2023 Press Releases

PHOENIX—Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced the final approval of national opioid agreements with drug makers Teva and Allergan and pharmacies CVS and Walgreens. Arizona’s share of the settlement with these companies…

PHOENIX–Attorney General Kris Mayes joined a multi-state coalition urging Congress to pass the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2023 (S. 1094). In a letter sent this week by Attorney General Mayes and ten other…

PHOENIX–Attorney General Kris Mayes today warned Arizonans that scammers appear to be using voice clones generated by artificial intelligence to defraud consumers. With this rapidly evolving technology, scammers can trick…

PHOENIX–A fraudulent investment scheme has ended in a conviction after an investigation showed that an institution offering risk-free investments in humanitarian projects diverted funds to the accounts of Bradley Tennison, a…

PHOENIX—Less than a week after suing water polluters, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, as part of a 17-state coalition, filed comments to the U.S. Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) supporting the agency’s proposal to set…

PHOENIX–Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced she has filed suit against manufacturers of products that contain per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (or “PFAS”), a class of man-made chemical compounds causing…

PHOENIX—Attorney General Kris Mayes last week joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit supporting the federal government’s prohibition on the sale of…

PHOENIX—Attorney General Kris Mayes today sued a telecommunications company and its owner for allegedly initiating and facilitating 7.5 billion illegal robocalls to millions of people on the Do Not Call Registry. Between December…

PHOENIX–Attorney General Kris Mayes announced a State Grand Jury indicted Troy Wagner with charges of Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices, Trafficking in Stolen Property, and Failure to Pay State Taxes. Wagner is accused of buying…

PHOENIX—Attorney General Kris Mayes today joined a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general in urging Congressional leadership to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would provide critical measures to combat the…