U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
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Father and son restaurateurs from Woburn, Massachusetts, were sentenced in Boston federal court for their involvement in a conspiracy to smuggle migrants into the United States from Brazil.
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A Brazilian national residing unlawfully in Milford was sentenced to prison for selling firearms and ammunition without a license, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston.
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An Adams, Massachusetts resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to producing child sexual abuse material.
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A Brazilian national living in Danbury, Connecticut, was sentenced to nine months in prison for conspiring to obtain driver’s licenses for individuals not eligible to receive them, mainly illegal aliens.
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A former office manager from Attleboro has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $400,000 from her employer, a Franklin-based environmental services company.
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A former police officer from Stoughton, Massachusetts, has been indicted for allegedly causing the death of an unborn child.
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A Salvadoran national living in Lynn, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty to unlawfully reentering the United States after being deported.
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A Brazilian national living illegally in Waterbury, Connecticut, was sentenced on September 26, 2025, for conspiring to obtain driver’s licenses for individuals who were not eligible, primarily undocumented immigrants.
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A Quincy resident was sentenced in federal court for trafficking firearms and distributing fentanyl.
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An Indian national has been charged in federal court after allegedly stabbing two teenage passengers with a metal fork during an international flight.
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A Brockton man with a previous manslaughter conviction was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
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The founder and CEO of Adapt & Evolve LLC, a Boston non-profit organization claiming to offer re-entry support services, has been indicted on charges related to the distribution of crack cocaine.
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An Allston resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to the trafficking of methamphetamine and 1,4-Butanediol (BDO), a substance similar to Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB), which is commonly referred to as the “date rape drug.”...
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A psychologist from Newton, Massachusetts, has agreed to plead guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering after allegedly defrauding two individuals, including a psychotherapy patient and a relative.
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A Springfield resident was found guilty of drug trafficking offenses after a three-day trial in federal court.
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An Alabama physician has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to participating in a telemedicine health care fraud scheme that resulted in over $6 million in false claims to Medicare.
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Gloucester man indicted for alleged sexual exploitation of minor and possession of child pornographyA Gloucester resident, Robert Burnham, 44, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston on charges related to the sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child sexual abuse material.
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A Woburn resident, Nnamdi Opara, 30, has been charged with two counts of bank fraud and five counts of money laundering in connection with an ongoing investigation into the theft of U.S. Treasury tax refund checks in Massachusetts.
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Monica Cannon-Grant, the founder and former CEO of Violence in Boston (VIB), pleaded guilty in federal court to 18 counts including wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, filing false tax returns, and failing to file tax returns.
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A Longmeadow woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a scheme that defrauded commercial lenders of more than $20 million.