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ARTICLE · 02 NOVEMBER 2018

AGs Bring Multistate Action Against Harris Jewelry

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The Attorneys General of fourteen states filed a lawsuit against jewelry store chain Harris Jewelry, alleging that the company engaged in false and deceptive acts and illegal lending in connection with the financing...

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The Attorneys General of fourteen states filed a lawsuit against jewelry store chain Harris Jewelry, alleging that the company engaged in false and deceptive acts and illegal lending in connection with the financing of jewelry sales to active-duty service members. 

The AGs alleged that Harris Jewelry targeted service members through "Operation Teddy Bear," a purported charitable program in which the company sold teddy bears in military uniforms with promises of charitable donations.  The AGs alleged, however, that the charitable program was "nothing more than a marketing ploy to dupe service members into high-priced, illegal in-house financing contracts for vastly overpriced jewelry."  (We previously blogged about a separate action Operation Troop Aid, the charity that participated in Operation Teddy Bear.)

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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