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BOSTON – The owner of a firm that provided payroll and payroll tax services to small businesses in New England was sentenced on Thursday, July 22, 2021 for defrauding clients by diverting…

BOSTON – A Nigerian national residing in Boston has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with online fraud schemes. Macpherson Osemwegie, 32, agreed to plead guilty to one…

BOSTON – Two Nigerian nationals were indicted on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in connection with their roles in expansive online fraud schemes targeting individuals in the United States, including romance scams and…

BOSTON – A Stoughton man with ties to the Orchard Gardens housing development in Roxbury was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston on drug trafficking charges. Dashawn Matthews, 31, was sentenced…

BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a money laundering conspiracy. Jose Ernesto Pujols, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy…

BOSTON – A Dominican national who previously resided in Clifton, N.J., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to fentanyl distribution. Carlos Nunez, 49, pleaded guilty one count of conspiracy to…

BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to false representation of a Social Security number and making a false statement relating to health care matters.  Ronald…

BOSTON – A Worcester man pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with using stolen identities to fraudulently purchase MBTA passes.     Kokou Kuakumensah, 31, pleaded…

BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with misusing another individual’s Social Security number to receive housing and unemployment benefits.  Ramon Hiciano, 59, formerly…

BOSTON – A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence pleaded guilty yesterday to fentanyl distribution charges. Luis Aybar-Guerrero, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with…

BOSTON – A Brockton man was sentenced today for his role in distributing fentanyl throughout southeastern Massachusetts. Eric Marques, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to five…

BOSTON – A Dominican national previously residing in Dorchester was sentenced today for distributing fentanyl. Snolbert Ramirez-Sandoval, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to two years in prison…

BOSTON – A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Carlos Antunes, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton…

BOSTON – A Leicester woman and man were charged in a superseding indictment by a federal grand jury in Worcester in connection with their alleged involvement in a pandemic unemployment fraud scheme.…

BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for fentanyl trafficking. Andres Arias, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 51 months…

BOSTON – Eight individuals were charged and arrested yesterday in connection with a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking ring operating between California and New England. Investigators seized approximately 152 pounds of methamphetamine throughout the…

BOSTON – A Dalton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to child sexual exploitation offenses.  James LaFrance, 65, pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual exploitation of children. U.S.…

BOSTON – A California parent pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to a tax offense in connection with his involvement in the college admissions case. Homayoun Zadeh, 60, an associate…

BOSTON – A Boston man was found guilty by a federal jury in Boston yesterday of illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition. Rahshjeem Benson, a/k/a “Six Nine,” 38, was convicted following a…

BOSTON – A Lexington doctor and his wife, who works as his office manager, were charged today in a superseding indictment in connection with an international money laundering scheme involving importing illegal,…

BOSTON – A Cambridge woman was arrested today in connection with fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and Section 8 housing assistance.     Malisha Pitt, 49,…

BOSTON – A Melrose man pleaded guilty on Thursday, July 1, 2021 in connection with his role in an unemployment insurance fraud scheme.  Alan Neal Scott, 68, pleaded guilty to four counts…

BOSTON – A former Boston Police officer pleaded guilty today in connection with an ongoing investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s evidence warehouse.  Craig Smalls, 55, of Roxbury, pleaded…