Office of the Attorney General

From the Office of the DC Attorney General:

“The Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG) today sued the owners and manager of three District apartment complexes—4825-4829 North Capital St L.L.C., 5616 13th St NW L.L.C., 743 Fairmont St NW LLC, Rashid Salem, and Petra Management Group, LLC (collectively, “Petra”)—for discriminating against prospective tenants without housing subsidies through an elaborate, unlawful scheme to maximize profits. Together, the three buildings have over 100 units. (more…)

From the Office of the DC Attorney General:

“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today sued Raheem AI, a nonprofit created to improve transparency and accountability in policing, and its founder and Executive Director Brandon Anderson for violating the District’s nonprofit and workers’ rights laws. Anderson used Raheem AI’s charitable funds for his own personal benefit – specifically to support his luxurious lifestyle – while the organization failed to monitor spending or implement basic nonprofit governance requirements. Anderson and Raheem AI also failed to pay the organization’s sole District-based employee the wages she had earned and required her to sign an illegal non-compete clause. (more…)

From the Office of the DC Attorney General:

“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced a lawsuit against TikTok, Inc. (TikTok) for causing mental and physical harms to District children through its platform intentionally designed to be addictive to kids. The lawsuit also alleges that TikTok deceives its users and their parents about the safety of its platform, and illegally operates a money transmission business, all in violation of District consumer protection laws. The filing by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) alleges that TikTok’s manipulative platform traps young users into cycles of excessive use that the company knows contribute to profound psychological and physiological harms, including body dysmorphia, sleep loss, depression, anxiety, and long-lasting neurological impacts. Despite this, TikTok misleads its users and their parents, falsely claiming that the app is safe for kids and that users have full control over their engagement, spending, and data. (more…)

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From the office of the DC Attorney General:

“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that home renovation company Curbio, Inc. (Curbio) will pay $7.5 million to harmed consumers and the District and will overhaul how it does business in the District and across the country, in order to resolve a 2023 consumer protection lawsuit brought by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).

In its lawsuit, OAG alleged that Curbio (more…)

From the office of the DC Attorney General:

“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Swahili Village M Street, LLC (Swahili Village DC) and its owner, Kevin Onyona, must pay $526,973 to restaurant workers and DC to resolve a 2023 wage theft lawsuit. In its lawsuit, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) alleged that Swahili Village DC systematically stole wages and tips from its servers, hosts, food runners, bussers, and bartenders and violated multiple DC labor laws. Under the terms of this settlement, Swahili Village DC and Onyona must pay more than $260,000 to 72 restaurant workers, fund the process to distribute worker restitution, and pay penalties to the District. (more…)

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From the Office of the Attorney General:

“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Michael J. Saylor and MicroStrategy, Inc., the company he co-founded and led, will pay $40 million to resolve a tax fraud lawsuit filed by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) alleging that Saylor had defrauded the District of over $25 million in income taxes. (more…)