USA v. Tran

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:23-cr-10299

Court:

Massachusetts

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

F. Dennis Saylor, IV

Firms

  1. April 30, 2024

    Ex-Mass. Pol Can't Sink Fraud Case With 'Imaginative' Attacks

    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.

  2. April 25, 2024

    Feds Say COVID Fraud Case Against Ex-Pol Clears Early Bar

    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. 

  3. March 14, 2024

    Ex-Mass. Pol Says Federalism Bars COVID Fraud Cases

    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.

  4. November 17, 2023

    Mass. Ex-State Sen. Accused Of COVID Unemployment Fraud

    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.