NEWS

Dec 15, 2020, 10:47 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today an update to his office’s efforts to evict illicit massage businesses through the Hope Initiative.

Dec 11, 2020, 11:02 AM by AG Schmitt

Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that James Twaddle pled guilty to, and was convicted of, four counts of deceptive business practices and four counts of financial exploitation of the elderly stemming from a 2012 St. Louis County-area roofing scam.

Dec 9, 2020, 15:50 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Attorney General Eric Schmitt today joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against Facebook Inc., alleging that the company illegally stifles competition to protect its monopoly power.

Dec 9, 2020, 15:03 PM by AG Schmitt

A coalition of 17 state attorneys general, led by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, today filed an amicus brief in State of Texas v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Georgia, State of Michigan and State of Wisconsin to urge the Court to grant Texas leave to file their original action.

Dec 8, 2020, 14:42 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Attorney General Eric Schmitt obtained a default judgment against a St. Louis County company, Hammond Floors and Construction, LLC and its owner, Andre Hammond. The State alleged that Hammond violated the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act by taking upfront payments for real estate, construction services, and residential appliances and failing to provide the promised real estate, services, and appliances.

Dec 8, 2020, 14:41 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Attorney General Eric Schmitt has joined with 50 other attorneys general and other federal and state agencies to reach an $86.3 million settlement with Nationstar Mortgage. Nationstar is the country’s fourth-largest mortgage servicer.

Dec 3, 2020, 11:59 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today a new unit has been formed in his office to tackle cold case homicides in Missouri, and that the new unit has already charged its first murder case. The Missouri Attorney General’s Cold Case Unit will take a fresh look at cold cases across the state and work to investigate and charge those cases.

Dec 1, 2020, 15:37 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that 13 more CODIS (DNA) “hits” have been returned as untested sexual assault kits continue to be tested and uploaded to CODIS, which stands for Combined DNA Index System. The hits, like the first round of hits, are from the Southwest Missouri extended area. Those untested sexual assault kits were inventoried and shipped to the lab for testing through the Attorney General’s SAFE Kit Initiative.

Nov 25, 2020, 14:29 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, the Attorney General’s Office announced that Joshua Oldham was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of probation or parole for the 2017 killing of Marshall “Luke” Helm. Oldham was also sentenced to 30 years for Armed Criminal Action and 10 years for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, and all sentences will run consecutively. This case was handled by the Missouri Attorney General’s Special Prosecution Unit.

Nov 24, 2020, 15:43 PM by AG Schmitt

Attorney General Eric Schmitt today announced that his office, along with the Attorneys General of 45 other States and the District of Columbia have obtained a $17.5 million-dollar settlement against Georgia-based retailer The Home Depot, resolving a multistate investigation of a 2014 data breach which exposed the payment card information of approximately 40 million Home Depot consumers nationwide. The State of Missouri will collect $234,129.81 through this settlement.

Nov 23, 2020, 15:13 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office has resolved the lawsuit against Country Club Homes and Crestwood Club Homes Association for failure to remove racially restrictive covenants from the Associations’ governing documents.

Nov 18, 2020, 12:13 PM by AG Schmitt

Attorney General Eric Schmitt, along with a coalition of over 30 other attorneys general announced a $113 million settlement with Apple, Inc. regarding Apple’s 2016 decision to throttle consumers’ iPhone speeds in order to address unexpected shutdowns in some iPhones. The multistate investigation was led by the attorneys general of Arizona, Arkansas, and Indiana, and supported by an executive committee including the attorneys general of Missouri, Louisiana, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia.

Nov 10, 2020, 15:05 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today filed a response in Judy Doe v. Michael L. Parson, defending Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s faith after it was called into question by a member of the Satanic Temple. Judy Doe, a member of the Satanic Temple, filed a motion to disqualify Justice Barrett last week.

Nov 9, 2020, 13:43 PM by AG Schmitt

A coalition of 10 state attorneys general, led by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, today filed an amicus brief in Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar, urging the Supreme Court of the United States to grant writs of certiorari and reverse a decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court allowing mail-in ballots to be received three days after Election Day, even without postmarks.

Nov 6, 2020, 10:27 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that Life Care Center of Bridgeton, on October 29, 2020, has entered into a civil settlement agreement with his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for failing to provide necessary care to residents and submitting false claims to MO HealthNet, the Missouri Medicaid program.

Oct 29, 2020, 12:37 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office has filed 24 criminal charges and a civil action against unlicensed dog breeder Marlisa McAlmond of Cedar Ridge Australians, located in Oregon County.

Oct 22, 2020, 12:00 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office has received a second federal grant from the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance totaling $2 million. The grant will allow the Attorney General’s Office to continue its work on the SAFE Kit Initiative, which works to test the backlog of untested sexual assault kits.

Oct 20, 2020, 12:17 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced earlier today a new, first of its kind initiative to combat instances of human trafficking by targeting illicit massage businesses across the state.

Oct 20, 2020, 10:09 AM by AG Schmitt

Today, Attorney General Eric Schmitt — along with the Department of Justice and ten other state Attorneys General — filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to prevent Google from unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices in the search and search advertising markets. Other participating states include Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, and Texas.

Oct 16, 2020, 13:51 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that on October 15, 2020, Tashe Beach pled guilty in the Circuit Court of St. Louis City to two class D felonies of Abuse of a Person Receiving Health Care, one Class C felony of Financial Exploitation of Elderly Persons, one Class D felony of Financial Exploitation of Elderly Persons, two Class D felonies of Stealing, and one Class D felony of Stealing a Debit Device.