Attorney General
Lori Swanson1400 Bremer Tower
445 Minnesota Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
corrupt practices in politics, fraud connected with elections. The term also refers to various offenses by public officials, including bribery, the sale of offices, granting of public contracts to favored firms or individuals, and granting of land or franchises in return for monetary rewards. Election fraud may consist of efforts to influence or intimidate the voter or to tamper with the official ballot or election count. To eliminate these practices nearly all democratic nations have passed laws that attempt to safeguard the honesty of political campaigns, elections, and officials. In Great Britain the Acts of 1883 and 1918, frequently amended, define election abuses and limit political spending by or on behalf of candidates for Parliament. In the United States individual states have their own election laws, preceding federal statutes. In large cities of the United States election fraud has historically been associated with political machines (see bossism ). On the federal level, the Corrupt Practices Act of 1925, the Hatch Act of 1940, parts of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, and the campaign financing legislation of 1974 were attempts to limit campaign spending and the size of contributions. Requiring public disclosure and providing public funding of the presidential campaign were in response to abuses connected with secret campaign funds used in the 1972 presidential election (see Watergate affair ). Subsequently, the Senate and the House established ethics committees and codes of conduct, and required public accounting of income and campaign contributions. The Ethics Act of 1978 and the stricter Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989 bar top government officials from lobbying private corporations or other governments for specified periods after leaving office. The latter act also bars former executive branch officials, congressmen, and their staff members from trying to influence senior employees in their former branches for one year after they leave office. These reforms, however, have not prevented the proliferation of Political Action Committees, a marked increase in campaign spending, and the creative use of loopholes, such as "soft money" for party-building, with no contribution limits. The term "corrupt practices" has also been applied to businesses and labor unions, in the former case for price fixing, and in the latter for misappropriation of funds or the rigging of union elections.
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Attorney General Lori Swanson Joins U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar in Washington D.C. to Testify on Cell Phone Contracts Before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee
AG Swanson testifies in support of Consumer Cell Phone Empowerment Act authored by U.S Senator Klobuchar and U.S. Senator Rockefeller 
Attorney General Lori Swanson Settles Suit Against Allianz
Under the settlement, Allianz will provide restitution to Minnesota seniors and implement more stringent suitability processes
Attorney General Swanson Files Lawsuit Against Sprint Nextel
Lawsuit alleges that company unlawfully extended contracts--without obtaining knowing consent--when customers made small changes to their phone service
Swanson, State AGs Settle School Bus Merger Case
Attorney General Swanson's antitrust challenge argued that the merger of the two largest school bus contractors in the nation violated federal antitrust laws. The settlement allows local school districts to assume bus depot leases and open greater competition in the bidding for school bus contracts.
Attorney General Obtains Guilty Plea in Case Involving Living Trust Salesman
Attorney General Swanson Files Lawsuit to Halt Foundation’s Investment Scheme
Foundation obtained “charitable” loans from citizens by promising rates of return as high as 72% on “endowment grants”
Attorney General Lori Swanson Urges Creditors to Assist Flood Victims
Attorney General Swanson Files Lawsuit to Shut Down Sham Charity
Suit Alleges that ABC Humanitarian Trust Did Not Use Vehicle Donations for Charitable Purposes.
Attorney General Swanson Takes Action Against St. Paul Radiology Regarding its Billing Practices
Files Court Action to Compel St. Paul Radiology's Cooperation with Investigation into the Clinic's Billing and Debt Collection Practices
Attorney General Swanson Testifies before Congressional Financial Services Committee
Attorney General Swanson Testifies before United States House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on the Impact of Predatory Mortgage Lending and Foreclosures.
Attorney General Swanson Supports Federal Legislation to Curb Predatory Mortgage Lending
Swanson Joins Federal Legislators and Community Organizations in Washington D.C. to Announce Federal Legislation Modeled after Minnesota’s Newly-Passed Law
Attorney General Swanson Testifies Before the Federal Reserve Board on Predatory Mortgage Lending
Swanson Urges Federal Reserve Board to Take Action to Curb Abusive Mortgage Lending Practices.
Attorney General Swanson Issues Fraud Alert to Warn Minnesotans of Financial Scams
Alert Warns of Foreign Lottery Scams, Cashiers Check Scams, Advance Fee Loan Scams and Phishing Scams, Which are Advanced by New Technology
Top 10 Tips to Avoid Consumer Scams
Magnitude of Consumer Fraud
Seniors Guide to Fighting Fraud (PDF)
Attorney General Swanson Asks MySpace.com to Disclose Information on Registered Sex Offenders that it has Discovered with Profiles on its Website
Swanson requests that MySpace.com disclose profile and contact information of all MySpace.com users that the company has identified as sex offenders in the State of Minnesota and requests data on users registered as sex offenders in other states who have used Minnesota addresses in connection with the website.
AG Swanson and New York AG Cuomo Enter Settlement Agreement with Capella University Regarding Student Loan Investigation
Attorney General Lori Swanson along with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo today announced a settlement agreement with Capella University relating to the school’s student loan referral practices.
Attorney General Swanson Files Lawsuit Against Another Annuity Insurer
Attorney General Lori Swanson today filed another lawsuit against a life insurance company for unsuitable sales of long term annuities to Minnesota senior citizens.
Attorney General Swanson and Minnesota Hospitals Announce Continuation of Fair Medical Billing Agreement
Attorney General Lori Swanson and the Minnesota Hospital Association announced an agreement that establishes medical billing and debt collection standards for all hospitals in Minnesota. Minnesota Hospitals have agreed not to charge uninsured patients more than they charge their largest insurance companies for the same service. The agreement also sets forth guidelines to establish more fair medical debt collection practices.
Attorney General Swanson Cautions Students About Undisclosed Financial Inducements In College Loan Industry
Attorney General Lori Swanson announces a series of inquiries regarding financial inducements paid by lenders to colleges for the referral of student loans. The inquiries follow a number of reports in which colleges have acknowledged receiving 1/2 percent of the loan amount for referring students to lenders. The colleges steer the students by including the lenders on a "preferred lender" list and by advising students that the use of certain lenders will ensure a quick processing of the loan.
Attorney General Swanson files suit against American Family Legal Plan and Heritage Marketing and Insurance Services - Suit charges companies with running a “trust mill” that preys upon senior citizens
Attorney General Swanson said that American Family Legal Plan initiates a “trust mill” scheme by direct mailing to senior citizens, claiming special expertise in estate planning and promoting ways to avoid estate taxes and probate fees. Swanson said that once an agent gains entry to the home of the senior, the agent will distort and misrepresent the impact of probate fees and estate taxes, causing the senior citizen to buy a trust out of fear that their heirs will lose the estate.
Following a meeting with that agent, A.G. Swanson said that the senior then receives a short telephone call from an attorney requesting general information. Regardless of assets, marital status, existing estates plans, or likely tax or probate liability
Senior citizens are often targeted by unscrupulous salespeople who prey on senior’s f
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