The state of Texas has filed a legal action against EPIC City and its developers because while the 400 acres being developed by its organizations was advertised as being open, secular and inclusive, their actual intent was to create a location to be the “epicenter of Islam in North America.”
BREAKING: I just sued East Plano Islamic Center to stop its illegal land development scheme.
The leaders behind EPIC City have engaged in a radical plot to destroy hundreds of acres of beautiful Texas land and line their own pockets. pic.twitter.com/OtGb5oAcml
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) December 5, 2025
The action was brought by Attorney General Ken Paxton, who explained involved are EPIC City, the East Plano Islamic Council, Community Capital Partners and multiple individuals, who all allegedly violated Texas securities laws.
Paxton described it as a “radical plot.”
He said the project will be halted and those responsible will be barred from ever creating another fraudulent operation.
He explained that the promotional materials implied that the project would be unlawfully reserved for Muslims as the project was described by its promoters as the “epicenter of Islam in North America.”
Further, the developers were accused of diverting cash raised for the project to their own pockets.
A report at the RAIR Foundation said it had been investigating, and had brought to light the project and the “sharp contrast between how organizers publicly described the development and how it was promoted internally to potential investors.”
“RAIR’s reporting revealed that internal promotional materials characterized EPIC City as nothing less than the future ‘epicenter of Islam in North America,’ a description that contradicted public assurances that the community was intended to be open, secular, and broadly inclusive. These revelations ignited an immediate public response, with Texans urging regulators to examine the project’s financing, governance, and intentions,” the organization reported.
VICTORY TEXAS — WE DID IT! TEAMWORK!
STATE OF TEXAS MOVES TO SHUT DOWN THE EPIC CITY SCHEME
RAIR Foundation exposed the problem, Texans demanded action, and today the Attorney General has acted – Thank you, Ken Paxton!
This is what accountability looks like. This is how… https://t.co/GzX9pN2CM6
— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) December 5, 2025
A statement from Amy Mek, of the RAIR Foundation, explained, “RAIR Foundation exposed the problem, Texans demanded action, and today the Attorney General has acted – Thank you, Ken Paxton! This is what accountability looks like. This is how America is supposed to work. On December 5, 2025, the Texas Attorney General’s Office officially sued the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC), Community Capital Partners (CCP), and several of their leaders for violating Texas securities law through the proposed ‘EPIC City’ land-development project. This decisive legal action follows months of escalating concern from Texans and comes after RAIR’s investigation exposed serious red flags surrounding the development.
“According to the State of Texas, EPIC and CCP solicited funds in violation of securities laws, marketed the project as the ‘epicenter of Islam in North America,’ misled investors, diverted funds into developers’ own pockets, and failed to verify accredited-investor status as required by law. The Texas State Securities Board uncovered these violations and referred the case to the Attorney General, who has now moved to stop the project from continuing.”
The foundation said, “The legal action represents the culmination of a sequence that began with public exposure, followed by citizen activism, regulatory investigation, and now enforcement by the highest law enforcement authority in the state. RAIR Foundation was the first outlet to fully document the development and to highlight the discrepancies between its public messaging and its internal ambitions. Public concern intensified as residents and community leaders questioned the legality, transparency, and intentions of the project. Their demands prompted the State Securities Board to launch an investigation, which ultimately revealed the legal violations now at the center of Paxton’s lawsuit.”
It cited allegations that the scheme “relied on improper investment practices, misleading promises, and an ideological framing that was carefully obscured from the broader public. It asserts that organizers used deceptive methods to solicit funds and to shape a development that was neither what investors were led to believe nor what Texans were told publicly.”
