Ten years, $271,000 and 100 hours of community service later, fraud charges brought against Texas Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton have been dismissed by the state.
A Collin County grand jury brought the charges in 2015, the same year Paxton became Texas’ chief legal officer. Paxton was accused of soliciting investors in a Texas-based tech startup while failing to disclose his own financial stake in the company.
Paxton pleaded not guilty to the multiple securities fraud charges brought against him. In March 2024, he agreed to a pretrial diversion agreement that kept the case from going to trial just weeks before it was set to begin without requiring Paxton to plead guilty. That agreement required 100 hours of community service at a Collin County nonprofit, 30 hours of ethics training and a restitution payment of $271,000 to his accusers…