The attorney general’s Consumer Protection Division recovered a record $61 million for consumers and taxpayers last year. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed the annual report with the governor and legislature. Schmidt’s office reported nearly $61.9 million in savings and recoveries to Kansas consumers and the state treasury in calendar year 2017. During Schmidt’s administration, the division has recovered a total of more than $208 million, by far the most in state history. The 2017 recoveries surpassed the previous record year of 2013 when the division returned $49.6 million to consumers and taxpayers.

The Consumer Protection Division is led by Deputy Attorney General Jim Welch.