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OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has signed a letter with 50 other attorneys general from across the United States and Puerto Rico, asking for federal legislation to allow money from prescription drug settlements to return to the states.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter released the following statement on the passage of Senate Concurrent Resolution 12, creating the Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse.

The resolution passed unanimously in the House and by a 38 - 2 margin in the Senate.

“I appreciate the members in both chambers working to pass this important measure, especially Sen. AJ Griffin and Rep. Tim Downing, who authored the resolution and worked tirelessly to see it through.

Recommendations would address residential abuse cases

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter signed a letter from the National Association of Attorneys General with 36 other states and the District of Columbia urging a change in federal policy to expand the ability of the Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU) to investigate and prosecute Medicaid fraud, neglect and abuse cases, including those happening outside of state-operated facilities.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter today filed eight felony charges and one misdemeanor charge against Ryan and Richard Tate for alleged fraudulent business practices the two conducted while operating their businesses, Tate Publishing and Tate Music Group.

The charges include four felony counts of embezzlement, one felony count of attempted extortion by threat, two felony counts of extortion by threat, one felony count of racketeering and one misdemeanor count of embezzlement.