Dear Friends, Three private companies control roughly 95 percent of the global credit rating market. Their job is to assess how financially healthy a company is and assign it a rating. Investors, pension funds, businesses, and governments rely on those ratings to decide where to put their money, trusting that the analysis behind them is […]
BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined a 23-state coalition questioning the lawfulness of ESG policies at the country’s three largest credit ratings agencies. Fitch Ratings, Moody’s, and S&P Global Ratings pledged to United Nations-backed climate groups that they would incorporate ESG goals into their credit ratings, then downgraded American energy companies accordingly. Those downgrades increase […]
Dear Friends, Last fall, a senior here in Idaho turned on his laptop and got a pop-up alert claiming his computer was blocked for security reasons. A phone number appeared on his screen, and he called it. The voice on the other end claimed to be from Microsoft technical support. She told him his computer […]
BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador is warning Idaho families about scammers impersonating law enforcement and court officials to steal money from relatives of incarcerated individuals. Bail bond agents and court officials across Idaho report that scammers are using publicly available jail rosters to identify targets, then contacting family members with false claims that immediate […]
BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced this week that his office entered into a settlement agreement with Right Now Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing LLC, stemming from the investigation of consumer complaints regarding business practices. Right Now signed an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) which addresses the various concerns and requires a payment of […]
BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador is warning Idahoans about a text scam claiming recipients must act urgently to receive $2,000 tariff rebate checks. The fraudulent messages, complete with bold and capitalized words, claim the recipient’s check will not be sent unless they click a link and respond immediately. These texts are not from any […]
Dear Friends, When a company takes your money, they owe you the service they promised. That’s not complicated. But too many corporations seem to forget this once they’ve been paid. That’s where my Consumer Protection Division comes in. Earlier this year, an Idahoan deposited $500,000 into their account with Coinbase, one of the nation’s largest […]
BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador recovered $500,000 for an Idaho consumer who filed a complaint against Coinbase, a cryptocurrency retailer, after a large deposit was not accurately credited to their account. The consumer contacted the Office of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, which enforces the Idaho Consumer Protection Act and other related statutes to protect […]
BOISE —Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced a judgment entered in March 2025 against Coast to Coast Carports, Inc., following allegations of deceptive business practices involving custom-made garages and carports. The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division filed suit in December 2024, alleging that Coast to Coast accepted consumer payments for custom-made garages and carports, failed to deliver […]
I take great pride in the exceptional work carried out by my office. Over the past few months, I have shared specific examples of our accomplishments, and many have inquired about the day-to-day operations within our office. I want to provide you with some insight into that. The structure of the Office of the Attorney […]