Paul Miller, a North Carolina House member, included his personal business card in letters he sent to voters in October 2004 on General Assembly letterhead. Public money paid the postage. He claimed enclosing the business card was an easy way to tell voters how to contact him. He could have just as easily listed the number in the letter, which did contain his home and legislative phone numbers. Miller initially said he only served corporate clients, but his Web site says he offers financial guidance for families and individuals. Miller has one of the 2004 session's worst attendance records, missing more than half the scheduled legislative days. His excuse, Busy with work. However, He wasn't too busy to collect his $104 per day for expenses, on the days he missed. Miller will not file for re-election from the realigned twenty-ninth House district (portions of Durham County) in the 2006 General Assembly election.

Paul Miller of Durham was arrested Wednesday June 8th 2006 on charges that he sent copies of doctored checks to the U.S. Department of Education to make it appear that he had paid off more than $20,000 in student loan debt to avoid garnishment of his pay. The U.S. attorney filed a warrant for Miller's arrest in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, charging the Durham Democrat with making a false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation to the federal government and using the U.S. Postal Service to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud.According to a criminal complaint filed in the Middle District of North Carolina, Miller borrowed $13,750 in federally insured student loans in 1980 when he was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.