Wedding pictures firm ordered to return pictures after defrauding NC {couples} out of $1M

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) – North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson stated a decide has issued a preliminary injunction within the state’s lawsuit in opposition to Holly Christina Photography, a marriage pictures enterprise accused of deceptive and defrauding {couples} out of an estimated $1 million.

Jackson sued the corporate in February, alleging greater than 200 {couples} paid for companies they didn’t obtain.

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He stated some prospects obtained solely “sneak peek” pictures however by no means obtained full wedding ceremony galleries or promised edited movies. Others, he stated, didn’t obtain refunds for future bookings after the enterprise shut down.

The company’s website says the enterprise has closed as a consequence of “unforeseen circumstances.”

Speaking at a information convention Wednesday, Jackson stated the injunction requires the enterprise to show over all pictures and movies it has to {couples} inside 30 days of Tuesday, May 12. The order additionally bars the corporate from working as a pictures enterprise whereas the lawsuit is pending and freezes its property whereas the lawyer normal’s workplace inventories them.

“As a wedding photography company you really have to screw up to be sued by your state’s attorney general,” Jackson stated. “But here we are.”

Jackson stated the corporate has cooperated with the investigation, together with offering paperwork requested by his workplace.

Caroline Roach, who employed Holly Christina Photography for her Sept. 27, 2025, wedding ceremony, stated she nonetheless has little to recollect from the day.

“I’m extremely grateful for the attorney general’s office for taking this matter seriously,” Roach stated. “I’m anxious and still worried I may not receive my gallery. We trusted them to capture the most important day of our lives and were left with nothing.”

Jackson stated the case is ongoing. He stated his workplace plans to return to courtroom in search of full refunds for victims and a everlasting shutdown of the enterprise.

“People feel really strongly about this,” he stated. “The outreach to our office about this has been extraordinary. The only reason we were able to act as quickly as we were is because there was such strong evidence coming in.”