The Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) has received multiple reports of businesses being targeted by a sophisticated “spear phishing” email scam that is also known as the “CEO Scam” or the “W-2 Scam.” While OCP has only received reports of three businesses falling...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox sent a letter Friday to new EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, inviting him to visit Montana to tour the Berkeley Pit superfund site. Pruitt expressed interest in visiting Montana to Fox while the attorney general was in Washington D.C. for the...
During National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Tim Fox urges Montanans to contact his Office of Consumer Protection if they think they are, or may be, victims of a scam. In 2016, more than half of the callers who contacted the Office of Consumer Protection at...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued the following statement Wednesday on the confirmation of Ryan Zinke as Secretary of Interior. "I congratulate my friend on his confirmation as our new Secretary of Interior, and the first presidential cabinet member from Montana,” said Attorney General Tim Fox....
Today in Helena, Attorney General Tim Fox recognized the Children's Advocacy Centers in Montana who have achieved accreditation or re-accreditation with the National Children's Alliance. The newly accredited CACs are located in Bozeman, Havre, and the Ft. Peck Reservation, which is the first accredited CAC...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox joined 25 other state attorneys general Thursday in filing a brief with the United States Supreme Court challenging a San Diego County gun restriction baring citizens from legally carrying firearms outside of their homes for self-defense purposes. “The Second Amendment establishes...
The Montana Highway Patrol commissioned twelve new troopers today at the 61st Advanced Academy Graduation ceremony. Attorney General Tim Fox addressed the graduates at the event, which took place at the Radisson Colonial Hotel in Helena. In his remarks, Attorney General Fox emphasized the importance of...
On Wednesday, Montana Attorney General Tim Fox filed for intervention on behalf of the state of Montana in the electricity rate proceeding of Washington utility Puget Sound Energy, before the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. PSE is a part-owner of the Colstrip generating facility, and...
Attorney General Tim Fox invites Montanans to join internet users and organizations across the United States and around the world to celebrate Safer Internet Day on February 7. This is the fifth year Safer Internet Day has been recognized in the United States, and Attorney...
Attorney General Tim Fox encourages Montanans to read up on the most common tax identity theft scams and how to avoid them during this year’s Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week, which is hosted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). “The IRS reported the average federal tax...