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AG Reaches Settlement with Advertising Company Prohibiting ‘Geofencing’ Around Massachusetts Healthcare Facilities 

4/04/2017 Office of the Attorney General

AG Reaches Settlement with Advertising Company Prohibiting ‘Geofencing’ Around Massachusetts Healthcare Facilities

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MBTA Employee Indicted in Connection With Illegal Gratuities and Procurement Fraud Schemes 

3/31/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Vendor Also Indicted in Connection with Procurement Fraud Scheme

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Westport Farm Owner, 26 Tenants Indicted in New England’s Largest Animal Cruelty Case 

3/31/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Authorities Found More Than 1,400 Animals in Varying Levels of Distress; Defendants Indicted on 151 Counts

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AG Healey Announces Record-Setting $20 Million Settlement by Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche for Knowingly Selling Illegally Polluting Cars and SUVs 

3/30/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Multistate Settlements Announced Today Include Unprecedented $157 Million in Payments to States for Environmental Violations, and Provide New Electric Zero-Emission Vehicles

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AG Healey Secures $22 Million From Santander in First-in-the-nation Settlement Involving Subprime Auto Loans 

3/29/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Settlement to Provide Relief to More Than 2,000 Car Buyers in Massachusetts

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AG Healey Joins Broad Coalition in Opposing Trump’s Executive Order Dismantling the Clean Power Plan 

3/29/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Coalition of 23 States and Local Governments Vows to Take Action in Defending Nationwide Limits on Harmful Greenhouse Gas Pollution from Fossil-Fuel Power Plants

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Falmouth Man Sentenced to Three to Five Years in State Prison in Connection with Construction Machinery Scheme 

3/28/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant Stole More Than $635,000 From Victims

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Real Estate Broker Indicted for Stealing $464,000 from Homeowners 

3/27/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Allegedly Stole from a Total of 11 Families Facing Foreclosure

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AG Healey Testifies Before the DPU Urging It to Deny Eversource’s Proposed $300 Million Rate Increase 

3/24/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Company’s Proposal Seeks First-Year Rate Hike for NStar Electric Customers of More Than $60 Million and Western Massachusetts Electric Company Customers of More Than $36 Million

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Owners of Temp Company Criminally Charged for Wage Theft, Intimidation, and Retaliation Against Warehouse Employees 

3/24/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Defendants Ran “Off-the-Books” Operation in which Workers Allegedly Not Paid Minimum Wage, Overtime; AG’s Office Also Reached $900,000 Civil Settlement with Warehouse Operator

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Boston Man Indicted for Human Trafficking, Rape, and Witness Intimidation in Connection With Trafficking Women for Sex 

3/24/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Allegedly Supplied Multiple Women with Drugs, Trafficked Them for Commercial Sex in Boston, Brookline, Newton, Springfield, and Waltham

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Operator of Condo Wastewater Treatment Plants Indicted in Connection With Fraudulent Monitoring Scheme 

3/24/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Authorities Allege Defendant Faked Wastewater Samples at Three Massachusetts Facilities and Submitted False Reports to MassDEP

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Former Office Manager Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Stealing Nearly $1 Million From Employer 

3/22/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Defendants Made Checks Payable to Herself and Forged Signatures for Bank Deposits