Massachusetts is collecting 20-million dollars as the state's share of a nationwide settlement with Volkswagen.
The lawsuit accused Volkswagen of doctoring software to make its high mileage diesel vehicles pass emissions tests.
Attorney General Maura Healey says VW's actions caused thousands of additional tons of pollution to enter the environment.
More than 15-thousand of the illegally equipped vehicles were sold in Massachusetts.
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