OKLAHOMA CITY (March 15 2024) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a lawsuit against a sham cancer charity for deceiving generous donors who offered financial support to women battling cancer.
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March 14, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (Mar 14, 2024) -- In the aftermath of recent tragedies in Oklahoma involving incidents of high school bullying, Attorney General Gentner Drummond praised state senators today for approving legislation aimed at preventing severe bullying that can spur a young person’s suicide.
Authored by state Sen. Paul Rosino and state Rep. Steve Bashore, Senate Bill 1100 passed the Senate today on a 38-8 vote.
March 13, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 13, 2024) – Midway through Sunshine Week, which is observed nationwide each year to celebrate openness and transparency in government, Attorney General Gentner Drummond is highlighting several bills this state legislative session that he said would greatly improve governmental transparency.
He commended state legislators for a trio of bills aimed at strengthening openness in government.
March 12, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 12, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond made the following remarks after Gov. Stitt’s veto today of Senate Bill 1196. The measure would have provided an exemption allowing two office-holders – specifically, the executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture and a member of a governing body of higher education – to simultaneously serve in the Governor’s Cabinet.
March 12, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 12, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond and a coalition of 39 other attorneys general are urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
March 11, 2024
Every year in mid-March, we recognize a week to celebrate the importance of open government and access to public information. Sunshine Week, which this year runs from March 10 to 16, promotes open meetings and open records – topics that have long been near and dear to me.
March 11, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 11, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond has become the first ever attorney general to receive the Sunshine Award from Freedom of Information (FOI) Oklahoma. The prestigious honor is awarded each year to a public official for showing a commitment to open meetings and open records.
The award comes during Sunshine Week, which runs from March 10 to 16 this year and promotes open government and access to public information.
March 7, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 7, 2024) – The Multi-County Grand Jury indicted six individuals today in connection with two separate large-scale seizures of illegal marijuana by the Office of the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) and its partner law enforcement agencies.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond praised the work of the OCTF and the federal, tribal, state and local agencies it routinely works with to combat illegal marijuana operations and other criminal activity.
March 6, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 6, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond made the following remarks after the state Pardon and Parole Board today rejected clemency for death row inmate Michael Dewayne Smith.
Smith is scheduled to be executed April 4 for murdering a 40-year-old mother and a 24-year-old store clerk in separate incidents on Feb. 22, 2002. At the time of the murders, he was already a fugitive on the run for a previous killing. He is among just 10 percent of death row inmates in the nation who have killed multiple victims.
March 6, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 6, 2024) -- Attorney General Gentner Drummond and a bipartisan coalition of 40 other attorneys general sent a letter Tuesday to Meta Platforms Inc. (Meta) asking for a data security review following major increases in scammers taking over accounts on Facebook and Instagram.
Account takeovers take place when bad actors break into a user’s account, change the password and effectively hijack the account, blocking out the rightful owner. Scammers also can steal personal information, read private messages and pose as the user to scam contacts.