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AG Healey Launches Investigation Into T-Mobile Data Breach, Urges Consumers to Protect Themselves From Identity Theft and Fraud 

9/14/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Information of More Than 50 Million Current and Former T-Mobile Customers Compromised in Major Data Breach

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AG Healey Calls on Congress to Prioritize Funding for Programs to Address the Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice 

9/14/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Coalition Calls for the Inclusion of Clean Energy, Water, Air, and Climate Change Initiatives in Congressional Reconciliation Bill

Press Statement

AG Healey Issues Statement on DOJ Challenge of Texas Abortion Ban  

9/10/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Press Release

AG Healey Settles With School Bus Company Over Unnecessary Idling at New Bedford Schools; Launches Public Information Campaign to Curb Illegal Idling 

9/09/2021 Office of the Attorney General

AG’s Clean Air Initiative Includes Information for Schools, Online Illegal Idling Reporting Form

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AG Healey Secures $2.25 Million From National Debt Collection Company for Misleading and Harassing Students Borrowers and Low-income Consumers 

9/07/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Company Made High Volume Collection Calls, Attempted to Collect on Time-barred Debts, and Created False and Misleading Affidavits to Use Against Consumers

Press Release

Nursing Assistant Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Elderly Nursing Home Residents  

9/07/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant Allegedly Sexually Abused Victims in Wakefield and Worcester Nursing Homes During Overnight Shifts

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

9/06/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Report Shows More Than $8 Million in Restitution and Penalties Assessed in Fiscal Year 2021; More Than 10,500 Workers Assisted By AG’s Office

Press Release

Revere Woman Indicted in Connection With Trafficking Multiple Victims for Sex at “Day Spa” in Revere 

9/03/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Two Employees also Indicted for Sexually Assaulting Massage Clients

Press Release

In Largest Settlement of Its Kind, AG Healey Secures $27 Million for Thousands of Massachusetts Consumers From Subprime Auto Lender  

9/01/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Settlement Resolves Allegations That Credit Acceptance Corporation Violated the Consumer Protection Act and Debt Collection Laws; Company to Also Provide Debt Relief and Credit Repair to Certain Eligible Consumers

Press Statement

AG Healey Issues Statement in Response To Texas Abortion Ban  

9/01/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Press Release

AG’s Office Certifies 17 Initiative Petitions 

9/01/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Certified Petitions Cover 15 Topics; Thirteen Petitions Ineligible for Certification

Press Release

AG Healey Secures $1 Million in First-Of-Its-Kind Resolution With Debt Settlement Company 

8/31/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Settlement With Beverly-Based DMB Financial Requires Unprecedented Business Practice Changes

Press Release

Three Lawrence Men Indicted in Connection With Major Fentanyl and Heroin Trafficking Operation 

8/27/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Law Enforcement Seized Approximately Six Kilograms of Heroin/Fentanyl and Two Illegal Firearms

Press Release

Owner of the Tannery Banned from Retail Business in Massachusetts, Required to Compensate Victims He Discriminated Against under Settlement with AG’s Office  

8/27/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Settlement With AG’s Office Requires Owner of Upscale Back Bay Clothing and Shoe Store to Pay up to $220,000 for Victim Restitution and Anti-discrimination and Racial Justice Programs

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AG Healey Leads Coalition to Uphold Virginia’s Anti-Discrimination Law 

8/27/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Court Brief Filed in Case of Wedding Photography Business That Wants to Refuse Services to LGBTQ+ Couples