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I-Team: Man Scams Unemployed, Owes Victims Thousands
BOSTON (CBS) – Brad Hall says the lies began when it was time for his former employer, Paul Darcy Jr., to pay up. “I can’t tell you how many different lies, there were lies upon lies and lying about...
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Mass. To Get $318 Million In National Mortgage Settlement
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — Attorney General Martha Coakley says Massachusetts borrowers will receive about $318 million from a $25 billion national settlement with lenders over foreclosure abuses. Massachusetts...
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Keller @ Large: Martha Coakley On New Mortgage Settlement
BOSTON (CBS) – Attorney General Martha Coakley has signed a new settlement that could help thousands of homeowners in Massachusetts. Read: Settlement Details Under the agreement, five major banks —...
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Coakley Names 2nd Casino Oversight Panel Member
BOSTON (AP) — Attorney General Martha Coakley has named retired New Jersey State Police Lt. Col. Gayle Cameron to the panel overseeing casino gambling in Massachusetts. Coakley said Cameron has right...
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4 Plead Not Guilty To Human Trafficking In Mass.
BOSTON (AP) — Four individuals charged under the state’s new anti-human trafficking law have pleaded not guilty. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced the arrests on Friday, calling...
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Tim Cahill Indicted On Corruption, Fraud Charges
BOSTON (CBS/AP) – Former State Treasurer Timothy Cahill was indicted Monday on public corruption charges related to advertisements promoting the state lottery that ran during his unsuccessful campaign...
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Keller @ Large: What Was Tim Cahill Thinking?
BOSTON (CBS) - What on earth was Tim Cahill thinking? If the allegations in Monday’s indictment are proven true in court, it would seem that Cahill came to see the lottery ad budget as a resource to...
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I-Team: Essex County Sheriff Now Being Investigated By Attorney General
BOSTON (CBS) – In the wake of an I-Team exclusive report, Essex County Sheriff Frank Cousins is now under investigation by the Attorney General’s office for allegedly pressuring employees to...
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Attorney General Sues South Shore Driving School
BOSTON (CBS) – The Attorney General is suing Woods South Shore Auto School which mysteriously closed after decades in business. Chief Correspondent Joe Shortsleeve says as many as 200 students are now...
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Mass. Officials Hope To Close Loophole In Drunk Driving Law
BOSTON (AP) — Three Massachusetts officials say they will try to close what they call a loophole in state drunken driving law. I-Team: Repeat Drunk Drivers Could Be Getting Licenses Back The Supreme...
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Mass. Senate Closes Loophole In Drunk Driving Law
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts state senators have voted to close a loophole in the state’s drunken driving law so that cases continued without a finding are now counted as a conviction. I-Team: Repeat...
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South Shore Hospital Fined $750K For Data Breach
BOSTON (CBS) – South Shore Hospital has been hit with a $750,000 fine for allegations regarding a data breach that affected more than 800,000 people. Back-up tapes containing individuals’ names, social...
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Coakley Looks To Snuff Medical Marijuana Question From November Ballot
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has moved to dismiss a petition to the state’s highest court by a group that opposes a proposed ballot question that would legalize medical...
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Court Rules Medical Marijuana Ballot Question Needs To Be Re-Written
BOSTON (AP) — The state Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of medical marijuana opponents who say the likely November ballot question on the issue is misleading. Attorney General Martha Coakley...
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Democrats: Supreme Court Health Care Ruling Vindication For Massachusetts
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, including the individual insurance requirement at the heart of the law, is being hailed as a...
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Emerson College Settles Asbestos Suit
BOSTON (AP) — Emerson College and Suffolk Construction Co. Inc. will pay $500,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations that they failed to thoroughly test a Boston building for asbestos before...
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Is Your Health Club Stealing From You?
BOSTON (CBS) – We all hear we should exercise more, but for some people the benefits can be outweighed by the problems. Health clubs are a common source of consumer complaints. Maureen McGuiness of...
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Coakley Fines National Grid $16 Million For Outages
BOSTON (CBS) – Hundreds of thousands of National Grid customers lost power during last year’s storms. Some were in the dark for more than a week. The state’s Attorney General says National Grid...
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Veterans’ Charity Sued For Allegedly Misleading Donors
HOLDEN (CBS) – Attorney General Martha Coakley is suing a veterans’ charity for fraud. She says the fundraisers promised every penny would be given to veterans, but they lied. The charity, Bay State...
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Keller @ Large: Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley
BOSTON (CBS) – Protecting consumers from foreclosures is one of the topics WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller covered Sunday on “Keller @ Large” as he sat down with Massachusetts Attorney General...
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