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AG Skrmetti Announces Bipartisan Efforts in Consumer Protections

Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jul 9, 2026

Tennessee Attorney General (AG) Jonathan Skrmetti today announced a $45 million multistate settlement with Block Inc., the company behind the popular peer-to-peer payments app Cash App. The settlement resolves allegations that Block misled consumers about the safety of Cash App, failed to protect users from fraud on the platform and did not provide the fraud protection or resolution promised or required by law. Oregon and Texas led the investigation, securing relief for all 46 participating states. Tennessee will receive $737,136.95 in settlement funds. Also today, Skrmetti joined a bipartisan coalition of 49 attorneys general in urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt stronger safeguards to make it harder for scammers to obtain legitimate telephone numbers and use them to target consumers. The coalition filed comments supporting proposed FCC rules that would help prevent criminals from exploiting legitimate phone numbers to carry out robocall and text message scams. The request builds on recommendations first made by the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force in 2021. According to Skrmetti, Americans received an estimated 29.6 billion scam robocalls and text messages last year and lost nearly $2 billion to these schemes.