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Federal Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Thursday June 06, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Justice Dept.: U.S. Files Forfeiture Action to Recover Over $5M of Funds Traceable to Business Email Compromise Scheme Targeting Massachusetts Workers Union
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: The Justice Department filed a civil forfeiture action today to recover approximately $5,315,746.29 of funds alleged to be proceeds of a business email compromise (BEC) scheme and property involved in the subsequent laundering of the proceeds. According to the complaint, in January 2023, a workers union based in Dorchester, Massachusetts, was defrauded out of $6.4 million after it received a  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Former Quincy Man Arrested for Allegedly Distributing 10 Pounds of Methamphetamine
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A former Quincy man currently residing in Las Vegas has been arrested in connection the distribution of methamphetamine. Samuel Jean-Baptiste, a/k/a "Jett Black," 38, was charged with one count of distribution of methamphetamine. Jean-Baptiste was arrested on May 30, 2024 and, following an initial appearance in federal court in Boston, was detained pending a hea  more