Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
Daniel Cleggett, the operator of several sober homes and insulation companies in Massachusetts, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for his involvement in multiple fraud schemes. The sentencing took place in Boston’s federal court on January 8, 2026. In addition to the prison term, Cleggett will serve three years of supervised release, must pay $1,856,329 in restitution, and forfeit $1,544,185.
Cleggett pleaded guilty in December 2024 to a range of charges including wire fraud conspiracy, mortgage fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to a mortgage lender. He was arrested alongside Nicholas Espinosa in March 2023. Espinosa pleaded guilty in October 2024 and is scheduled for sentencing later this month.
Cleggett founded A Vision From God LLC (AVFG) in November 2016. AVFG operated sober homes under various names—Brady’s Place, Lakeshore Retreat, and Lambert House—in Boston and surrounding areas. According to prosecutors, Cleggett and Espinosa conspired with a client at Brady’s Place to defraud a New York-based family trust by submitting inflated invoices for room and board—overcharging up to $12,500 per month—and issuing “refund” checks as part of the scheme.
Between October 2019 and December 2021, Cleggett acquired properties intended for use as sober homes by providing false information to mortgage lenders about their intended use as primary residences.
Cleggett also ran several insulation contracting businesses that participated in the Mass Save Program: Green Save Energy Corporation; Environmental Construction Objective Inc.; Green Giants LLC; and Insulation Situation LLC. Mass Save is a partnership between public utilities designed to promote energy efficiency through projects funded by utility bill surcharges on Massachusetts residents.
Green Save and ECO received substantial payments from a lead vendor under Mass Save but submitted fraudulent bills for permits that were never obtained. Both companies were terminated from the program in June 2021 due to these practices. Despite being banned from participating further, Cleggett used straw owners to form new companies—Insulation Situation and Green Giants—which secured nearly $945,473 more from the same vendor company while concealing his involvement.
On April 1, 2020, Cleggett applied for three Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) through the Small Business Administration using AVFG, his own name as a sole proprietorship (which did not exist), and Green Save. He falsely denied any illegal activity on these applications despite ongoing fraud investigations. He obtained over $792,000 from these loans but spent large portions on personal expenses such as travel—including trips to Yellowstone National Park https://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm —wedding costs amounting to nearly $38,000 from Green Save funds https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/covid-19-relief-options/eidl/covid-19-eidl, gym memberships and luxury hotel stays.
“United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Thomas Demeo, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, Boston Field Office; and Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division made the announcement.” The Kingston Police Department along with Randolph and Quincy police provided assistance during the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys John T. Mulcahy and Dustin Chao prosecuted the case.
