Press Releases

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her office is expanding its statewide investigation into kratom and 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) products to include 10 additional entities across the supply chain including...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced a resolution with the Wentzville School District Board of Education that reinforces government transparency, safeguards the public’s right to open meetings and records, and affirms parents’...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Due to the devastating harms of the opioid epidemic, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has filed suit against CBD American Shaman (American Shaman) and a web of companies connected to it. The action arises from the Defendants’ manufacture,...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In an ongoing effort to protect our communities from the detrimental effects of the illegal retail drug trade, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office sent 33 cease and desist letters to unlicensed retailers selling...

Attorney General Catherine Hanaway Secures a Federal Consent Decree, Safeguarding American Voices from Federal Censorship for Years to Come JEFFERSON CITY, Mo – In the fight to protect the First Amendment rights of all Americans, Missouri Attorney General Catherine...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court of Missouri opinion upholding Luther v. Hoskins: “The Missouri Supreme Court has reinforced what we’ve known all along — the Missouri...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Today, during a press conference, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has filed two felony counts of first-degree promoting gambling as well as a civil action against a Greene County convenience store for housing 12...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, to protect and uphold election integrity laws across our country, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway led a coalition of 21 states to call on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appellate court ruling that struck down a...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has secured a judgment in Jackson County against a left-wing attempt to throw out the Missouri FIRST Map. “This ruling is a complete victory for Missouri and for the...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Unit has secured the civil commitment of Dwaine Paige following a successful jury trial in Jackson County. The jury found that Paige meets the legal...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway led a 15-state coalition that filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court to support uniform labeling requirements for herbicides used in farming. This action supports farmer access...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In recognition of Consumer Protection Week, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced the top ten most common consumer complaints handled by the Office in 2025. In total, the Office received more than 104,000 consumer complaints and...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is warning Missourians of a new phone scam targeting the family members of individuals incarcerated in the Christian County Jail. “We are investigating a brazen new scam against the Christian...

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that a coalition of 13 states, in a monumental, first-of-its kind settlement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (“Vanguard”), have resolved part of their lawsuit against asset managers...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her office secured a judgment denying post-conviction relief for Terence Higgins, a third-time convicted child sex offender. “Protecting our communities, especially children, is...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that Sentrell Wilson has been arrested and charged with First Degree Murder in the death of Candice Richie, who was murdered in Columbia in 2000. A Boone County Grand Jury indicted Mr....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) obtained Medicaid Fraud convictions against Medicaid recipient Ronale Rankins and his attendants, Charlene Otey and Tifiney Lothridge, who...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general in filing a brief in support of Louisiana’s lawsuit challenging a Biden-era overreaching rule that expanded access to abortion drugs through mail and...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Recently, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway received the Missouri Lawyers Media’s 2026 Influential Lawyer award. Attorney General Hanaway also recognized Assistant Attorney General Wensdai Brooks, who received the Missouri Lawyers...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As the tax filing deadline approaches, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway warned Missouri consumers to remain vigilant against a surge in tax-related scams designed to steal personal and financial information. Cybercriminals and...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is warning Missouri consumers that romance scams are one of the fastest-growing forms of fraud, costing victims billions of dollars each year and leaving deep emotional scars. These scams can...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – To protect children from the devastating harms of dangerous, psychoactive drugs, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed suit against Pressure STL, a business selling unregulated THC products without a license, including items...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In an ongoing and continuous effort to reclaim our communities from the harms of illegal gaming halls, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has filed suit against five retail shops for operating illegal gambling...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. / Armonk, N.Y. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway and International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) have reached a settlement resolving the State of Missouri’s lawsuit against IBM related to a previously discontinued compensation...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed suit against the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) for violating federal anti-discrimination laws. The lawsuit asserts that MSHSAA discriminates on the basis of...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) obtained a Medicaid Fraud conviction against Tarron Boone, a Medicaid recipient, who along with Yvonne Davis-Boone, his wife and personal...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office secured a guilty verdict against Kenneth Lee Simpson for the shooting death of a law enforcement officer. A jury found Simpson guilty of first-degree murder,...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – To defend our fundamental right to representation in government, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed the most significant election lawsuit in a generation. This first-in-the-nation suit was filed against the United States Department...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) obtained a Medicaid Fraud conviction against Elizabeth Oker, who received payment after submitting false time records to Medicaid for personal care...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is warning Missouri consumers that identity theft is one fastest growing crimes in the U.S. As Identity Theft Awareness Week is recognized as January 26-30, 2026, Attorney General Hanaway shares tips to...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that Dominique Clark pled guilty to Medicaid Fraud and was sentenced to pay more than $33,000 in restitution. The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU)’s investigation...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) obtained a Medicaid Fraud conviction against Dajah Sanders, who received payment for providing personal care services while incarcerated in...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has filed felony charges against Constance K. Kruse, for allegedly defrauding consumers in connection with a pet health not-for-profit scheme. “The injury or illness of...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – With winter weather approaching and Governor Mike Kehoe declaring a state of emergency, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is warning consumers about the potential for price gouging and scams while preparing for the harsh weather....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in challenging potential Biden-era grant fraud and supporting the EPA’s cancellation of billions of questionable grants. Biden’s Environmental Protection...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed suit against Advanced Micro Targeting (AMT) to force the out-of-state signature-gathering group operating in Missouri to turn over required documents related to her investigation into its...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has filed suit against 19 Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) companies and drug manufacturers operating in Missouri. For years, PBMs and manufacturers have manipulated...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following statement after the Court unanimously upheld the SAFE Act, Missouri’s law that bans Medicaid from funding sex-change procedures and bans gender transition procedures for...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Unit has secured the civil commitment of Bobby Davis following a successful jury trial in the City of St. Louis. The jury found that Davis meets the...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Unit has secured the civil commitment of Roger Weston following a successful jury trial in St. Louis County, Missouri. The jury found that Weston meets...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is warning Missouri consumers of investment scams that deceive victims into investing money in fraudulent projects or fictitious assets. Securities scams targeting consumers may include pyramid or Ponzi...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced during National Human Trafficking Prevention Month that her Office is working alongside the Human Trafficking Training Center (HTTC) and HTTC Founder, Dan Nash, to bring free training...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office recapped the 2025 year serving as the People’s lawyer and fighting for openness and justice. “I am incredibly proud of what the Attorney General’s Office accomplished for Missourians in 2025,” said...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that a judge has handed down the decision that Alfred Montgomery is to be immediately and completely removed from the position of Sheriff and that the costs of the suit are to be taxed...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that Rodger Copeland, who previously pled guilty to invasion of privacy and endangering the welfare of a child, has been sentenced to 4 years' and 6 years' imprisonment in the Missouri...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a petition for injunction, civil penalties, and other remedies against Frank Savory IV and S. Family Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Savory and Sons Funeral Home. The petition alleges that...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway joined a coalition of 50 attorneys general announcing a $149,673,750 settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and Mercedes-Benz Group AG for violating states’ laws prohibiting unfair or deceptive...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is urging Missourians to stay vigilant this holiday season as scammers increasingly target consumers through deceptive and high-pressure gift card schemes. With millions of dollars lost nationwide each...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway marked 100 days in Office since swearing in as the 45th Attorney General of Missouri on September 8, 2025. Attorney General Hanaway is committed to making the Office a force for safety and...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has launched a statewide investigation into companies operating cryptocurrency kiosks, due to national concerns of deceptive fee structures and use by bad actors to...

The People’s Republic of China claim $50.5 billion in economic and reputational losses   JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that China has filed a lawsuit to attack the State of Missouri as she moves towards seizing...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Unit has secured the civil commitment of Calvin Miller following a successful jury trial in Cole County, Missouri. The jury found that Miller...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office is expanding its statewide investigation, issuing six additional Civil Investigative Demands (CID) to kratom retailers operating in Missouri, following troubling reports...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has filed felony charges against Jeffrey Griffin, operating as Griffin Quality Construction in Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas, for allegedly defrauding consumers by...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Yesterday, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway recognized Deputy Attorney General Jeremiah Morgan, who received the National Association of Attorneys General’s (NAAG) Outstanding Faculty Award for his significant contributions of time,...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has filed felony charges against James G. Bennett, operating as Bath Planet, for allegedly defrauding consumers by accepting payments for bathroom remodeling services he...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced the next phase of Operation Robocall Roundup, expanding Missouri’s ongoing crackdown on illegal robocalls harassing consumers across the state. As part of a nationwide effort, the...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway recognized Assistant Attorney General Lindsey C. Bachman for her outstanding service to the State of Missouri following a major professional achievement. Bachman has been appointed by the Supreme...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is urging Missourians to stay vigilant this holiday season as scammers use fake delivery notices, bogus sales, AI-generated messages, and fraudulent charities to steal money and personal information....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that Missouri’s new age-verification rule for pornographic websites is now fully in force, delivering one of the most significant online child-protection victories in state history. The...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office, appointed by Judge Privette as special prosecutor, has filed criminal charges in Shannon County against three members of the Shannon County Sheriff’s Office: Deputy...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that Missouri has filed an amicus brief, leading twenty-one states, in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to block a federal district court’s ruling that threw out Texas’s congressional map...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has launched a statewide investigation into numerous retailers selling intoxicating cannabinoids in Missouri, following troubling reports that consumers may be exposed...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As Missourians prepare for the year’s biggest shopping weekend, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is warning consumers to stay alert for scams that surge around Black Friday and Cyber Monday. With online sales, promotional emails, and...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her office has secured accountability and corrective action from the City of Kansas City after the City admitted to knowingly violating Missouri’s Sunshine Law in the handling of...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has filed a new challenge to stop dangerous, high-risk chemical abortion drugs from flooding the country through mail-order distribution, and to block the latest...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has taken the next major step toward securing Missouri’s historic $24 billion judgment against the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party, and related...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway reaffirmed her Office’s commitment to protecting the integrity of Missouri’s elections as her Solicitor General’s team defended the state’s voter-ID law before the Missouri Supreme Court....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office will be initiating an investigation into the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) following troubling disclosures by Missouri Auditor Scott...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway joined community leaders, sponsors, and first responders at the Guns ‘N Hoses press conference to highlight the impact of BackStoppers and the enduring legacy of this annual event that unites police,...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office secured a guilty verdict against Lucky Johnson for the murder of his wife. After finding the defendant guilty as charged, the jury deliberated for 10 minutes regarding...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office reached a consent judgment with MV Realty Holdings, LLC (MV Realty), based in Florida, and its franchises, which violated Missouri law by paying homeowners a tiny percentage of...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has obtained a final consent judgment and permanent injunction against Xcel Roofing of Kansas City, LLC, dba LoveOurRoof, and its...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced her Office plans to add another count to the quo warranto case seeking to remove Alfred Montgomery from public office. This count demonstrates that as...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has opened an investigation seeking information about public utility companies and underground facility owner compliance with the...

New reporting tool empowers Missourians to assist the Attorney General’s Office in enforcing the Foreign Influence in Ballot Measures Act. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway reaffirmed her...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As Winter Weather Preparedness Week begins across Missouri, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is reminding consumers to prepare their homes and to stay alert for scams that often spike when the temperatures...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following statement after the Court’s decision to temporarily remove St. Louis City Sheriff Alfred Montgomery from office until his trial on...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Ahead of Halloween, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is reminding Missourians of the state’s strict requirements for registered sex offenders to help ensure children’s safety during...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that a jury in Osage County has found Louis Galvan guilty of Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree, Child Molestation in the First Degree, and Child...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that Joel Smith, previously convicted of Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree for the sexual abuse of a five-year-old boy, has been sentenced to 25...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that Jerry Fellers, owner of Build Tech Structures, has been sentenced for 15 felony counts of Unlawful Merchandising Practice in connection with a...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway was ceremonially sworn in as the 45th Attorney General of Missouri during a ceremony in Missouri State Capitol. Hanaway, who is the first woman to serve...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that Brandon Ward, owner of Insight Contractors, has been sentenced for one felony count of Deceptive Business Practice and one felony count of...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has filed felony charges against Jeffrey K. Griffin, doing business as Griffin Quality Construction, for allegedly defrauding consumers...

Files Federal Lawsuit to Defend Missouri’s Constitutional Authority Over Redistricting JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office, representing the State of Missouri, the...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following statement regarding the quo warranto case seeking to remove St. Louis City Sheriff Alfred Montgomery from office. “A sheriff who is charged...

Joins multistate coalition following lawsuit alleging Meta enabled broadcast of October 7 atrocities JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –  Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has joined a multistate...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced a major court victory after the Jackson County Circuit Court dismissed in full a lawsuit brought by an organization called “Right By You,” which...

Cole County Judge Upholds HJR 73 on All Constitutional Grounds, Certifies Fair Ballot Language for Voters JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that the Cole County Circuit Court entered...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has filed a motion for partial summary judgment in the quo warranto case seeking to remove St. Louis City Sheriff Alfred Montgomery from...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.  – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that a grand jury in Cole County has returned indictments in four major cases of alleged Medicaid fraud in the St. Louis region. Collectively,...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced a sweeping victory in federal court, successfully halting the Biden Administration’s attempt to illegally divert congressionally appropriated funds...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has filed felony charges against Pamela Walsh following an investigation into deceptive practices at her husband’s now-closed...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Unit has secured the civil commitment of Goy Hamilton following a successful bench trial in Benton County,...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that the state’s new age-verification regulation will soon take effect, marking a major victory for Missouri families. Promulgated by the Missouri...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that a Lafayette County jury has convicted Joel Smith of Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree for the sexual abuse of a five-year-old boy between...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Catherine L. Hanaway was sworn in today at 10:00 a.m. as Missouri’s 45th Attorney General in a private ceremony at the Missouri Supreme Court Building. She took the oath of office on her son John’s Bible,...