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Federal Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Friday June 21, 2024 ( 4 items )  

ERO Boston removes Ecuadorian fugitive from US
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston removed a 30-year-old unlawfully present Ecuadorian national who is wanted by authorities in his home country to answer for rape charges. On May 21, deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Ricardo Andre Barrera-Peleaz from the United States to Ecuador. "Ricardo Andre Barrera-Peleaz fled rape charges in   more

Litigation: SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Ex-State Street Executive
WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 16-cv-10874; D. Mass. May 13, 2016) involving Ross McLellan: * * * On June 17, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered a final judgment against Ross McLellan, a former executive of Massachusetts-based State Street Corporation, for engaging in a scheme to defraud certain customers of State Street's transition management business. According to the SEC's comp  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Former Boston Police Sergeant Sentenced for Overtime Fraud Scheme
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A former Boston Police Sergeant was sentenced on June 18, 2024 for his involvement in a long running overtime fraud scheme at the Boston Police Department's (BPD) evidence warehouse. William Baxter, 63, of Hyde Park, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to three years of supervised release, with seven months to be served in home detention.   more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Haverhill Man Indicted for Allegedly Filing Fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Claim for Brazilian Resident
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: A Haverhill man was indicted today for allegedly filing a Massachusetts Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claim in 2020 for a man who was living in Brazil at the time, and therefore ineligible to receive PUA benefits. Julio Roncaly Morais, 41, was charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He wil  more