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Financing, collection top complaint list During 2008, Nixon’s office recovered $15.5 million in consumer restitution, including a record setting $9.5 million through informal, non-trial mediations. Division attorneys obtained 11 criminal convictions, 29 assurances of voluntary compliance and 36 civil judgments in civil cases in 2008.
In addition, the Consumer Protection Division of Nixon’s office obtained judgments of $722,000 in penalties for Missouri schools, $3.5 million for consumer law enforcement and consumer education, and $200,000 for antitrust law enforcement. Holste said senior citizens continued to be the group most susceptible to consumer fraud and scams, especially in the areas of home repair and investment schemes. “They come from a generation where they trusted someone at their word and, unfortunately, con artists take advantage of that,” he said. Inauguration Democratic Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon’s inauguration as the 55th governor of Missouri is scheduled for Jan. 12 at the state Capitol building in Jefferson City. Nixon defeated U.S. Rep Kenny Hulshof in November by carrying 70 of the state’s 116 voting districts. State Sen. Chris Koster, D-Harrisonville, was elected in November to take Nixon’s place as Missouri Attorney General. 
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