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Marshfield Pharmacy and Owner Charged With False Billing to MassHealth and Insurers 

9/22/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Independent Pharmacy Allegedly Billed for Prescriptions Without Inventory To Fill; Charged Customers Cash for Controlled Substances When Insurance Would Have Covered Costs

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Korean Food Stores Located in North Shore Malls Cited for Wage and Hour, Child Labor Law Violations 

9/22/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Citations Total Over $51,000 Including Restitution for Affected Workers

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Lowell Man Found Guilty, Sentenced To Jail for Defrauding MassHealth 

9/22/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant Caused MassHealth To Pay Over $100,000 for Personal Care Attendant Services That He Did Not Provide

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AG Healey Secures $12 Million in Relief From Debt Collection Company and Subsidiaries Over Unlawful Practices 

9/20/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Settlement Resolves Allegations of Illegal Debt Buying and Debt Collection Practices by Encore Capital Group; Provides Restitution and Debt Relief for Massachusetts Consumers

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AG Healey Sues Haverhill Car Dealership for Pricing Discrimination 

9/19/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Complaint Alleges Jaffarian Volvo Toyota Charged Black and Hispanic Customers Higher Prices and Markups for Add-On Products and Services Than Similarly Situated White Customers

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AG Healey Applauds FTC on New Proposed Rule to Strengthen Consumer Protections in Car Sales and Calls for Further Action 

9/13/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Co-Leads Multistate Letter With Recommendations To Improve Proposed Federal Rule

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AG Healey Leads Appeals Court Brief in Support of Equity and Diversity in School Admissions 

9/12/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Coalition of Attorneys General Urge Court To Reject Claim Against Boston Public Schools That Race-Neutral Admissions Criteria Amount to Unlawful Discrimination

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Home Health Aide Charged With Assault and Battery Against Elderly Patient 

9/12/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant Allegedly Pushed 91-Year-Old Alzheimer’s Patient Out of a Chair and Dragged Her Across the Room

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Owner of Edgartown Masonry Company Charged in Connection With Workers’ Compensation Fraud 

9/09/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant Stole Over $30,000 by Concealing Employees From Workers’ Compensation Insurers

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AG Healey Supports Federal Proposal Aimed at Strengthening Protections Against Sexual Harassment in Schools 

9/09/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Proposed Rule Would Roll Back Harmful Trump Administration Policy That AG Healey Challenged in Court

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Dorchester Convenience Store Owner Pleads Guilty in Connection With Bribing a Lottery Official 

9/08/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant Attempted To Reverse Lottery’s Decision To Deny Payment on Winning Tickets Illegally Submitted by His Son; Judge Prohibits Defendant From Engaging in Gaming or Lottery Activity

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AG Healey Issues Seventh Annual Labor Day Report on Office’s Efforts To Combat Wage Theft and Protect Workers 

9/05/2022 The Attorney General's Fair Labor Division

Report Shows More Than $11.8 Million in Restitution and Penalties Assessed in Fiscal Year 2022; More Than 19,000 Workers Assisted by AG’s Office

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Jeffrey Shapiro Appointed New Inspector General 

9/02/2022 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

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Lawrence Man Arrested and Arraigned in Connection with Drug Takedown by AG’s New England Fentanyl Strike Force 

9/02/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Strike Force Seized More Than Three and a Half Kilograms of Fentanyl, 500 Grams of Cocaine, 150 Opioid Pills, $10,000 in Cash and a Gold Rolex Watch