Massachusetts Attorney General's Office

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey joined NBC10 Boston for Women’s History Month to reflect on her upbringing and her work in the office of AG so far. She also shares why having all kinds of women in law is essential.

Scams have started to emerge around COVID-19 vaccines, Attorney General Maura Healey warned Monday, including some that falsely promise early access, promote disinformation, or use vaccination as a guise to seek and receive personal and financial details. Healey cautioned residents to be wary of emails claiming to have a link to register for the vaccine, phone calls purporting to be…

Officers at a Dartmouth detention center used excessive force when they deployed pepper spray, police dogs and a flash bang device against inmates who refused to be tested for COVID-19, according to a state report released Tuesday. In a scathing report, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office determined that the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office violated the civil rights of federal...

An online travel agency has agreed to pay more than $500,000 to hundreds of Massachusetts residents for allegedly continuing to collect payments for travel reservations despite knowing they had been or would be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then failing to provide refunds, the state attorney general’s office said Wednesday. In a proposed consent judgment, Florida-based BookIt.com...

Facebook must turn over information to the Massachusetts attorney general’s office regarding thousands of apps that the social media company suspects of misusing users’ data, a judge decided. The order issued by Suffolk Superior Court Judge Brian Davis on Friday stated that Facebook has refused to turn over information about specific apps, groups of apps and developers that the...

Five people have been arrested in connection with a sex trafficking operation that ran in multiple cities in the Boston area, according to the state Attorney General Maura Healey.

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office is investigating reports that minority middle school students were subjected to racism by staff and patrons during a field trip to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts last month....
During a visit to the museum on May 16, the principal of the Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy in Dorchester said museum security followed his students while leaving...

Complaints of racism at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts has sparked a change in policy, but city leaders want to make sure something like this does not happen again.

Thirteen Springfield, Massachusetts police officers and a former officer have been indicted in connection with the alleged assault and beating of four civilians following an argument at a bar in 2015, and then attempting to cover it up. The indictments, filed by a grand jury, were announced Wednesday by Attorney General Maura Healey’s office and FBI Boston Division Special Agent...

Five Springfield, Massachusetts police officers are facing criminal charges for allegedly assaulting and badly beating four people following an altercation at a bar four years ago. Daniel Billingsley, 30, of Springfield; Anthony Cicero, 29, of Hampden; Christian Cicero, 28, of Longmeadow; Igor Basovskiy, 33, Springfield; and Jameson Williams, 33, of East Longmeadow are all charged with four counts of assault...

Jenny Racioppi was at a family gathering at her North Reading, Massachusetts home last November when she received a call from Bank of America, informing her of some suspicious activity on her account. That’s when Racioppi noticed a series of alarming emails in her inbox. First, an alert from Bank of America, notifying her of a password change to her...

A Massachusetts lawmaker is taking action in the wake of an NBC10 Boston Investigators report, which showed how state troopers caught up in the overtime scandal cashed in on a taxpayer-funded perk on their way out the door. Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, a Gloucester Republican, is proposing freezing payouts for accrued sick time to employees who retire while under...

Comcast has been ordered to pay $700,000 as part of a settlement with the state of Massachusetts. Attorney General Maura Healey’s office accused the company of deceptive advertising involving the prices and terms of long-term contracts.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey expressed concern about the findings of NBC10 Boston investigation on the solar industry, specifically allegations of companies preying on elderly consumers. The report examined consumer complaints submitted to the AG’s office in 2017. Out of 230 complaints, 40 percent of the people checked a box indicating they were over 60 years old. “When I hear...

NBC10 Boston Investigators examine complaints about solar companies involving elderly consumers

NBC10 Boston Investigators examine complaints about solar companies involving elderly consumers

The owner of a sober home in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood was indicted this month for allegedly giving drugs to recovering substance abusers in exchange for sex.

Investigators are following the money trail in the Massachusetts State Police Department, and critics say there needs to be more transparency and accountability. An investigation by the Boston Globe shows that troopers’ earnings are significantly greater than had previously been reported. “It’s important for the state police to get its act together,” Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday. Gov. Charlie...

A Boston police officer has been indicted for allegedly stealing $2,000 in cash from the Boston Police Department’s evidence room and attempting to launder it at Plainridge Park Casino.