Boone County grand jury has handed down 136-count indictments against DOCX, LLC and its founder and former president, Lorraine Brown, for forgery and making a false declaration related to mortgage documents processed by DOCX.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:40:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster announces results of accessible-parking operation in Kansas City area -- St. Louis sweep to protect disabled planned in coming weeks --]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_results_parking_operation/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_results_parking_operation/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster announced that 108 citations – 80 tickets and 28 warnings – were issued as part of an accessible-parking enforcement operation held in the Kansas City area on Saturday.  Koster participated in the operation with Jackson County Sheriff Mike Sharp’s office, as well as the police departments of Independence, Lee’s Summit and Oak Grove.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:43:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statement by Attorney General Koster on Kenneth Pearson, Stan McClatchey v. Robin Carnahan ruling]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_Issues_statement_on_congressional_district_map/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_Issues_statement_on_congressional_district_map/</link><description><![CDATA[The case involving the constitutionality of the new Missouri Congressional map presented difficult and novel legal issues.  While we have received a favorable ruling from the Circuit Court, we recognize that this is just the latest step in the process and the issue will likely return to the Missouri Supreme Court in the coming days for a final decision.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:41:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster sues Dallas County man for open burning violation]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_sues_Bennett_for_open_burning/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_sues_Bennett_for_open_burning/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster has filed a lawsuit against John P. Bennett, of Buffalo, for violating Missouri’s air conservation laws.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:10:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[St. Louis County man committed as sexually violent predator]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/StLouis_man_committed_as_SVP_Lincoln/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/StLouis_man_committed_as_SVP_Lincoln/</link><description><![CDATA[Circuit Court Judge Carolyn Whittington has ordered Marvin Clyde Lincoln, 63, committed to the Sex Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Center in Farmington, Missouri, after he admitted he is a sexually violent predator.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster announces sentence for Medicaid fraud criminal violations]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_sentencing_medicaid_fraud_Conaway/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_sentencing_medicaid_fraud_Conaway/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that a former bookkeeper for a long-term care facility in Cuba, Missouri, who stole funds from nursing home residents has been sentenced to concurrent seven-year terms in the Missouri Department of Corrections.  The former bookkeeper, Tammy F. Conaway, pleaded guilty February 1 to one count of abuse of a Medicaid recipient; one count of forgery; and one count of stealing by deceit.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:01:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster sues Joplin contractor for cheating tornado victims]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_sues_Joplin_contractor_Sides/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_sues_Joplin_contractor_Sides/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit today against E. Brian Sides, of Reeds Spring, and his construction company, ABP Quality Construction, Inc., in Branson West alleging that the defendants failed to provide goods and home repair services paid for by tornado victims.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:39:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster calls on legislature to pass bill closing tobacco-settlement loophole]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_calls_on_legislature_tobacco/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_calls_on_legislature_tobacco/</link><description><![CDATA[For the third consecutive year, Attorney General Chris Koster is calling on the Missouri General Assembly to pass a law to close a critical loophole in the tobacco master settlement agreement Missouri and 45 other states signed in 1998.  Missouri is the only state left that has not closed the loophole – a situation that potentially could potentially cost Missouri past and future settlement funds of more than $1 billion.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:40:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AG Koster announces top ten scams for 2011 -- No-Call violations lead consumer complaints]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_top_scams_2011/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_top_scams_2011/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster has released a list of the top ten most common consumer complaints and scams reported to his office in 2011.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:28:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster announces antitrust settlement with pharmaceutical companies]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_settlement_with_pharm_companies/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_settlement_with_pharm_companies/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that Missouri and 32 other states have settled antitrust claims against pharmaceutical companies Aventis and Ferring. Missouri will receive $78,971.37 from the settlement.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:49:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster announces sentencing in Taney County fraud case]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_sentencing_Jackson_Taney_Co_fraud_case/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_announces_sentencing_Jackson_Taney_Co_fraud_case/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster said today that Edna Kay Jackson, of Kirbyville, has been sentenced to serve 8 years in prison for consumer fraud.  A Greene County jury found Jackson guilty on seven counts of defrauding consumers in October 2011.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:52:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster reaches settlement with Joplin contractor for consumer fraud related to May 2011 tornado]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_reaches_settlement_with_Eminger/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_reaches_settlement_with_Eminger/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster said today that he has reached an agreement with Charles W. Eminger, owner of Superior Construction in Joplin, for failing to provide Joplin tornado victims services for which they paid.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:41:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster sues Lafayette County gas station for underground storage tank violation]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_sues_Alma_gas_station/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2012/AG_Koster_sues_Alma_gas_station/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster filed suit today against Craig Peters for operating the Cross Roads Country Market gas station in Alma without insurance, in violation of Missouri’s Underground Storage Tank (UST) Law.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:15:23 GMT</pubDate></item>	

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