Consumer rights attorney serving Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Wal-Mart has joined the long list of food companies caught using filler, essentially wood pulp, in its Grated Parmesan Cheese. The Bloomberg business network exposed the fraud when it tested a number of Grated Parmesan Cheese brands and found some of them contained 3%
The US Food and Drug Administration has caught dietary supplement manufacturers deceptively putting the stimulant Methylsynephrine, an amphetamine-like chemical banned by the World Anti-Dopping Agency, in products marketed to bobybuilders and those trying to lose weight. Methylsynephrine, sometimes called Oxilofrine or p-hydroxyephedrine, is not approved in Europe or
(269) 317-9041 is a phone number criminals are using to try to trick people out of their credit card information. As recently as April 2016, the criminals were causing that number to be displayed on consumers’ caller-ID and claiming to be from ‘Card Services.’ Do not be fooled! Your credit card company will never call you and ask you for your account number and expiration date.
You were unable to keep up with your mortgage and stopped paying it. You went bankrupt wiping out the debt to and you moved out. But you are still getting tax and water bills for the house.
The New York Attorney General has order Target, Walmart, Walgreens and GNC to stop selling fake and potentially dangerous store brand herbal supplements after his testing found “four out of five of the products did not contain any of the herbs on their labels”. (New York Times 2/3/15) Some of the so-called supplements even contained unlisted ingredients that could cause deadly reactions in people with allergies.
If you bought a used car from a private seller or a dealer in Massachusetts, and it cost at least $700 and had less than 125,000 miles on it, you are probably protected by the Massachusetts Used Car Lemon Law.
Under Rhode Island law and the regulations adopted by the Rhode Island DMV, car dealerships in Rhode Island:Cannot display a used car for sale unless it has a valid inspection sticker on it.Cannot sell a car unless it is in a condition to pass inspection. (Having a sticker is not enough; it must be safe!)
There are many valid reasons you might refuse to pay a repair bill for your car. The garage may have:1.Overcharged you;2. Done work you did not authorize;3. Not fixed it correctly.
People who illegally collect certain unemployment benefits are cheating the federal government; the U.S. Attorney in Rhode Island claims to have caught one and is suing him under the federal False Claims Act for triple the amount he wrongfully collected.
Citadel is investigating suspicious calls attempting to collect debts allegedly owed to Kay Jewelers and others. Call or e-mail us if you:1. Received a call for a debt you already paid.2. Received a call even though you were already in a repayment plan.