Recent News About Massachusetts Attorney General
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The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that Andrew Piltser Cowan, 42, of Somerville pleaded guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to three counts of Fiduciary Embezzlement and was sentenced to 2.5 years in the House of Correction, suspended for three years, followed by three years probation.
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Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has reached a $2 million settlement with SaVida Health, P.C. (SaVida), a physician group specializing in behavioral health and substance use treatment services with locations across Western Massachusetts.
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A joint operation early Thursday morning, December 12, 2024, by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office’s Enterprise and Major Crimes Division (EMCD), the Massachusetts State Police (MSP), and Brockton Police Department (BPD) resulted in the execution of search warrants at 12 locations, including 11 residences and a garage, in Brockton, Fall River, and North Easton and the arraignments of 12 individuals suspected in participating in a high end car theft enterprise.
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The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court against East Boston-based company MetroWest Environmental Services involving the improper handling and removal of asbestos-containing siding from a two-family house on Hayward Street in Milford.
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In anticipation of “Giving Tuesday” and the upcoming holiday season, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is advising residents to make well-researched and informed decisions when donating to charitable organizations.
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Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced that her office has issued citations against Northeast Foods LLC, a company which operates dozens of Burger King franchise locations across Massachusetts, for violating various state employment laws, including child labor laws.
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The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that, following a bench trial in Bristol County Taunton Superior Court, a New Bedford man was found guilty on charges in connection to stealing $20,400 by false pretenses from 13 individuals in 2022.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz announced that Eva Cardoso, Kayla Cardoso, and Lisa Hamilton were indicted and arraigned in Brockton Superior Court on various charges including manslaughter, caretaker neglect of an elder, larceny, and Medicaid fraud.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced that she, along with a coalition of 38 attorneys general and the Justice Department, has proposed a robust package of remedies to end Google’s unlawful monopoly over internet search engines and to restore competition to benefit customers.
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A new report released by Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell examines the capacity of Massachusetts households with commercial health insurance to pay for health care and, relatedly, the accumulation of debt when households cannot pay their medical bills.
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Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has issued the following statement on the results of the 2024 Presidential Election.
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The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that it has issued citations against Contrail Glory, Inc., dba A Dollar Store (Contrail), a New Jersey based retail company that formerly operated a Springfield, MA location, and the company’s owner, Shaukat Kassam (Kassam), for violating various Massachusetts state employment laws.
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The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has reached a settlement with Evolve Health, P.C. (Evolve), a Quincy-based physician group practice specializing in substance abuse treatment.
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Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced that she has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in U.S. v. Idaho to protect access to emergency abortion care in Idaho.
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Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, Massachusetts State Police Colonel Geoffrey Noble and Winchester Police Chief Daniel O’Connell announce the indictment of two Winchester men on various charges.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced that she, along with District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb, has co-led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in opposing needless barriers to mifepristone access imposed by the state of North Carolina.
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The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that it has filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court against a Grafton company, Feedback Earth, Inc., over claims that it has been emitting noxious odors for months that impact residents in several surrounding communities.
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A joint operation early Wednesday morning, October 2, 2024, by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office’s Enterprise & Major Crimes Division (EMCD) and the Massachusetts State Police (MSP), in partnership with the MSP Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction and Enforcement Team (CINRET) and the Cross Border Initiative of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), resulted in the execution of search warrants at 15 locations in Methuen and Lawrence and the arrests of 11 individuals suspected of various drug- and weapons-related crimes.
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Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a multistate settlement with Marriott International, Inc. following an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of the hotel’s guest reservation databases, impacting more than 130 million guest records nationwide.
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The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that it has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Harp Media B.V. and Hove Media, collectively known as Bovada, for operating a sports betting and gambling website without a license in Massachusetts.
