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Alleged scheme targets least populous county in continental US

State officials in Texas are taking action against an Indiana man who is allegedly orchestrating an illegal scheme to "take over" the least populous county in the United States.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Oct. 9 against Malcolm Tanner of Crawfordsville, Indiana, seeking an emergency temporary restraining order to halt Tanner’s settlement activities, which Paxton alleges endanger public health and violate state law.

Filed in Loving County’s 143rd Judicial District Court, the petition states Tanner purchased two adjoining 5-acre tracts of barren land in Loving County in January. The property, known locally as 2985 Private Road 3008, is located in unincorporated Mentone, about 60 miles we

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