Consumer Protection Media Releases
2026
2025
- District Attorney Marc Bennett issues community warning following DOJ report citing $2 billion in losses to elder fraud
- DA Warns: Verify Roofer Credentials for Post-Storm Repairs
- The DA's office warns residents about a deceptive mailer.
- A basement and foundation repair business in Wichita has entered into a consent judgment.
- There's a different twist on the missing jury duty scam.
- The District Attorney has this warning concerning money transfers.
- Kansas businesses can add a surcharge when consumers use a credit card.
- A Wichita man has lost thousands of dollars to scammers.
- A District Court judge has suspended the license of a local contractor.
- A default judgment was ordered against a Wichita rental business.
2024
- The DA is warning citizens about email scams that may add malware into your computer.
- A Wichita car dealer has been ordered to jail.
- A Wichita man has been permanently prohibited from selling cars in the State of Kansas.
- A scam letter involving life insurance was sent to a Wichita resident.
- A default judgment was entered against an east coast shipping broker.
- A Wichita dealership has been ordered to stop sales of used cars.
- A default judgment was entered against an unlicensed day care provider.
- A Wichita man who was practicing law without a license has entered a consent judgment with the DA.
- A default judgment was ordered again a Wichita contractor.
- A default judgment was ordered against a Wichita pawnbroker.
- The Consumer Protection Division entered a default judgment against a solar company.
- A default judgment was entered against a south Wichita car dealer.
- The District Attorney entered into a consent judgment with a local construction business.
- A consent judgment was reached between the DA's Office and a cabinet business.
- A local contractor entered a consent judgment with the District Attorney.
- A Derby photographer has entered a consent judgment with the Office of the District Attorney.
- The District Attorney has reached a consent judgment with a Maize used car dealership.
- A consent judgment was reached between the DA's office and a local contractor after a disagreement over a plugged drain.
- A business that failed to file individual tax returns entered a consent judgment with the District Attorney.
2023
- A local woman nearly fell victim to a form of the grandparents scam.
- A contract roofer has entered a consent judgment with the Office of the District Attorney.
- A Wichita man involved in local construction has entered a consent judgment with the DA.
- A Wichita remodeler entered into a consent judgment with the District Attorney.
- Two Wichita men accused of selling the same car to three different people have entered into a consent judgment with the District Attorney.
- A consent judgement was reached between a east Wichita dealership and the DA's Office.
- A Wichita roofing company entered into a consent judgment with the Office of the District Attorney.
- A Wichita construction business owner has entered a consent judgment with the DA.
- An investigation involving a local trash service concluded.
- A Wichita landscape business and it's owner enter into a consent judgment with the DA.
- A scam letter warns of property seizure.
- A Wichita woman lost thousands in a scam involving a fake Amazon representative.
- The DA's Office warns about a computer scam that cost two residents a lot of money.
- A Wichita construction business has entered into a consent judgment with the Office of the District Attorney.
- A car dealership, its owner and a former salesperson have each entered into separate consent judgements with the Office of the District Attorney.
- There's a different twist on the Grandparent Scam.
- The owner of a closed south Wichita car dealership can no longer sell vehicles in Kansas.
- A home warranty scam could be in your mailbox.