• Florida AG Moody announced the first-ever virtual Human Trafficking Summit, set to take place in October.

• Montana AG Fox announced that in the first six months of 2020, the state’s cyber tips related to internet crimes against children rose by nearly 70% compared to the same period last year.

• Illinois AG Raoul announced that a Lake County man was charged with possessing child pornography as part of the Attorney General’s ongoing efforts to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online.

• Texas AG Paxton, in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern Districts of Texas, informed the public about several fraudulent schemes involving masks, personal protection equipment (PPE), and other COVID-19 related equipment

• Arizona AG Brnovich announced that his administration has now secured well over $100 million in restitution for Arizona consumers since he took office in 2015, which exceeds the total restitution awards secured by the AG’s Office from 2000-2014 combined.

• Wisconsin AG Kaul and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), today announced a recovery of $856,609.39 to the Wisconsin Medicaid program after three providers failed to comply with basic program requirements regarding the prescription and dispensing of blood clotting medicine.

• North Carolina AG Stein announced a $49 million multistate settlement and an agreement in principle with biotechnology company Progenity Inc., to resolve allegations that the company fraudulently billed federal health care programs for prenatal tests and provided kickbacks to physicians to encourage them to order Progenity tests for their patients. 

• Massachusetts AG Healey announced that a Northborough utility service provider will pay $186,610 in restitution and penalties for failing to pay overtime to 55 employees in violation of Massachusetts wage and hour laws.

• Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech announced the start of a global (except for China) Phase 2/3 safety and efficacy clinical study to evaluate a single nucleoside-modified messenger RNA (modRNA) candidate from their BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine program against SARS-CoV-2.

• The National Beer Wholesalers Association and National Association of Attorneys General Human Trafficking Committee Co-Chair Sean Reyes (R-UT) and committee member Maura Healey (D-MA) announced a new initiative to help combat human trafficking in the US. Working alongside the attorneys general, NBWA will offer awareness training to the more than 140,000 beer distribution employees in the U.S. to help them recognize and report signs of human trafficking.  

• The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a request for information (RFI) to seek public input on how best to create a regulatory environment that expands access to credit and ensures that all consumers and communities are protected from discrimination in all aspects of a credit transaction.

• American Gaming Association continued their ongoing illegal gambling initiative by educating not just consumers but media outlets about the importance of not further confusing or legitimizing illegal sites. State Gaming Map.