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Overtime Fraud
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Boston Officer Guilty Of Overtime Fraud Scheme Avoids Jail But Must Pay Back Thousands
The sixth Boston police officer convicted in a long-running overtime fraud scheme that swindled thousands of dollars from taxpayers must repay more than $16,000 but won't serve jail time, authorities announced. Michael Murphy, 64, of Hyde Park, was sentenced to two years of probation and must pay a $5,000 fine and $16,014 in restitution after he pleaded guilty last month to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Murphy and dozens of other officers were accused of filing false overtime slips from September 2016 until February 2019 for wor…