Boston gang member receives over five-year sentence for gun trafficking and fraud schemes

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Boston gang member receives over five-year sentence for gun trafficking and fraud schemes

Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice

A Boston man identified as a member of the Mission Hill gang was sentenced to 71 months in prison for a series of federal offenses that included firearms trafficking, credit union fraud, and participation in a mail theft scheme that led to substantial financial losses.

Glenroy Miller, also known as “Trinny,” age 29, received his sentence from U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton. After his prison term, he will serve three years of supervised release. Miller had pleaded guilty in May 2025 to several charges: three counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition; unlawful possession of a machinegun; trafficking in firearms; conspiracy to commit bank fraud; bank fraud and aiding and abetting; and conspiracy to steal and possess stolen mail.

Miller’s criminal history includes a conviction in Suffolk Superior Court in September 2019 for firearm-related offenses and resisting arrest. He began serving his state sentence but soon after conspired with Nadaje Hendrix, then a loan officer at a credit union, to obtain fraudulent loans using the names of others—including fellow inmates—and stolen identities. This resulted in approximately $134,000 in losses for the credit union. Both were indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2024 related to this conduct. Hendrix was sentenced in October 2024 to eight months imprisonment and three years of supervised release following her guilty plea earlier that year.

After being released from state prison during summer 2023 and before his January 2024 indictment, Miller became involved with other Mission Hill members in what authorities described as a “card cracking” scheme while still on probation. The operation involved stealing checks—often from USPS collection boxes—chemically washing them to erase payee information, rewriting them under new names (typically those recruited via social media), depositing the altered checks into those individuals’ accounts, and quickly withdrawing or transferring funds before detection. Authorities estimate that between June 2023 and February 2024, Miller caused or attempted losses ranging from $250,000 to $550,000 through this activity. In August 2024, he was indicted along with eight others for their roles in the scheme.

In addition to financial crimes, Miller sold six firearms—including one equipped with a machinegun conversion device—to an individual cooperating with law enforcement on four occasions between August and October 2023 while aware that the buyer was prohibited from owning firearms due to felony status.

The investigation involved multiple agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), U.S. Secret Service, as well as local police departments from Boston and Wellesley.

“United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; Bryan DiGirolamo, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division; Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the United States Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division; and Randy Maloney, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service, Boston Field Office made the announcement.”

The prosecution team consisted of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kriss Basil, Lucy Sun and Philip C. Cheng.

This case was investigated under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) program which brings together federal agencies using an intelligence-driven approach to dismantle major criminal organizations nationwide (https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF).

For further details about OCDETF operations: https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF