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14. Of the total number of those CIDs issued, the AGO issued about twenty-five in
connection with joint investigations with other states, about thirty in connection with
investigations involving the federal government, and several involving both other states and the
federal government. CIDs issued pursuant to G.L. c. 93 A ("Chapter 93 A"), § 6, have addressed,
among other things, foreclosure practices of banks, business practices in the pharmaceuticals
industry, the marketing and sale of securities, and solicitations and transactions involving other
products and services sold in the Commonwealth.
15. Examples since 2013, which have become public through settlement with the
target companies, include: investigations involving large multistate groups and the federal
government (Chase Bank, Ocwen, and HSBC); investigations with small groups of states and the
federal government (Citigroup, JP Morgan); a joint investigation with federal authorities
(Oppenheimer); a joint investigation with another state (LPL Financial); and a joint investigation
with a large multistate group (MoneyGram). Attached to this affidavit as Exhibit 11 (Chase
Bank), Exhibit 12 (Ocwen), Exhibit 13 (HSBC), Exhibit 14 (Citigroup), Exhibit 15 (JP
Morgan), Exhibit 16 (Oppenheimer), Exhibit 17 (LPL Financial), and Exhibit 18 (MoneyGram)
are true and accurate copies of press releases issued by the Office in connection with those
settlements.
16. A very recent, visible example is the AGO's 2016 participation in a joint
multistate investigation into Volkswagen's "clean diesel" deception, which has so far resulted in
a partial settlement providing Massachusetts with nearly $100 million in Chapter 93 A civil
penalties and environmental mitigation.
17. Attached to this affidavit as Exhibit 19 is a true and accurate copy of an AGO
press release announcing the partial settlement, "AG Healey Announces Major Award for More
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