Thursday, January 10, 2013
American Career Institute students should consider taking immediate steps to protect themselves, including canceling any automatic payments to the school and saving all related documents and paperwork, reports the attorney general.
In light of the recent closure of American Career Institute (ACI) facilities in Massachusetts, Attorney General Martha Coakley is urging students who were affected to take appropriate steps to protect their assets and ongoing education. The AG’s Office is investigating ACI, a for-profit school with five job-training campuses in Massachusetts and headquartered in Framingham. The school abruptly closed on Wednesday. The AG’s Office is now working to assist students impacted by the closure and concerned about tuition payments. ACI Students should consider taking immediate steps to protect themselves, including canceling any automatic payments to the school and saving all related documents and paperwork. Students of ACI are also advised to …
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Massachusetts Attorney General obtains injunction prohibiting defendant from operating without a license.
A Framingham man has been sued and ordered to stop any contracting services without a license after allegedly engaging in home improvement projects without proper registration, failing to complete the work, and misappropriating tens of thousands of dollars from a consumer, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced in a press release Thursday. The lawsuit filed against Kyle Buckminster last week in Suffolk Superior Court seeks civil penalties and consumer restitution for violations of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act, due to allegations he misrepresented himself as a licensed home improvement contractor and abandoned projects for which he had received payment. As a result of a preliminary injunction, obtained by the Attorney …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Roberta Cicora, 57, of New York, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Michael A. Ponsor to mailing four threatening communications.
A New York woman was convicted Thursday in federal court of sending four threatening communications in the mail. Roberta Cicora, 57, of New York, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Michael A. Ponsor to mailing four threatening communications. Had the case proceeded to trial the government’s evidence would have proven that on May 2, 2011, Cicora mailed threatening letters, which included an unknown white powder, to U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and the District Court in Greenfield. Cicora also sent a threatening letter to the Franklin County House of Correction in Greenfield. Cicora’s white powder letters caused the offices which received them to close down until HAZMAT teams responded…
Friday, August 31, 2012
Three book publishers have agreed to a settlement in price-fixing conspiracy.
Massachusetts residents who bought e-books through the publishers Hachette Book Group Inc., HarperCollins Publishers LLC, and Simon & Schuster Inc., in the past two years could get a piece of more than $2 million in restitution, officials say. The three book publishers have agreed to pay more than $69 million to customers across the country who bought e-books from April 1, 2010, through May 21, 2012, to settle allegations of price fixing, according to a press release from the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley. “We found compelling evidence that these companies conspired to fix prices and overcharge consumers for some of the most popular e-book titles,” Coakley said, in the release. “Today’s settlement paves the way for restitution …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Some Framingham customers were without power for a week or more following these weather events in 2011. Does a potential $9.7 million fine for NSTAR ease the pain?
Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office is seeking a $9.7 million fine after an investigation revealed NTAR "failed to adequately prepare, respond, and communicate during Irene and the October 2011 snowstorm." The recommended fine breaks down to slightly more than $4 million for NSTAR’s response to the October 2011 snowstorm and $5.7 million for Irene, according to a press release. The AG's Office filed a brief Aug. 7, with the state's Department of Public Utilities, which has the authority to levy the fine. According to the Attorney General's investigation, NSTAR fell short of its state-required Emergency Response Plan obligations. In particular, NSTAR failed “NSTAR’s preparation for these storms was woefully inadequate and much of the …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Details of possible "pay-to-play" contributions emerged in an investigation by the State Attorney General's Office into the actions of former Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola.
The State House News Service reported today that Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has closed the investigation into the Middlesex Sheriff's Office under the late James DiPaola without any criminal charges, despite evidence of a "pay-to-play culture." After a series of conflict of interest fines levied against Middlesex Sheriff's Office employees over the past year (see previous articles below), one last fine has been levied: a $4,000 fine against DiPaola's sister and campaign treasurer, Patricia Covelle, according to the State House News Service. Yesterday, Fox 25 News reported that Covelle was discussing a deal with the Attorney General's Office and that if she took the deal, she'd pay a fine but not face criminal prosecution…
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Subcontractors working at Pulte Homes sites in eastern Massachusetts have been ordered to pay more than $400,000 in unpaid wages and penalties, and more than $141,000 has been recovered in outstanding revenue for state's unemployment system.
A Framingham business owner was among several subcontractors cited by the Massachusetts Attorney General's office for violations. AM Construction Services and its President, Adimar Demoura of Framingham, allegedly failed to pay four workers a total of $15,331.50 for framing work done on private residential projects in Braintree and Plymouth. They were also fined $22,500 in penalties. Subcontractors working at Pulte Homes sites in eastern Massachusetts have been ordered to pay more than $400,000 in unpaid wages and penalties, and more than $141,000 has been recovered in previously outstanding revenue for Massachusetts’ unemployment system, according to a press release by Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office, the Executive Office of …
Patrick Shane
2:34 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
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