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Acting US Attorney Chris Myers and ND Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem held a joint announcement in Bismarck today, to announce the formation of the “Bakken Organized Crime Strike Force.” 

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem warns all North Dakotans that scam artists are now so desperate to find new victims of the IRS scam that they are claiming to be calling from the Attorney General’s office. 

North Dakota’s “Blue Alert” system is live, announced Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. A Blue Alert is activated when there is a suspect at large who has killed or caused serious injury to a law enforcement officer or if an officer has been abducted or is missing. 

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has issued a cease and desist order banning Brad Harper, doing business as Hawkeye Homes and Fox Fire Homes, from conducting business in the state. 

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem today issued a Cease & Desist order banning a Florida company from doing any further business in this state. “Annual Business Services, LLC” used the address of a mail forwarding service in Bismarck to create the impression that it was a North Dakota entity. 

The state’s fallen law enforcement officers will be remembered on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. The North Dakota Peace Officer Memorial service will be held in Bismarck on the capitol grounds beginning at 1:30 pm. It is open to the public.

The Federal District Court for the District of Wyoming has now issued an order permitting North Dakota to intervene as a party, joining the State of Wyoming, in a challenge to the US Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) authority to impose federal regulations on hydraulic fracturing practices.

Two unlicensed contractors - Amador Construction and OakHill Construction - have been banned from doing business in North Dakota, for a total of fourteen unlicensed contractors banned since January last year, announced Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. 

Earlier this week, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued a warning to consumers about the IRS Enforcement Scam. Today, the scam artists are trying a new tactic in the hope of convincing consumers that this time, the call is legitimate.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem joins federal, state and local organizations in recognizing the annual National Consumer Protection Week, which runs through March 7, 2015.