The North Carolina Department of Justice has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Crimson Holdings Corp., which has been seeking mineral rights from Durham and Chapel Hill property owners in violation of state law. The Pennsylvania company has been soliciting landowners with proposed leases that don't comply with North Carolina laws, and the company itself is not authorized to do business here, reports the Herald-Su n. The cease-and-desist letter states that “we have serious concerns that North…