September 04, 2024
Former Massachusetts state Sen. Dean A. Tran denied charges Wednesday that he stole pandemic unemployment assistance and cheated on his taxes, with his attorney telling a jury that Tran simply made a series of paperwork "mistakes."
April 30, 2024
A Boston federal judge on Tuesday rejected what he called an "imaginative and novel" effort by a former Massachusetts politician to dismiss charges of lying to get COVID-19 relief funds and underreporting income on his taxes.
April 25, 2024
Federal prosecutors said Thursday that a former Massachusetts politician should save for trial his arguments seeking to dismiss claims that he lied to rake in COVID-19 relief funds and tried to avoid reporting income to the Internal Revenue Service.
March 14, 2024
A former Massachusetts state senator charged with collecting CARES Act-funded unemployment benefits while being paid for consulting work said in a motion filed Thursday that the 10th Amendment prohibits the federal government from prosecuting him for actions that occurred at the state level.
November 17, 2023
A former Massachusetts state senator and unsuccessful U.S. congressional candidate was arrested Friday on allegations that he fraudulently claimed pandemic-related unemployment benefits while working as a consultant and failed to report income from that job to the IRS, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.