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The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ( FDACS) is an executive department of the government of Florida . The Commissioner of Agriculture (directly elected by voters statewide for a four-year term, and a member of the Florida Cabinet) is the head of the department. The current commissioner is Wilton Simpson.
More than 90,000 consumer complaints and inquiries each year are submitted to the attorney general. Many of those complaints are resolved through mediation by the AG. In cases where a company's actions have been determined to be in violation of Missouri's consumer protection law, complaints lead to legal action. Some complaints are frivolous.
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) was created in 2002 from the merger of two other entities to provide both windstorm coverage and general property insurance for home-owners who could not obtain insurance elsewhere. It was established by the Florida Legislature in Chapter 627.351 (6) Florida Statutes as a not-for-profit insurer ...
A measure revamping Florida ethics laws will likely tilt the table in favor of corruption, critics warn. New limits on Florida ethics complaints may shield corruption, critics warn Skip to main ...
Looking at the U.S. as a whole, the national average is 940 complaints per 100,000 residents across the country. Georgia had the highest number of fraud complaints at 1,468.80 per 100,000 ...
A panel of lawmakers dismissed on Monday an ethics complaint against Speaker Dean Plocher, breaking from a Republican who argued that Plocher used his power as the House leader to block an ...
Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent businesses from engaging in fraud or specified unfair practices to gain an advantage over competitors or to ...
At least eight of the 21 companies he registered with the state of Florida remain active and he operates a few companies under fictitious names. READ MORE: $6 million elder fraud by a Broward ...