For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Contact:
Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060
More than 6,300 North Carolina servicemembers will get more than $3.2 million in financial relief
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today won $34.2 million in financial relief for more than 46,000 servicemembers and veterans who were deceived and defrauded by Harris Jewelry, a national jewelry retailer that operated retail stores near and on military bases around the country – including in Fayetteville near Fort Bragg and in Jacksonville near Camp Lejeune. Harris Jewelry made false claims that financial jewelry purchases through the company would result in higher credit scores, claimed that customers had to buy a protection plain to finance their purchase, and failed to provide required written disclosures and contract authorizations. As a result of today’s order, Harris Jewelry will refund servicemembers for the warranties they were tricked into purchasing, stop collecting on more than $20 million in outstanding debt, correct bad credit scores that affected servicemembers’ credit histories, dissolve their businesses, and pay $1 million to all 18 states. In North Carolina, the company will stop collecting on $1,817,599.81 of outstanding debt held by 1,191 North Carolina servicemembers, provide $1,410,634.93 in refunds to 5,098 North Carolina servicemembers, and vacate judgments totaling $40,232.15 for 37 North Carolina servicemembers.
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