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Federal Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Saturday April 27, 2024 ( 7 items )  

AmeriCorps Releases Report on Volunteer Generation Fund Evaluation and Capacity Building Project
WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNSres) -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: * * * This two-folded approach project conducted both a bundled evaluation and provided a one-year evaluation to participants. * * * AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteering, released the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund Bundle Evaluation and Capacity Building Project final report, which assessed how State Service Commissions from Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New  more

Chief of Space Operations Visits 6th Space Warning Squadron
CAPE COD SPACE FORCE STATION, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Buckley Air Force Base (460th Space Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Joshua Hollis, Buckley Space Force Base Public Affairs Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman visited Guardians and Airmen at the 6th Space Warning Squadron at Cape Cod Space Force Station, Massachusetts, April 26, 2024. Saltzman's visit highlighted the incredible work Guardians accomplish at Cape Cod SFS by providing early  more

Health Coordinator Offers Civilian Workforce Free Health Screenings, Wellness Resources
HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Mark Wyatt, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Department of the Air Force civilian employees here have access to wellness programs through the Civilian Health Promotion Services, or CHPS, in building 1609. Stephanie Archambault, health promotion coordinator for CHPS, shares free resources to improve and maintain health and wellness for all DAF employees on base. "Our goal is to   more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Additional Charges Brought Against North Shore Drug Trafficking Organization
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A federal grand jury sitting in Boston has returned a superseding indictment charging 16 individuals in Massachusetts in connection with their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking and money laundering scheme that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. The superseding indictment in  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Boston Man Sentenced to Nearly Eight Years in Prison for Murder-For-Hire Plot Targeting His Former Wife and Her Boyfriend
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A Boston man was sentenced yesterday for trying to hire a contract killer to murder his ex-wife and her boyfriend. Mohammed Chowdhury, 47, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 92 months of incarceration followed by three years of supervised release. In January 2024, Chowdhury pleaded guilty to two counts of use of inte  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud Involving Small Business Administration Disaster Funds
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A Florida man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston to conspiring to use stolen identities to fraudulently obtain disaster loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and to launder the funds. Hector Garcia, 52, of Ocala, Fla., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of wire   more

U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts: Former Massachusetts State Police Lieutenant Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraudulent Overtime Scheme
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Former Massachusetts State Police (MSP) Lieutenant Daniel J. Griffin was sentenced today in connection with an overtime scheme dating back to 2015. Daniel Griffin, 60, of Belmont, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to five years in prison and three years of supervised release. Griffin was also ordered to pay restit  more