Missouri Attorney General's Office News
Current news releases for the Missouri Attorney General's Office.

• Farmington fire extinguisher salesman to comply with law, pay $3,696 restitution in settlement with Nixon
  The owner of a fire extinguisher sales and maintenance business in Farmington who misrepresented to consumers that the extinguishers he sold and the work he performed on them met national safety standards will comply with the law and pay $3,696 in consumer restitution under an agreement with Attorney General Jay Nixon. Nixon filed the agreement with J.R. Wright, who does business as The Fire Extinguisher Guy, in Cole County Circuit Court today.
• Nixon reaches agreement with Branson travel agency over No Call violations; Vacations4U to pay $15,000 penalty
  A Branson travel agency that placed telemarketing calls to Missourians on the state No Call list will pay a penalty of $15,000 and cease violating the No Call law under an agreement with Attorney General Jay Nixon. Nixon's assurance of voluntary compliance with Vacations4U, which also does business under the name Worldwide Vacations, and its owner Dennis Dodd, was filed on Thursday (Dec. 6) in St. Louis City Circuit Court. Many of the complaints from consumers came from St. Louis.
• Online quizzes from Attorney General Nixon help Missourians test their consumer skills
  How sharp is your consumer knowledge? Do you know the most common scams targeting consumers? Attorney General Jay Nixon has unveiled several new online consumer quizzes to put your skills to the test. Nixon's Web site offers 12 different multiple choice and true-false quizzes covering everything from scams to credit to car buying to conflicts between landlords and tenants.
• Nixon will appeal federal court decision that stops enforcement of Missouri law prohibiting protests at military funerals
  Attorney General Jay Nixon today said he will appeal a ruling from a three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the enforcement of a Missouri law prohibiting protests at military funerals. The appeals court decision reverses a federal district court decision denying a motion for a preliminary injunction by a Kansas woman, Shirley Phelps-Roper, who challenged the law. Nixon was one of the defendants named in the lawsuit, and his office has defended it against the court challenge.
• Nixon requests Public Counsel to immediately seek recusal of PSC Chairman in Aquila merger case
  Attorney General Jay Nixon today asked the Public Counsel for the State of Missouri to immediately seek the recusal of the Chairman of the Missouri Public Service Commission from participating in the pending case before the PSC concerning the merger between Aquila Inc. and Great Plains Energy Inc.
• Two St. Louis County travel agents indicted on criminal charges at request of Nixon
  Two St. Louis County women are facing criminal charges for defrauding consumers in the sale of vacation travel packages. Patricia Pohlman (DOB 1-8-55) and Debra Clines (DOB 12-12-62), President and Vice-President of Apollo Travel of Florissant, were arrested today after being indicted on charges of unlawful merchandising practices by the St. Louis County grand jury at the request of Attorney General Jay Nixon.
• Nixon obtains $5,000 judgment against Gateway to a Cure defendant, who is barred from future fundraising or raffles
  One of the directors of a high profile charity raffle that defrauded Missouri consumers will pay $5,000 in restitution and is permanently prohibited from fundraising, holding raffles or serving as director of a non-profit in the state under a consent judgment and permanent injunction obtained by Attorney General Jay Nixon. The court order against Mary M. Bolling, former director of Gateway to a Cure, was filed today in St. Louis County Circuit Court.
• Scam artists targeting Central Bank customers in mid-Missouri with phone scam, Nixon warns
  Attorney General Jay Nixon says residents of central Missouri are receiving phone calls that appear to be from Central Bank, but actually are from identity thieves. Consumers say an automated phone call tells them there is a problem with their bank account and tells them to go to a Web site to address the problem. That Web site then asks them to enter their bank account information. In other cases, a live caller asks the person asking for the information directly.
• Nixon to join attorneys general on U.S. Supreme Court brief in support of Second Amendment rights
  Attorney General Jay Nixon announced today that he will work with attorneys general from other states to file a brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of an individual's right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
• Nixon, instrumental in revitalization of Black Archives, helps in groundbreaking ceremony in Kansas City
  Attorney General Jay Nixon today helped break ground in Kansas City for a new home to the Black Archives of Mid-America, one of the country's premier collections of documents and artifacts chronicling African-American history. Nixon joined Kansas City civic leaders and members of the Black Archives board of directors in the ceremony at the new location for the Archives at the intersection of John "Buck" O'Neil Way and Woodland in the historic 18th and Vine District.
• Scam artists targeting Empire Bank customers in the Ozarks with phone scam, Nixon warns
  Attorney General Jay Nixon says southwest Missourians are receiving phone calls that appear to be from Empire Bank, but actually are from identity thieves. Consumers say an automated phone call tells them there is a problem with their bank account and tells them to go to a Web site to address the problem. That Web site then asks them to enter their bank account information. In other cases, a live caller asks the person asking for the information directly.
• Nixon reaches agreement with Tickets Now; broker to comply with consumer protection laws, pay $2,500
  A Springfield, Ill., ticket broker that allegedly violated Missouri consumer protection laws in the sale of Hannah Montana concert tickets will comply with those laws and pay $2,500 in costs under an agreement with Attorney General Jay Nixon. An assurance of voluntary compliance between Nixon and Tickets Now Inc. was filed today in Cole County Circuit Court.
• Playing your cards right - Nixon offers advice for holiday gift card buyers
  Americans are expected to spend more than $26 billion on gift cards during the holidays this year, and Attorney General Jay Nixon wants consumers to know that not all these cards are created equal. More than half of Americans in a recent survey said they plan to buy gift cards during the holidays, so Nixon says it's critical that consumers read the fine print and watch for fraud.
• Nixon obtains order freezing assets of Joplin promoter of canceled Godstock concert, postponed KC tattoo event
  Attorney General Jay Nixon today obtained a temporary restraining order to freeze the assets of a Joplin events promoter who took money from vendors for a Christian music festival that was scheduled for September but then canceled and for a tattoo convention in Kansas City that was scheduled for December but has been postponed. Nixon said the order signed by Jasper County Circuit Judge David Dally also requires Derrick Gates (also known as Derrick Badders) to post a $200,000 bond with the court before advertising or taking money or merchandise for the promotion of any event.
• Nixon obtains order freezing assets of telemarketer that defrauded Missourians through robocalls
  Attorney General Jay Nixon on Thursday (Nov. 29) obtained a court order freezing the assets of a San Francisco company that gave false information to Missourians in telemarketing calls selling credit card consolidation and credit counseling services. The order, signed by St. Louis City Circuit Judge John Garvey, was issued against Telelytics and its officer Scott Kaplan. Kaplan and Scott Olson, CEO of defendant Generations Direct, have been ordered to travel to St. Louis to give depositions regarding the false information.
• Nixon recovers $125,000 for Medi