\n A rendering of the proposed EPIC City mosque and surrounding development in Plano | Image by @RealJarTaylor\/X <\/p>\n
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit on Friday against the East Plano Islamic Center, a related development company, and several leaders, accusing them of securities fraud in fundraising for a proposed 400-acre Muslim community in Collin and Hunt counties.<\/p>\n
The civil action alleges that Community Capital Partners, created by the center to buy and develop the land, sold securities without verifying that more than 10% of buyers were accredited investors as required by law and diverted substantial funds for personal use despite promises otherwise.<\/p>\n
Some promotional materials described the project, known as EPIC City<\/a>, as the \u201cepicenter of Islam in North America\u201d and suggested it would be reserved exclusively for Muslims, the lawsuit claims.<\/p>\n \u201cThe leaders behind EPIC City have engaged in a radical plot to destroy hundreds of acres of beautiful Texas land and line their own pockets,\u201d Paxton said in a statement. \u201cI will relentlessly bring the full force of the law against anyone who thinks they can ignore the rules and hurt Texans. The unlawful land project known as EPIC City will be stopped, and those responsible will be barred from ever creating another fraudulent operation like this again.\u201d<\/p>\n Paxton\u2019s office opened<\/a> an investigation in March 2025 and received a referral from the Texas State Securities Board in October before filing<\/a> the lawsuit to halt the development and bar future similar ventures.<\/p>\n