USA v. Dimassa
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3:22-cr-00033
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April 19, 2024
Sentence For Pandemic Funds Theft Seems To Split 2nd Circ.
A three-judge panel of Second Circuit jurists seemed split Friday over whether a Connecticut man's eight-year prison sentence for stealing COVID-19 funds from the city of West Haven was too harsh, with one judge expressing skepticism and two hinting it was likely appropriate.
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June 01, 2023
Ex-Conn. Lawmaker Gets 27 Months For $1.2M COVID Fraud
A former Connecticut state representative and city of West Haven employee has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for his role in schemes resulting in over $1.2 million in COVID relief and other funds being stolen from the city.
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May 15, 2023
Ex-Conn. State Rep. Asks To Escort Wife To Texas Prison
A former Connecticut state representative who pled guilty to conspiring to siphon pandemic relief funds earmarked for the city of West Haven asked a federal judge to allow him to travel out of state to escort his wife, a co-defendant, to a prison in Texas.
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April 14, 2023
Ex-Rep. Seeks Lenient Sentence For COVID Relief Schemes
Former Connecticut state Rep. Michael DiMassa, who admitted to stealing COVID relief funds from the city of West Haven with several co-conspirators, cited his gambling addiction, a recent cancer diagnosis and the lingering pandemic in asking a federal judge not to send him to prison.
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April 06, 2023
COVID Fund Scammer To Appeal 8-Year Sentence
A Connecticut man convicted of working with two West Haven city employees to steal municipal COVID-19 relief funds will appeal the jury's verdict and his eight-year prison sentence, which was more than twice as long as federal guidelines indicated.
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April 03, 2023
Sentence For Conn. COVID Fraud Soars Above Guidelines
The main beneficiary of a fraud that ripped off more than $400,000 in COVID-19 relief funds from the city of West Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced Monday to 8 years in federal prison, significantly longer than the U.S. Sentencing Commission's guidelines would recommend for his convictions on substantive wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy charges.
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March 23, 2023
2nd Defendant Sentenced In Connecticut COVID Relief Scam
A second defendant was sentenced Thursday to spend six months behind bars and to pay more than $147,000 in restitution in a COVID-19 relief scam that defrauded hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Connecticut municipal government.
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March 22, 2023
Conn. City Ex-Worker Gets 13 Months For COVID Relief Scam
A former Connecticut city employee was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to 13 months behind bars and ordered to pay nearly $59,000 in restitution for scheming with others to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of federal COVID-19 relief payments from a municipal government.
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March 21, 2023
US Seeks Tough Prison Term Over Conn. COVID Relief Scam
A Connecticut man convicted of stealing COVID-19 relief funds from the city of West Haven has a long criminal record and "little respect for the law," and he deserves to spend years in prison, federal prosecutors said Tuesday in asking a judge for an upward deviation from sentencing guidelines.
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December 05, 2022
Man Found Guilty In Ex-Conn. Lawmaker's COVID Relief Scam
A co-conspirator of a former Connecticut state representative who worked to steal more than $400,000 in COVID-19 relief funds for his own companies from the city of West Haven, Connecticut, was found guilty of conspiracy and fraud offenses on Friday.