{"id":9594,"date":"2011-04-05T08:13:26","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T15:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/?p=9594"},"modified":"2011-04-05T08:13:26","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T15:13:26","slug":"one-stop-shop-website-for-consumer-fraud-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/one-stop-shop-website-for-consumer-fraud-information\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Stop Shop Website For Consumer Fraud Information"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Sean Whaley\/Nevada News Bureau<\/em>)\u00a0– A bill to create a website where Nevadans could learn how to protect themselves from consumer fraud was received favorably today by an Assembly committee.<\/p>\n Assemblyman Marcus Conklin<\/a>, D-Las Vegas, introduced Assembly Bill 323<\/a> to help fight Nevada’s Top 10 in the nation ranking in areas of consumer fraud ranging from builders and contractors to investment opportunities to telephone service to mortgages.<\/p>\n “Unfortunately, deception and fraud and misrepresentation are a constant undercurrent in our society today,” he told the Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee. “The index of Nevada Revised Statutes lists over 100 entries under the heading of fraud and false pretenses and representations.”<\/p>\n There are other types of fraud that harm consumers indirectly by increasing the cost of goods and services and increasing the state’s overall tax burden, Conklin said. These include insurance fraud, tax evasion and welfare fraud, among others, he said.<\/p>\n But the state’s regulatory system to deal with fraud is spread across numerous agencies, and there are multiple professional licensing boards that deal with the issue as well, Conklin said.<\/p>\n