CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT In Bexar County, Sebastian Emmanuel Cuevas was arrested on March 22 on five counts of possession of child pornography. This case was received as a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCMEC”) CyberTipline report …
Attorney General Paxton has announced an investigation into the Dell Children’s Medical Center to uncover whether “gender transitioning” procedures were unlawfully performed on minor children. “It is now alarmingly common for fringe activists to use …
Attorney General Paxton released the following statement on the violence at the Texas State Capitol and the assault of a state trooper: “This week, a state trooper was assaulted in the Texas Capitol by an individual who participated in a demonstration by …
Attorney General Paxton has announced that $141 million will be distributed to Intuit TurboTax customers who were misled into paying Intuit to file their federal tax returns. Approximately 4.4 million consumers nationwide will receive a payment, including …
Attorney General Paxton sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to take action to prevent federal interference in state-level criminal justice systems. Federal public defender organizations have increasingly gone beyond their congressional …
Attorney General Paxton has secured a $1.4 million settlement in an environmental enforcement action against a Port Arthur refinery operated by TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. (“TotalEnergies”). “I’m pleased to announce this latest …
Aaron Reitz, who has held the role of Deputy Attorney General for Legal Strategy since the fall of 2020, is leaving the Office of the Attorney General to serve as Senator Ted Cruz’s Chief of Staff in Washington, D.C. As Deputy for Legal Strategy, Aaron has …
Attorney General Paxton launched an investigation into the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson concerning whether they engaged in gain-of-function research and misled the public about doing so. Paxton is also investigating …
Attorney General Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigated and helped secure the conviction and sentencing of Joyce Agu, a Sugar Land resident, to 60 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Agu was convicted for …
Attorney General Paxton filed a multistate amicus brief in the Colorado Supreme Court to defend Jack Phillips, who runs the Masterpiece Cakeshop, after he was wrongfully brought to court again for allegedly violating Colorado’s anti-discrimination law. …
Attorney General Paxton joined a multistate cert-stage amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court to defend states’ sovereign immunity, which, among other protections, generally prevents individual states from being sued in the courts of other …
Attorney General Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured a prison sentence for two Houston nurses who were paying kickbacks to marketers, patients, and a physician. “This successful investigation and prosecution by my office highlights our unwavering …
Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief on behalf of College of the Ozarks, a religious institution under pressure from the Biden Administration to abandon its deeply-held religious beliefs to comply with the Administration’s radical definition of …
Attorney General Paxton joined an amicus brief to protect women’s sports from unfair and dangerous competition from biological men. The Tennessee-led brief, filed in the New York City-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, highlights the …
Attorney General Paxton issues this consumer alert to warn Texans of scammers who are using the Attorney General’s seal, name, and signature to steal consumers’ personal information. The scam is in the form of a letter that fraudulently uses the seal of …
Attorney General Paxton sent a multistate letter to Carelon, which provides tele-health and tele-pharmacy services, thanking it for not announcing its intention to unlawfully distribute abortion pills and reminding the company of its obligations under …
Attorney General Paxton filed a lawsuit to stop an operation that sold internet access primarily to rural customers through an illegal scheme that often resulted in paying customers losing all internet access. The lawsuit alleges violations of the …
Attorney General Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has successfully concluded an investigation that led to the conviction and sentencing of Anthony Obute, the owner and pharmacist in charge of Keystone Pharmacy in Houston. Obute was sentenced to 210 …
Attorney General Paxton joined an amicus brief filed in the Boston-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The Montana-led brief opposes the actions of public school officials who concealed from parents their discussions with students …
Attorney General Paxton has sent a multistate letter to the U.S. Department of Education condemning the Biden Administration’s move to rescind an existing regulation that protects the religious freedom of college students. A proposed federal rule would …
