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Federal Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Friday September 13, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Air Force, Army medics team up to keep skills fresh
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. A revitalized partnership between the 66th Medical Squadron and U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Mass. is proving to be beneficial to lab staff, technicians and patients here. As the only active-duty military treatment facility in Massachusetts, 66 MDS provides outpatient treatment to service members from all branches   more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Federal Authorities Seize Over 350 Website Domains Used to Import Illegal Switches and Silencers From China
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: Federal authorities in Boston seized more than 350 internet domains that were allegedly used for the illegal importation of switches and silencers from China. Switches are parts designed to convert semiautomatic pistols into fully automatic machineguns and silencers are devices used to suppress the sound of a firearm when discharged. Possession of these items a  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Florida Man Sentenced for Role in Money Laundering Conspiracy
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: A Florida man was sentenced yesterday for his for his participation in a money laundering conspiracy. Robert Hueton Colespring, 56, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Colespring was also ordered to pay a fine of $5,000. In May 2024, Colespring pleaded gui  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Former Massachusetts State Senator Convicted of COVID and Tax Fraud
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Former Massachusetts State Senator Dean A. Tran was convicted yesterday following a six-day trial for scheming to defraud the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance and collecting income that he failed to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Tran, 48, of Fitchburg, was convicted of 20 counts of wire fraud and three count  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Securities Trader Pleads Guilty to Market Manipulation Conspiracy
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: A securities trader pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a sophisticated, multi-year market manipulation conspiracy involving securities traded on exchanges within the United States, including the New York Stock Exchange and NADSAQ. Xiaosong Wang, 36, of Upton, Mass. pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commi  more